Position Overview & Specifications

Provide an operational and centralised approached for Sky Group relating to incident management response and proactive alerting of Group key stakeholders to issues and trends affecting Sky’s people, assets, business and reputation. The postholder will have previous experience in assessing live intelligence and threats and identify future security risks, monitor operations and travel and coordinate a response to incidents. The job holder is likely to have a substantial background in risk, intelligence and travel management and leading teams in this environment. What you’ll do:
  • Draft and disseminate timely, concise, interpretative and immediately usable crisis communications, aggregated as appropriate, to Group and other key stakeholders during a major security incident/crisis that will impact Sky operations
  • Provide security risk assessments for selected key stakeholders within Group for relevant activities, persons-at-risk, sites and assets.
  • Complete International travel threat analysis in line with the Intelligence YARDSTICK for Group wide staff and teams travelling abroad, utilising information obtained from intelligence and travel risk platforms e.g Everbridge, Anvil, DragonFly and Dataminr.
  • Evolve in the role; the candidate must continually improve their own skills, take on further responsibilities, and look for and use advanced influencing skills to promote improvements in their own job description and the function of the SSC.
  • Absorb large and disparate amounts of critical data and make informed and timely decisions about incidents in a time-restricted situation.
What you’ll bring:
  • You will have experience of having worked within a Threat, Intelligence and Travel environment.
  • Ideally be fluent in a second language (preferably German/Italian) but not essential
  • An educational background to cement your operational experience
  • Have a strong proficiency in Microsoft packages
  • Be experienced using various intelligence platforms (Everbridge, DataMinr, DragonFly, Anvil, EVB Signal and more)
  • Be calm and focused in high-pressure situations; be comfortable working on shift or lone working.
Team Overview: COO Group Here in the European COO Group, we help everyone across the Sky Group make things even better for customers. From leading Sky’s transformation programs and unlocking value for reinvestment, to managing the product supply chain and keeping Sky safe, we make a difference to our customers and to our colleagues right across Europe, every day. We bring the best from the global market into Sky – we buy technology, marketing, corporate, operational services and editorial production solutions. We are an international team working with our stakeholders our partners to curate the most effective and efficient customer-led operating model. High ethical standards are embeded in our team, and we engage our supply chains in creating a sustainable future! The Rewards: There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
  • A generous pension package
  • Private healthcare
  • Discounted mobile and broadband
How you'll work: This role will include shift patterns. Where you’ll work: Osterley - our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Inclusion: Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working! And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.