JM Frost

Head of Transformation, BBC

JM Frost is the Head of Transformation at the BBC, working with colleagues to transform a 100-year-old organisation that (nearly) everyone loves into one fit for the future.  His role covers Portfolio, Programme and Project management and he functions as Head of Profession for the Project Management job family.   

JM moved to the BBC in 2023 following a 15-year career running projects, programmes and services in various government departments.  Most recently he was the Director of Operations and then Director of Transformation Delivery at Companies House.  JM has extensive operational and delivery experience across fast-paced and complex organisations, has run multi-million pound programmes and portfolios and has a PhD in human behaviour change.   

JM is based in Cardiff, where he lives with his wife and two daughters as well as a whole host of pets.   

Session: Culture eats templates for breakfast

Outlining the journey that the BBC’s Project Management community has been on to refresh, revitalise and embed a new project management lifecycle, approach and guidance within the organisation. With over 300 people in the profession and a decentralised Project Management function, there were numerous challenges to rolling out a new approach. But through adopting some key principles (engagement, involvement, simplification) and an adoption focus, they have made great progress. JM will share why they needed to do it, what they did and how it’s going with some practical tips about how to do the same.