Head of Projects (Events)

MSL Global; Arford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading experiential event marketing agency is seeking a Head of Client Projects in Bordon, Hampshire, to oversee the delivery of high-quality live events. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience, a proven ability to manage budgets, and strong leadership skills. This role involves leading a project team and ensuring client satisfaction through effective planning and execution. Flexibility for live events is required, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading project teams in fast-paced environments.
• Calm under pressure and able to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience in managing complex brand activations or large-scale events.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of all client projects and events.
• Ensure high-quality delivery on time and budget.
• Build team capability and oversee project planning.

Skills

Senior project leadership experience

Strong financial and commercial capability

Excellent stakeholder management

Strong project management instincts

Experience in experiential marketing

Job description

About MSL

MSL Global is a UK-based, full-service experiential event marketing agency. We are trusted by some of the world’s most recognisable automotive brands to bring their brand to life through a busy programme of high-quality, experiential live events, activations and product placement roadshows across the UK. Our clients demand excellence and we pride ourselves in consistently delivering.

Head of Client Projects (Events & Experiential)

Are you looking for a senior-level agency role within a business that prides itself on delivering exceptional experiential events for household-name clients?

If you’re seeking a permanent role, live within an hour’s commute of Bordon, Hampshire, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Our new Head of Client Projects role will bring drive, passion and a commitment to delivering high-quality live experiences. You’ll come from a live events project management background, with experience delivering complex brand activations or large-scale conferences, events or exhibitions.

This role is all about owning delivery, setting standards and leading the project team, and ensuring client programmes are delivered on time, on budget and to exceptional quality, with strong commercial and operational rigour.

The opportunity

You’ll lead and develop a high-performing Client Project team, acting as the senior escalation point for delivery and client challenges reporting into the Client Services Director. Working closely with Operations, Creative, Production and Finance, you’ll ensure truly joined-up delivery across all functions.

This is a hands‑on senior management role with accountability for:

• The planning, execution and delivery of all client projects and events
• Accountability of delivery of own assigned event programmes / projects
• Setting delivery standards, ways of working and governance for the team
• Building team capability, performance and capacity planning
• Owning project planning, timelines, risk management and sign-off
• Budget ownership, forecasting, cost control and reconciliation
• Reporting on delivery performance, KPIs and future demand

About you

You’re a confident, decisive team leader with strong project management instincts and commercial awareness. You’re calm under pressure, naturally collaborative, and comfortable influencing senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

You’ll bring:

• Senior project leadership experience in a fast-paced project management, events or experiential environment
• A proven track record of leading and developing project teams
• Strong financial and commercial capability across complex programmes
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working closely with operations, logistics or production teams
• Experience in experiential marketing, live events or automotive programmes is highly desirable.

Practical details

• Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 per annum
• Office base: Bordon, Hampshire (with flexibility)
• Full driving licence required
• Flexibility to support live events, including occasional evenings and weekends

Please note: we’ll be reviewing applications from the week commencing 5 January 2026, so you may not hear from us straight away. We’ll be in touch in the new year if we’d like to progress your application. Wishing you a lovely festive season.