Bar Project Manager

-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading live entertainment company in Greater London is seeking a Bar Project Manager to oversee bar operations for the 2026 festivals. This full-time role involves planning and coordinating bar concepts, product ranges, and logistic details. The ideal candidate will have significant event bars experience and strong supplier management skills. The role also involves working closely with partners to ensure operational readiness across all events, adhering to the company’s fan-first values and commitment to inclusivity.

Benefits

Tickets to shows and festivals

Unlimited annual leave

Onsite gym equipment

Fully stocked coffee bar

Subsidized lunch options

Qualifications

• Significant experience in event bars operations, ideally within festivals or high-volume environments.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and supplier management.
• Strong understanding of bar logistics and stock management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full pre-season planning process for bar operations across the festival portfolio.
• Develop event-specific bar plans covering layouts and product ranges.
• Implement clear timelines for operational teams.

Skills

Event bars operations experience

Supplier management

Bar logistics understanding

Operational documents preparation

Confident communication

Planning and organisation

Knowledge of EPOS workflows

Working with brand partners

Job description

Job Summary

Company: Live Nation UK & Ireland
Department: Customer Experience
Location: Farringdon, London
Reports to: Head of Commercial Experience
Working Hours: Full time
Job Type: Fixed term, initially until May 2026

Role Description

The Bar Project Manager is a fixed-term specialist role responsible for leading the planning, development and coordination of bar operations across Live Nation's 2026 festivals and outdoor event portfolio. This role is being introduced specifically to drive forward pre-season readiness across all bar workstreams - with a particular focus on shaping and delivering our new strategic partnership with our beer and cider partner for the 2026 across the entire UK business. The Bar Project Manager will ensure that all bar concepts, product ranges, operational plans, supply chain structures, data requirements and partner deliverables are fully developed, aligned and "event-ready" by early summer. This is an ideal role for someone with significant event bars experience, strong operator/supplier management capability, and a passion for building scalable, efficient bar programmes for large-format events.

What it's like to work in the Team

The Bar Project Manager will be an integral member of the Customer Experience team at Live Nation, where our shows and events are as diverse as the individuals within them. With a positive and supportive approach, the successful candidate will work collaboratively to contribute to our core values of excellence, inclusivity and putting the Fan First across our business

The visitors to our venues and festivals are more than customers, they're our Fans. They are at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to 'put fans first and deliver world class experiences.'

Our Fan First Values

• We care: we genuinely care about our Fans as individuals and strive to go above and beyond their expectations. We understand what is important to our customers, stakeholders, and teams.
• We make it relevant: we deliver the products, services and experience that are right for our fans and that enhance their experience. We focus on the task that will make a difference to the business.
• We communicate: we embody great communication at all times. We are polite, courteous and are fluent in our brand language. We work collaboratively and share best practice.
• We take ownership: we take ownership, responsibility, and accountability to get the job done. We do what we say we're going to do and work together to solve challenges and exploit opportunities.
• We add value: we focus on the detail that drives enhanced commercial performance and efficiencies. We are bold, brave and constantly self-review to ensure we're always adding value.
• We do what's right: we drive a culture of inclusivity, diversity and sustainability. We stand by our principles and work towards making our venues and festivals world leaders in accessibility, inclusivity and sustainability.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Significant experience in event bars operations, ideally within festivals, outdoor events, or multi-site high-volume bar environments.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, supplier management or centralised bar operations.
• Strong understanding of bar logistics, stock management, product range development and supplier relationships.
• Experience preparing operational documents, costings or P&L inputs.
• Confident communicator able to influence senior stakeholders, operators and brand partners.
• Strong planning, organisational and project management skills.
• Knowledge of EPOS/cashless setup workflows.
• Experience integrating sponsor or brand partner portfolios into bar operations.

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success

• Proactive planner - anticipates challenges early, drives clarity in timelines, and keeps all stakeholders aligned throughout fast-moving pre-season workflows.
• Commercially minded problem solver - uses insight, data and partner input to make decisions that balance operational feasibility with commercial impact.
• Collaborative influencer - builds strong relationships across operators, partners and internal teams, ensuring alignment and shared ownership of delivery.
• Detail-driven and operationally rigorous - maintains high standards across documentation, product data, planning materials and partner deliverables, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
• Adaptable and resilient - remains calm and solution-focused when priorities shift or new information emerges, maintaining momentum in a complex planning environment.

What the role includes

Bar Programme Planning

• Lead the full pre-season planning process for all bar operations across the 2026 outdoor and festival portfolio.
• Develop event-specific bar plans covering footprint, layouts, bar formats, product ranges, staffing assumptions, dispense solutions and operational workflows.
• Work with event directors, bar operators and internal teams to ensure plans are deliverable, efficient and aligned to commercial objectives.
• Implement and work to a clear handover timeline to operational teams to deliver across the summer event season

Strategic Beer & Cider Partner Rollout

• Act as the central project lead for our new beer and cider strategic partnership, ensuring the agreement is operationalised across all events.
• Coordinate product range confirmation, service methodology, equipment requirements, brand-led activations and volume forecasting.
• Ensure all partner deliverables, timelines and data requirements are tracked and met.
• Work closely with Marketing Partnerships on brand integration and partner touchpoints.
• Own and implement clear critical paths for partner delivery and ensure all internal and external stakeholders aligned

Data, Systems & Pricing Support

• Work cross-functionally to prepare EPOS/product data, cashless setup details and P&L inputs required before event season begins.
• Support the development of the pricing architecture for the 2026 season - ensuring pricing recommendations are insight-driven, competitive and aligned with commercial goals.
• Internal coordination and documentation
• Create and maintain central planning documents for concepts, ranges, forecasts, P&L assumptions, dispense requirements, staffing frameworks and partner deliverables.
• Ensure all departments (Commercial, Fan Experience, Marketing, Cashless, Operations, Finance) have the timely information required to deliver bars successfully.

Insight, Benchmarking & Innovation

• Review performance metrics from 2024/2025 seasons to shape planning decisions for 2026.
• Benchmark against market trends, festival bar innovations, hospitality competitors and relevant emerging beverage categories.
• Recommend new formats, technologies or operational enhancements to improve commercial return and fan experience

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

The Company

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Monday 5th January 2026. We reserve the right to close applications at any time so encourage early application where possible. We enjoy an extended Christmas break and so applications will be reviewed in January.