Senior Technical Project Manager

Jacobs Massey; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative project management company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead teams in delivering innovative lighting solutions. You will use your extensive experience in lighting design to ensure exceptional results across diverse projects. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, engage effectively with clients, and manage complex technical elements. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, personal growth opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive private healthcare

Generous pension plan

Fun team activities

Continuous learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of six years experience in creative lighting design.
• Experience working in client-facing environments.
• Strong understanding of audio, video, and scenic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in technical project delivery.
• Maintain excellent client communications to build relationships.
• Produce accurate quotations and proposals.

Skills

Creative lighting design

Client-facing environments

Technical communication

Team leadership

Audio and video technology

Job description

Job Description

As our Senior Technical Project Manager, you will lead multi‑disciplinary teams in delivering technical excellence across our most ambitious live productions. We’re specifically looking for someone with strong lighting experience, capable of integrating creative lighting design and systems into complex event environments while collaborating closely across sound, video, and scenic disciplines.

With a minimum of six years’ experience in creative lighting design and systems within client‑facing environments, you’ll take ownership of key projects from concept to completion, ensuring every stage of delivery reflects our core values of creativity, passion, and excellence.

Your specialist lighting expertise will enable you to shape compelling visual environments and support others in achieving the same high standards. Alongside this, you’ll bring a solid understanding of related disciplines—audio, video, and scenic technologies—and a willingness to deepen your knowledge across the wider technical landscape.

A confident and proactive communicator, you’ll engage with a broad mix of clients to understand their objectives and translate them into commercially sound, creatively driven solutions. You’ll approach every brief with both imagination and strategic insight, ensuring exceptional results without compromising financial performance.

As a technical leader, you’ll guide teams and projects with clarity and purpose—coordinating departments, delegating effectively, and maintaining open communication throughout. You’ll mentor colleagues, nurture emerging talent, and uphold rigorous technical standards to ensure flawless execution. Your ability to build strong relationships, manage resources wisely, and spot opportunities for growth will make you a vital contributor to our continued success.

Your Typical Workday

• Maintain excellent client communications in person and remotely to build relationships and confidence
• Receive and analyse client briefs with a willingness to ask lots of questions
• Respond to client briefs with considered questions, suggestions and professional wisdom
• Work with other team members to develop responses to briefs, leveraging others technical excellence and growing others with your technical excellence
• Produce accurate and well thought out quotations and proposals that answer client pain‑points effectively
• Work with clients to fine‑tune briefs, ensuring we deliver world class results
• Lead and motivate technical teams across multiple projects
• Produce equipment specifications and technical documentation
• Lead onsite delivery, coordinating multiple technical departments
• Monitor team performance and provide constructive and thoughtful feedback
• Adapt swiftly to changing requirements while keeping teams aligned

What We Think Is Important

We believe in keeping our team happy and motivated. Join us and enjoy perks like personal growth opportunities, community building, great health benefits, fun team activities, and rewards for your hard work. It’s all about thriving inside and outside work!

Community

We celebrate birthdays and enjoy fun company days out that bring everyone together. Start most mornings with delicious pastries and fresh fruit.

Ignite friendly competition through lively in‑house pool tournaments.

Health & Wellbeing

Benefit from comprehensive private healthcare and dental plans to keep you feeling your best.

Enjoy enhanced company sick pay to support you during unforeseen moments.

Growth & Development

Access high‑spec computers and software to excel both personally and professionally. We are committed to your future with a generous pension plan for peace of mind.

Celebrate milestones through our long service reward scheme.

Benefit from continuous learning and development to advance your career.

The Role Details

Reports To: Director of Production

Schedule

Core Hours - Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, with flexibility required for evening & weekend working.

Location

Hertfordshire (25min from central London)

Holiday

30 Days including Bank Holidays