Your team: We are The Times: The Times informs, entertains, campaigns and innovates. Our technology team is at the heart of this innovation and helps support a highly creative, multi-channel media operation that has a heritage of modernity, of being first and creating change.
Your role: We’re looking for a Delivery Principal to lead delivery across a group of multidisciplinary squads within Times Media Technology. This is a senior role responsible for improving how teams plan, organise, and execute work across multiple product goals.
The role is focused on building team capability, improving delivery flow, removing impediments, and helping squads become more self-organising and effective. A strong Delivery Principal will combine delivery leadership, operational judgement, cross-functional influence, and practical use of AI, automation, and modern tooling to reduce manual effort and improve delivery efficiency.
Day to day you will:
Lead delivery across multiple engineering squads by shaping roadmap sequencing, milestone planning, release readiness, and delivery of product goals.
Use AI tools, automations, and innovative workflow tooling to reduce manual effort in reporting, coordination, meeting follow-ups, and delivery administration.
Improve end-to-end flow by managing dependencies, identifying bottlenecks, and removing impediments using delivery and operational data to improve throughput.
Build team capability so squads take greater ownership for day-to-day delivery, coordination, and decision-making, whilst leading from the front with stakeholders.
Improve the effectiveness of tooling and team workflows through better integrations, automation, and simplified operating practices.
What we're looking for from you:
Strong experience leading delivery across multiple software teams or squads in a complex product and technology environment.
Practical experience of leveraging AI tools, automation, and modern delivery tooling to simplify reporting, coordination, workflow management, and team operations.
Hands-on experience of working with systems such as GitHub, Jira, planning tools, collaboration platforms, and workflow automation platforms.
Exemplary communication and stakeholder management skills, with a bias for leaning into owning complex problems through to a successful conclusion.
Ability to use metrics and operational insight to improve throughput, predictability, and overall delivery flow.
A pragmatic approach to Agile and Lean delivery, focused on outcomes, team ownership, and reducing avoidable bureaucracy.
Bonus if you have:
Experience improving delivery through workflow automation, tooling integrations, or AI-enabled practices
Experience helping organisations move away from process-heavy delivery models toward leaner, more self-organising teams
Experience operating across globally distributed teams
News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.
At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.
At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.
Benefits
Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes
‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.
