Senior Project Manager

At Live Group, we take pride in creating environments that bring people together and moments where real engagement happens. As a Senior Project Manager, you will do much more than just lead our myriad projects over the line. You’ll be a central cog within our delivery team which makes our events so effective and so special. Inquisitive, customer-centric with high attention to detail, personable, deadline driven with the ability to command a room. You’ll be that special blend of technically minded, socially-adept, highly organised with the ability to multi-task when working on several different projects across a variety of accounts.You’ll be joining a dedicated team who are passionate about events. Within this team you will be responsible for leading our large-scale projects end-to-end.Role & Responsibilities – Project DeliveryEnd to end project management including client liaison, project planning, budget management, supplier management and management of internal resource.Leading on a number of diverse and complex projects including conferences, incentive programmes, road shows, exhibitions, and summits.Multi-currency budget creation, ownership, and reconciliation of up to £6MManagement of project cashflow via our internal systems and securing client approvals, issuing purchase orders and invoices.Directing all team members responsible for contributing to the event delivery, ensuring the solution meets the client brief and objectives.Collaborating with our Digital Team to ensure best use of product and delegate management standards are met.Ensuring that all client projects meet operational excellence standards, ISO and profitability targets set by the business.Managing supply chain partners to ensure the highest standards of service/product delivery at the best negotiated price.Understanding and managing H&S obligations for project delivery.Initiating new business, upselling opportunities, and identifying gaps in our delivery model.Contributing to the delivery response on new business proposals and pitches.Being a role model and positive influence for the junior members of the department by demonstrating and promoting best practice and implementing process.Leading company initiatives and tasks as required or requested by the Leadership Team.Role & Responsibilities – Line ManagementLine managing a minimum of two junior employees, hosting weekly 1-2-1’s, approving credit cards and holiday requests.Responsible for the success of your direct reports by supporting and guiding them through their projects and workloads.Collaborating with Head of Project Operations to create clear development paths for your direct reports, building on the individual strengths and driving them forward to meet their objectives.Contributing to project resource planning by monitoring your teams’ workloads and suggesting effective project delivery solutions.About YouA strong track-record of Project Management and, specifically, experience in managing various projects and managing cumulative event budgets of all sizes including and in excess of £2MAn interest and appreciation for event production and an understanding of the technical and creative elements of delivery.Exceptional project management skills and a strong business acumen are essential as is attention to detail, the drive to deliver continuous improvement and a commitment to outstanding quality of delivery.Excellent understanding of all event disciplines including delegate management, technical production, exhibition build, digital and video production, print production.Proven financial acumen with the ability to manage third party suppliers, negotiate and grow project profitability.Confident and familiar with building and managing delegate management systems and the understanding of digital products.Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.Excellent verbal and written communication skills both internally and client facing.Agile and adaptive with the resilience and stamina to sustain performance under pressure.Independent worker with the ability to self-prioritise workload according to the business needs and excellent time management skills.Highly collaborative ability to build trust with colleagues, clients and suppliers and positively influence others.Proven experience of working with CRM’s and/or Finance Tools such as Salesforce or AccessLogical and technically savvy with the ability to pick up new systems and/or processes quicklyGood level of computer literacy, particularly the Microsoft Package.Ability to work on the here and now but have the oversight to plan ahead.Excellent people management skills with proven ability in leading and motivating delivery teams.Line Management experience and the ability to lead and develop a high performing team.About UsAt Live Group we create powerful communication strategies designed to bring our clients closer to their audiences, whoever and wherever they are. We combine our extensive know-how with creative solutions to deliver interactive experiences beyond the conventional. Using a powerful combination of content creation, creative design, technology, and live events, we work with our clients to build their communications lifecycle in ways that engage at every interaction. When they need their message to land with impact, among customers, partners, influencers, employees, or stakeholders, we think differently to drive the outstanding results their organisation demands.We pride ourselves on being able to take a step back to understand your needs. We hire leading experts in the events industry, experienced enough to make the big decisions. Think you’d be a good fit for our team? Get in touch. We'd be happy to have you and we really mean that. Not just because we love having experts like you on our side, but also because there is work to do, boundaries to be pushed – and we need the right people for the job to do it! Excited? 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