Senior Project Manager/Director

Live Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid: 2 days per week in office

TOIL policy

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Autonomy with trusted accountability

Job summary

Live Recruitment is seeking an experienced Senior Event Project Manager/Director to take operational ownership of a growing portfolio of international hospitality, experiential and brand activation projects for a major global account. You will partner closely with the senior account team to delivery excellence.

The role requires a senior agency background in project management, production or event delivery, with a proven track record of leading teams and delivering complex, large-scale builds

Qualifications

• Senior agency background in project management, production or event delivery.
• Experience leading teams and delivering large-scale experiential projects.
• Familiarity with project planning tools such as Planner or Smartsheet.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end delivery of international hospitality, brand activation and pop-up projects.
• Line manage three direct reports across production and project coordination.
• Own and improve internal processes, workflows and team accountability structures.
• Monitor budgets, timelines and project progress across the full portfolio.
• Act as the production escalation point for two Senior Account Managers.
• Lead the team calmly through complex, multi-market international builds.

Skills

Senior agency background

Project management

Event delivery

Team leadership

Tools

Planner

Smartsheet

Job description

Hybrid: 2 days per week in office

• High-profile global brand work for your portfolio


• Full process and team accountability ownership from day one


• Line management of a production team on international builds


• TOIL: one day back for every midweek on-site, half-day per weekend day worked


• Relaxed, non-micromanaged culture with genuine trusted autonomy


• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

The Company

This is a boutique experiential agency with a deep specialism in sports hospitality, brand activations and exhibition builds for some of the world's most recognised global brands. They have spent over a decade building a reputation in a niche very few agencies can credibly operate in, and they are growing. The Event Senior Project Manager/Director they are hiring into reflects that investment: leadership backing the people and roles needed to do the job properly.

The Role

This is a brand-new Event Senior Project Manager/Director position created to take operational ownership of a growing portfolio of international hospitality, experiential and brand activation projects for a major global account, working in close partnership with the senior account team.

• Oversee end-to-end delivery of international hospitality, brand activation and pop-up projects


• Line manage three direct reports across production and project coordination


• Own and improve internal processes, workflows and team accountability structures


• Monitor budgets, timelines and project progress across the full portfolio


• Act as the production escalation point for two Senior Account Managers


• Lead the team calmly through complex, multi-market international builds

The Candidate

The right person for this Event Senior Project Manager/Director role comes from a senior agency background in project management, production or event delivery, and has a track record of leading teams as well as delivering projects. You will have managed complex, large-scale experiential, sporting or hospitality builds end-to-end, with the production knowledge to oversee technical teams confidently and the process discipline to bring structure to a busy, growing account.

Experience in international event delivery, brand activations or sports sponsorship hospitality is beneficial but not essential. Familiarity with project planning tools such as Planner or Smartsheet is a plus. Backgrounds from across agency-side experiential, live events or sports production are all worth considering for this Event Senior Project Manager/Director opportunity, provided the team leadership and process ownership credentials are clearly evidenced.

The package includes 25 days holiday, a TOIL policy that genuinely pays back on-site time, and the kind of autonomy that is rare at this level. If the portfolio and the brief appeal, this Event Senior Project Manager/Director role will not wait around.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Vacancy Ref: DP19147