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Posted 21 July, 2026
BBC

Senior Content Manager - 12 month FTC

BBC
London, GBR, W12 7FA,London, GBR, W12 7FA Fixed Term
Salary: £60,000 to £65,000 Annually
Reference: 49443

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
DEPARTMENT: Global Acquisitions team
LOCATION: Hybrid role (BBC Studios Television Centre & UKTV - Hammersmith Grove)
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £65,000 on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.Plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441AND 15% bonus OTE. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

This is a 12 month Fixed Term contract. This is a key role helping to source and manage content opportunities for BBC Studios’ portfolio of linear and non linear services — including UKTV’s Linear channel brands such as U&Dave and U&Alibiand streaming service U and international services including BBC Earth and BBC Nordics . This role helps to ensure the global channels are supplied with the right content to hit performance targets, stay on budget and remain true to brand.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Our team, act as the key link between UKTV and BBC Global Channels, We are a Global Acquisitions Team buying content for both the UKTV portfolio of services and BBC Branded services in EMEA and Asia. The team partner with leading stakeholders in each organisation to manage content selection processes, budget planning, negotiation of licencing deals and processing of contracts. We deliver strategic insight and guidance on the acquisition market to inform buying and scheduling strategies.

If you love television, have great editorial instincts and have a passion for bringing shows to global audiences, we’d love to hear from you.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

  • Act as the key liaison across Content, Programming, Sales, Commissioning and Acquisitions teams, fostering strong stakeholder relationships.
  • Support senior leadership with team planning, resourcing, strategic priorities and operational decision-making.
  • Lead the end-to-end content pipeline process, including sourcing, pitching, tracking and feedback management.
  • Manages content tracking systems, databases and communications to ensure accurate reporting and visibility.
  • Ensure content is editorially appropriate for review and that acquisition opportunities are effectively presented to programming teams.
  • Manage workflows and governance processes for confidential content rollouts.
  • Identify and communicate content opportunities from BBC Studios and third-party catalogues, working closely with global content teams.
  • Represent BBC Branded Channels in business investment cases and support content acquisition decision-making.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships across BBC Studios, UKTV and international editorial teams to drive collaboration.
  • Line management of the Global Acquisitions Executive to develop, nurture and support them to do their best work. This includes the day-to-day running of the content pipeline tracking and communication.
  • Provide expertise on content supply, commissioning priorities and market trends across key territories including the UK, ANZ and North America.
  • Support acquisitions strategy, budget planning, long-range content planning and the development of content wishlists for key markets.
  • Deliver market trend intelligence and content research projects.
  • Attend screenings, industry markets and events as required.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

  • Extensive content and programming expertise, editorial judgement with experience evaluating scripted and unscripted content.
  • Knowledge of programming requirements.
  • A strong knowledge of key external supplier catalogues including US Studios to be able to take a broad view of the content market and help guide analysis of BBCSD catalogue value.
  • Good knowledge of the UK television market and North American and Australian/New Zealand broadcasting landscape.
  • Understanding global content distribution and the use of rights, licensing, content windows, and acquisition processes.
  • Proven experience, managing, mentoring and developing people.
  • Experience supporting budget forecasting, investment decisions and acquisition strategy for high-value content portfolios.
  • Strong analytical skills, including market and competitor analysis, audience trend forecasting, and producing executive-level reports and recommendations to inform content strategy.
  • Ability to present to senior executives and deliver company-wide presentations.


DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

  • An understanding of the UKTV and BBC-Branded services and their editorial requirements.
  • Broad understanding of BBC Studios’ Editorial & Commercial policy.
  • Experience working across global markets (rather than a single territory) is highly desirable.
  • Programme planning/scheduling experience.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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Disclaimer

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