Program Lead / Senior Project Manager – WildBrain CPLG Digital Transformation (12-18 month Fixed Term Contract)

Program Leadership & Governance - Provide overall leadership, direction and governance for the WildBrain Digital Transformation program - Own and manage the end‑to‑end program plan, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and WildBrain CPLG business priorities - Establish and operate effective program governance structures, including SteerCo, decision forums, escalation paths and reporting cadence - Act as the single point of accountability for program outcomes, delivery confidence and value realization Delivery Oversight & Value Realization - Oversee scope, timelines, funding and dependencies across all program workstreams - Ensure benefits, KPIs and value realization metrics are clearly defined, tracked and reported - Maintain a delivery-focused mindset, ensuring initiatives translate into tangible business outcomes - Drive prioritization decisions where trade-offs are required across scope, cost and time Stakeholder & Executive Management - Act as the executive escalation point for risks, issues and decisions impacting program delivery - Ensure strong alignment between business leaders, technology teams and external partners - Provide clear, concise and timely updates to senior stakeholders - Serve as the key liaison to the Director, Digital Transformation, ensuring alignment with wider corporate digital programs Risk, Financial & Dependency Management - Own program-level risk and issue management, ensuring proactive mitigation and escalation - Manage program budgets, forecasts and funding approvals in partnership with Finance - Oversee interdependencies across internal teams, vendors and parallel transformation initiatives - Ensure changes are assessed for downstream impacts across systems, processes and operating models Resource & Partner Coordination - Coordinate and direct internal project resources across all workstreams - Oversee and manage external delivery partners and vendors - Set expectations, ways of working and delivery standards across all contributors Change Management - Lead change management planning & execution throughout the program - Communication planning & comms channel management - Training planning & delivery Essential - Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-workstream digital transformation programs - Strong background in program governance, delivery management and executive stakeholder engagement - Demonstrated accountability for program outcomes, budgets and value realization - Excellent ability to manage complex interdependencies across business and technology teams Desirable - Experience delivering transformation programs within media, licensing or complex operational environments - Familiarity with CRM, data, ERP or workflow system transformations - Experience managing multiple vendors and delivery partners Personal Attributes - Senior, credible and calm under pressure - Highly structured with strong judgement and decision-making capability - Comfortable operating in ambiguity while maintaining delivery momentum - Results-oriented and focused on business value - Strong communicator in person and in writing