Strategic Program Director — Delivery & Profitability

Marketing Report (een B2B nieuwsplatform voor marketeers); Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TBWANEBOKO Amsterdam is seeking a hands-on Program Director to own end-to-end delivery and profitability of projects within your Co-Lab. You will bring structure to complex campaigns, ensure on-time delivery, and safeguard budget integrity.

Working with Account, Strategy and Creative teams, you will anticipate risks, align priorities, and drive improvements in ways of working. A strong track record in multi-channel projects is preferred.

Qualifications

• At least 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong understanding of the creative industry and how integrated agency teams operate.
• Deep experience managing budgets, scopes, timelines and resourcing.
• Strong commercial acumen and confidence taking financial accountability.
• Proven experience in project governance, risk management and structured problem-solving.
• Ability to drive new ways of working across multiple teams or departments.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to see how decisions across projects, people and resources affect the wider business.
• Preferably, a proven track record delivering complex, multi-channel campaigns and large-scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery and profitability across projects within your Co-Lab.
• Oversee the Account teams’ translation of client needs into clear project scopes, budgets and timelines.
• Anticipate project risks and solve problems before they impact delivery.
• Drive alignment across the Co-Lab Steering Team and create clarity around priorities, responsibilities and decisions.
• Track commercial performance and flag risks and opportunities to the Steering Team.
• Provide structure and guidance to project teams, enabling them to deliver their strongest work.
• Partner with other Program Directors and the Resource Manager to identify potential challenges across accounts and solve them together.
• Help teams continuously improve how they work across disciplines and projects.

Skills

Project governance

Budget management

Timeline management

Stakeholder management

Structured problem-solving

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Strong communication

Systems thinking

Job description

TBWANEBOKO Amsterdam is seeking a hands-on Program Director to own end-to-end delivery and profitability of projects within your Co-Lab. You will bring structure to complex campaigns, ensure on-time delivery, and safeguard budget integrity.

Working with Account, Strategy and Creative teams, you will anticipate risks, align priorities, and drive improvements in ways of working. A strong track record in multi-channel projects is preferred.