Senior Production Manager / Production Executive – Sport Live and Non Live

The Whisper Group

Senior Production Manager at Whisper, managing live and non-live sports productions in Cardiff. Collaborating with diverse teams and stakeholders to ensure project success in sports media.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeCardiff • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Working with the HoPs to help manage the slates of our Live & Non-Live Sport Productions
Planning and contracting staff, directly managing JPMs and PCs and mentoring junior members of the team.
Actively seeking new junior and senior talent from diverse backgrounds.
Effectively managing Client and Partner relationships, both face to face and remotely, working alongside the Senior Team & to attend client meetings and be a key point of contact for projects.
Working alongside Legal & Business Affairs to ensure programmes and productions are compliant, including contracting staff, freelance and on-screen talent.
Budgeting, including constructing budgets for new clients and broadcasters, revising existing Budgets, forecasting and overseeing cost managers.
Helping to negotiate deals with new and returning clients and looking at new business opportunities.
Working with Editorial, Technical and Business Development teams to respond to new business RFPs, including budgeting and planning resources.
Working alongside the Managing/Creative Directors, Director/ Heads of Production, Executive Producers and Commercial Director to execute projects.
Overseeing risk assessments, business continuity plans, staffing and post-production schedules.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience across a range of outputs, especially a strong background in Sport and Digital.
Confident working independently using own initiative while being prepared to take guidance on appropriate matters.
Excellent team player; organised and able to work quickly without losing attention to detail.
Ability to quickly access, prioritise and act with a creative and flexible outlook.
Integrity – able to look after the interests of the company while building effective working relationships with colleagues and outside contacts (including broadcasters and talent management), gaining their trust & respect.
Must be able to work effectively in a complex environment with diverse stakeholders including Head of Production, Production Executives, MDs and Senior Management.
Ability to effectively articulate complex issues in writing and verbally.
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work as a cooperative member of a large team as well as interact with senior-level executives and clients.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working arrangements
Professional development opportunities
Lieu days for weekends worked
Option of flexitime hours

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Hard Skills & Tools

budgetingcontractingrisk assessmentsproject managementstaff managementbusiness continuity planningnegotiationresource planningcomplianceRFP response

Soft Skills

team playerorganizational skillsattention to detailinitiativeflexibilityintegrityinterpersonal skillscommunication skillsrelationship buildingproblem-solving