Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager, Live Events & Production Location: South London, 5 days/week in-office Contract: Permanent, full-time Salary: Competitive, DOE 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.