Job Description

• To set the strategic vision for company and ensure the station meets the needs and expectations of its diverse listeners.
• To create distinctive public service output - leading the process of forming and continually reinvigorating content, priorities, style, tone and presentation - to deliver a distinctive schedule which boasts the range, values and quality of Radio and serves the particular needs, interests and listening patterns of the audience.
• To lead and inspire our staff and presenters, providing first class leadership.
• To be the principal talent manager for performers, composers, writers, and other contributors.
• To ensure that we are abreast of changes in audience behavior and is implementing digital strategies to the benefit of audiences
• To ensure that Proms meet their business objectives and are run within agreed budgets.
• To be aware of the full extent of the financial authority vested in the post, and to ensure that this is exercised in accordance with agreed financial compliance arrangements.
• To ensure that programmes and projects deliver value for audiences.
• To work with other executives and the Director of Music, on appropriate pan-projects
• To ensure that output meets all editorial compliance requirements, independent quotas and Nations & Regions production targets.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You should be deeply embedded within the classical music industry, with knowledge and networks gained as a result of experience in the culture, music, media and/or broadcasting sectors, as well as a thorough personal passion for and understanding of classical music. You should be a galvanising leader with the ability to lead and motivate large teams through complexity to deliver innovative and inspiring content, as well as having the ability to advocate for your genre on a strategic and financial level as part of a wider senior executive team.

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of classical music.
• Respected industry/media figure, ideally with experience gained within music, culture, media and / or broadcasting, and a demonstrable ability to schedule, programme and priorities to the benefit of audiences
• Experience of leadership within a large or complex organization and of effectively leading large teams and developing talent
• Ability to work as part of a senior executive team
• Understanding of and empathy with the heritage and aims of our performing groups.
• Understanding of how digital technologies can be used to engage with new audiences and enhance existing audiences’ enjoyment
• An appreciation of the broadcasting market in a global context
• Track record of shaping policy and developing strategy in an environment of comparable complexity
• A passion for radio and classical music, and genuine interest in other musical genres
• Sharp editorial judgment and the ability to generate original and creative ideas
• Proven experience of leadership demonstrating vision and strategic influence
• Ability to implement an audience-focused commissioning and scheduling strategy
• Proven ability to manage and control budgets effectively
• Experience of building partnerships
• Highly resilient, with the stamina to sustain performance when under pressure from conflicting demands and priorities and in the face of significant external scrutiny