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Band: D
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London/Salford/Newcastle - Hybrid Role (1-2 days in the office)
Salary: £75,000-85,000
Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• 26 days annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more.
Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on Reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject.
Shape the Future of Digital Experiences at the BBC
At the BBC, we are building the next generation of digital experiences—putting our audiences first by delivering world-class video and audio streaming across TV, mobile and web. As the media landscape shifts from broadcast to digital, this role is central to our ambition: to offer a richer, more personalised and IP-delivered experience for everyone in the UK.We’re looking for a Senior Architect to join our team to help shape the strategy for how millions of people watch and listen to BBC content.
You’ll shape the evolution of flagship products like BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, guiding teams to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences to households across the UK.This is a chance to work at scale, to tackle complex architectural challenges, and to influence the journey from traditional broadcasting to a fully connected, on-demand future. You’ll join a supportive community of architects in the Experiences area of Product Group - working across disciplines to bring clarity, coherence, and innovation to everything we do.
Experience:
Designing and deploying scalable systems for high-traffic, public-facing services.Working closely with multidisciplinary teams in fast-paced delivery environments.Building alignment across diverse teams and stakeholders; bridging organisational boundaries.Leading and mentoring engineers, driving architectural clarity and raising standards.Using cloud platforms such as AWS in complex, real-world environments.Evaluating and adopting emerging technologies that unlock new value for users.Experience in developing and championing technology strategies that guide long-term delivery and change.
Attributes:
A strong influencer who can build trust and bring people together around a shared vision.Excellent communicator who can simplify complexity for different audiences (including non-technical staff).Strategic thinker who balances pragmatism with long-term direction.Empirical decision-maker who values evidence and iteration.Team player who builds positive relationships and leads through influence.Self-motivated with the ability to inspire others with energy, drive and desire to achieve goals.Passionate about learning, growing, and helping others do the same.
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.
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