AI Product & Delivery Manager

About the Team:

We are Europe’s largest commercial broadcast radio and digital audio company, operating across nine markets including the UK. We are at the forefront of the industry, delivering high-quality content, services and innovative advertising solutions to millions of listeners. Our commitment to excellence and growth drives our need for a strategic leader to join our audio business as Senior Director, AI Strategy. Our ambition is to create a hub for AI excellence at Bauer Audio, ensuring our markets can leverage the latest in AI technologies to optimise business operations and drive revenue and customer growth.

About the role:

We are seeking an AI Product & Delivery Manager to join the new JCT (Joint Capability Team) at Bauer Media Audio. This role involves gathering user requirements, delivering high-quality AI products and services, and supporting the integration of AI across different Bauer markets. You will be responsible for managing AI initiatives, acting as a bridge between internal customers and the technical team, and ensuring the successful rollout of centrally-owned AI tools across Bauer Audio’s markets. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of AI technologies, strong project management skills, and the ability to guide both internal teams and stakeholders throughout the AI delivery lifecycle.

Key Reponsibilities:

User Research & Requirements Gathering

Conduct user research, workshops, and requirements gathering sessions to understand and capture internal customer needs.
Collaborate closely with Bauer’s various business units to gather and refine requirements for AI products and services, ensuring alignment with business goals and user expectations.

Product Ownership & Backlog Management

Serve as the Product Owner for centrally-owned AI tools and platforms, managing the product backlog and roadmap in close collaboration with development teams.
Liaise with technical development teams to communicate user needs and ensure alignment between technical implementation and business goals, participating actively in agile ceremonies such as stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to maintain clear communication channels and delivery focus.

Education & Evangelism

Build and deliver training programmes / sessions to internal teams and stakeholders to increase awareness and understanding of AI tools, capabilities, and best practices.
Act as an evangelist for AI, packaging and delivering tools and methods to democratise the use of AI across Bauer Audio.
Foster a collaborative work environment across markets that promotes knowledge sharing.

Project Management & Rollout

Oversee multiple AI projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and to the expected standard of quality.
Coordinate with geographic markets to manage the rollout of AI solutions, tailoring approaches as needed to meet local requirements and challenges.
Lead regular stakeholder update meetings to communicate project progress, share industry insights, and gather continuous feedback to guide ongoing development.

Desired Skills & Experience:

•    Proven experience in a business unit dealing with AI, Data Science, Digital Technology, or Innovation.
•    Experience in managing product backlogs and prioritising features based on user needs and technical feasibility.
•    Familiarity with agile project management methodologies and tools
•    Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business teams effectively.
•    Innovative mindset with the ability to evangelize AI technologies across the organisation.
•    Excellent organisational and time management skills with a proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
•    Strong analytical skills
•    Strong understanding of AI technologies, including machine learning concepts, data science tools, and how these can be used to address business challenges.
•    Familiarity with product management tools (e.g. JIRA, GitHub)
•    Degree in a relevant discipline is beneficial

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win. 
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working. 
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.