Digital, Creative and Tech Programme Manager

Job title:

Digital, Creative and Tech Programme Manager

Company

The Growth Company

Job description

The Growth Company’s (GC) Business Growth Hub (BGH) seeks a Digital, Creative and Tech (DCT) Programme Manager responsible for operational management of the Create Growth and other business support programmes focused on the digital, creative and technology sectors in Greater Manchester (GM). The post holder will also lead on the establishment and development of long-term strategic and operational relationships with key stakeholders and partners to build mutually beneficial collaborative relationships supporting the GM Creative Industries ecosystem, contributing to and supporting delivery of GM sector development plans.GM BGH is a community of specialists helping businesses in GM achieve their ambitions. Since 2011, the Hub has supported over 15,000 businesses, providing finance guidance, international links, and fostering innovation and people development. We collaborate with public and private partners to offer expert business support, events, specialist programmes, and funding.This role is a fixed term contract until the 30/04/2026.Key Responsibilities:

• To lead the development of an active Creative Industries sector network of key stakeholders, partners and support delivery organisations; including key sector trade bodies, businesses, and other sector organisations to obtain long-term collaboration and referrals.
• To ensure that GM BGH is well known and recognised within the Creative Industry communities across Greater Manchester.
• To work collaboratively with other providers of support within the eco-system to embed GM BGH support as complementary activity alongside their support delivery to add value and synergy.
• Identify and evaluate influential contacts in new or existing partners to motivate potential sponsors, secure collaboration against agreed objectives and facilitate working closely together to generate referrals.
• Review, research, and map data to identify key market and sector-relevant intelligence to support and better inform the facilitation of the GM Creative Industries ecosystem.
• Drive effective day-to-day programme and contract management of the DCT Sectors offering.
• Manage relationships with externally procured delivery partners to ensure performance against programme objectives.
• Develop and evolve an external beneficiary experience end to end, focusing on high quality and long-term relationships.
• Design internal programme processes for lead generation, pipeline management, sales cycle, support delivery, and business monitoring.
• Evolve system usage to capture details of all programme beneficiaries and track project progress.
• Ensure timely and effective production of programme data and monitoring reports.

About You:

• Strong understanding of the Creative Industries sector and business support environment in Greater Manchester.
• Embedded in the GM Creative Industries ecosystem with active knowledge of key players and organisations.
• Able to operate as a credible ambassador on a regional platform to promote business support service objectives to a range of audiences.
• Able to establish, develop, and maintain relationships with relevant private or public sector organisations, including Creative Industry organisations and institutions, commercial, government / public bodies, and HEIs.

Skills Required:

• Excellent business development and relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects and work programmes, meeting deadlines effectively.
• Excellent planning, organisational, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to plan and manage own workload, as well as achieving agreed targets and objectives.
• Ability to condense complex data into concise reports.
• Confidence in dealing with financial and accounting issues.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications and CRM databases.

LocationManchesterBusiness Area Logobusinessgrowth.jpgCompany LogoBusiness Growth HubCompanyBusiness Support Business Finance (BSBF)Contract typeFixed term/ Full- timeSalaryUp to £48,000 per annumAdvert Brandbusinessgrowth.jpgClosing Date10/04/2025Ref No4542Documents(Word, 68.72kb)We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check. This will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.If you require support with the recruitment process, please contact or Internal Recruitment Team at or call us on 0161 237 4447.All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy.

Expected salary

£48000 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:24:33 GMT

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