Senior Project Manager

mustard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mustard is seeking a Senior Project Manager in South London to lead major live event projects end-to-end, coordinating design, technical, scenic and operations teams with a hands-on leadership approach.

You will manage critical paths, client relationships and project margins, ensuring high-quality delivery across international productions with travel as required.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale live events and productions.
• Strong knowledge across technical production and scenic build.
• Experience managing complex £500k+ production budgets.
• Commercial awareness including margin management.
• Experience delivering projects internationally.
• Strong client-facing skills and credibility with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary crews, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Excellent understanding of event health & safety and on-site delivery.
• Willingness to travel internationally.
• Calm, proactive under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale live event projects from brief to completion.
• Build and manage critical paths across production workstreams.
• Act as senior client contact throughout projects.
• Translate briefs into safe, practical production solutions.
• Oversee budgeting, margins and financial close-out.
• Coordinate design, technical, scenic and operations teams.
• Manage production crews, freelancers, and subcontractors.
• Ensure health & safety, RAMS, permits and site compliance.
• Lead project debriefs and share learnings.
• Mentor colleagues and raise delivery standards.
• Occasionally take broader project leadership responsibilities.

Skills

Large-scale projects

Client-facing

Budget management

Risk & cost control

Multidisciplinary teams

Negotiation

Health & safety

Travel internationally

Project leadership

Logistics coordination

Job description

Senior Project Manager, Live Events & Production

Location: South London, 5 days/week in-office

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Sector: Live Events / Event Production / Experiential

I’m working with an established global live event production and design company looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their growing team in South East London.

This is a senior, hands‑on delivery role, taking ownership of some of the company’s largest and most technically complex live projects, from initial brief through to final delivery.

We’re looking for someone with serious live event production experience, strong knowledge across both technical and scenic disciplines, and the commercial confidence to manage significant budgets while protecting the quality of the finished event.

The Role

You’ll take end-to-end ownership of major projects, including:

• Leading large‑scale live event projects from brief through to completion
• Building and managing critical paths across multiple production workstreams
• Acting as a senior point of contact for clients throughout the project
• Translating ambitious creative briefs into safe, practical and commercially viable production solutions
• Working closely with design, technical, scenic and operations teams to develop the right approach
• Providing clients with clear recommendations around production methodology, costs and delivery
• Managing technical crews, freelancers, suppliers and specialist subcontractors
• Overseeing fabrication, scenic production and technical delivery against agreed specifications
• Managing complex production budgets of £500k+
• Taking ownership of project margins, identifying commercial risks early and finding practical solutions
• Managing project reconciliation and ensuring accurate financial close‑out
• Overseeing documentation, project handovers and consistently high standards of on‑site delivery
• Managing health & safety, RAMS, permits and site compliance
• Leading project debriefs and sharing learnings across the wider team
• Supporting and mentoring colleagues, helping to raise standards across project delivery
• Stepping into broader project leadership responsibilities when required

About You

This is a senior role, so you’ll need to be comfortable taking the reins on large, complex live productions without significant hand‑holding.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Extensive experience delivering large‑scale live events and productions
• Strong working knowledge across technical production and scenic build
• Experience managing complex £500k+ production budgets
• Strong commercial awareness, including margin management, cost control and reconciliation
• Significant experience delivering projects internationally
• Experience coordinating local suppliers, freight, logistics and permits across different territories
• Strong client‑facing skills and the credibility to advise senior stakeholders
• Experience managing multidisciplinary crews, suppliers and subcontractors
• Excellent understanding of event health & safety and on‑site delivery
• Strong negotiation, organisation and problem‑solving skills
• A calm, proactive approach when working under pressure
• Genuine interest in emerging production technology and new approaches to live delivery
• The flexibility to travel internationally, sometimes for extended periods

You may naturally lean more towards technical or scenic production, but you’ll need enough knowledge across both to confidently take ownership of the entire project.

The Setup

This is an office‑based role in South London, so you’ll need to be comfortable commuting into the office full‑time when you’re not out delivering projects.

There’s also a significant international element, so you’ll need to be happy travelling when projects require it.

If you’re an experienced Senior Project Manager / Senior Event Producer / Production Manager who knows how to take a complicated live project, get all the moving parts working together and deliver it brilliantly, I’d love to hear from you.