Project Manager

Project Manager – Bauer Media Audio

Location: London (Hybrid)
Department: Technology (JCT)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Bauer Media Audio reaches millions every week through iconic brands, smart digital products, and world-class content. To stay ahead of how audiences consume audio, we’re transforming the technology that powers everything we do—from traditional broadcast to next-generation streaming.This transformation is big, bold, and brilliantly complex — which is where you come in.

The Role

We’re embarking on one of the largest technology transformations in Bauer’s history: migrating multiple on-premise, country-specific broadcast systems into a single, cloud-based, future-proofed stack across nine European markets.As a Project Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering this change. Working alongside our architectural, cybersecurity, engineering, and operational teams, you’ll lead the delivery of technology projects that enable Audio’s strategic goals.You’ll be part of a team of Project Managers who thrive in environments where clarity evolves over time. This means shaping plans even when not everything is fully defined and aligning stakeholders whose priorities may shift. If you’re someone who brings structure to uncertainty, while keeping people aligned and delivery on track,  you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Be Doing

Delivering Meaningful Change

• Lead complex technology projects from idea to implementation — delivering on time, within budget, and to the quality expected.Build and adjust plans as requirements evolve, using sound judgement when navigating uncertainty.Partner with Executive-level stakeholders to support technology-driven transformation across the business.

Owning Governance & Standards

• Apply established project management standards for initiation, planning, delivery, and control.Maintain robust risk, issue, and quality processes — especially as priorities shift.Ensure meaningful MI, reporting, and KPIs are in place and used to drive clarity and momentum.

Driving Commercial & Resource Excellence

• Manage project budgets and collaborate on financial planning.Identify, deploy, and guide project resources, ensuring teams stay motivated and focused.Support programme managers with third-party supplier relationships throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Championing Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Challenge assumptions, review processes, and push for better customer and business outcomes.Contribute to the migration from legacy systems to a modern, cloud-enabled, data-driven technology stack.

Ensuring Smooth Operational Transition

• Coordinate with operational teams to secure seamless BAU handovers.Promote consistency in tools, templates, and methodologies across the PM function.

About You

You’re a structured, adaptable Project Manager who brings clarity where it’s needed most. You’re experienced in complex change, comfortable with shifting priorities, and confident influencing stakeholders across disciplines.

You’ll Bring:

• A proven track record delivering complex technology-enabled projects.
• Strong planning, stakeholder management, and organisational skills.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and evolving objectives.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of business impact.
• Experience across multi-discipline environments and competing priorities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of multiple delivery methodologies and exposure to programme management.
• Recognised project management qualifications (e.g. Prince2, PMI, Agile).
• Fluency in Business English.

Why Bauer?

Join a collaborative team of Project Managers shaping the future of audio technology.Work on a landmark transformation that spans nine international markets.Hybrid working and a supportive, forward-focused culture.Make a visible, lasting impact in one of Europe’s largest media groups.If you’re excited by the idea of bringing order to complexity — and helping build the next era of Bauer’s audio technology — we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape what’s next.

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 28 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

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk

We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.

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