Head of Projects - Live Events
3 days ago
London
Head of Projects – Live Events Metro Production Group Location: London Salary: competetive Metro Production Group (MPG) is a leading event production agency, specialising in high quality, customised events across diverse sectors. As a proud part of WPP plc, the world's largest communication services provider, and operating within the WPP Production network (formerly known as Hogarth Worldwide), we are a dynamic and innovative Creative Events & Production Agency dedicated to bringing exceptional ideas to life. At MPG, we thrive on designing, building, and delivering cutting-edge live, hybrid, and experiential projects for our high-profile clients, ensuring every event leaves a lasting impact. Our passion lies in balancing creative ambition with operational reality, consistently delivering excellence that exceeds expectations. We craft moments that resonate, connect, and inspire. The Role: We are seeking a Head of Projects to join our creative events agency reporting directly to the Executive Leadership Team. This pivotal and strategic role will be responsible for orchestrating cross-functional collaboration, partnering with departmental heads to assemble and empower optimal project teams for both new business proposals and seamless client project delivery. The role will serve as a critical bridge between strategic direction and on-the-ground delivery. The Head of Projects will strategically oversee our entire project pipeline, ensuring profitable, on-brief, on-time, and on-budget delivery. This senior role mandates critically assessing methodologies, driving initiatives to enhance cost efficiency, mitigate risks, and maximise margin growth Key Responsibilities Project Delivery & Pipeline Management • Oversee key projects: Ensure successful delivery within scope, timeline, and budget, consistently exceeding client expectations., • Provide real-time project pipeline visibility: Enable proactive resource planning and informed strategic decision-making., • Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks: Escalate critical concerns to the Executive Leadership Team or relevant stakeholders., • Collaborate on new business proposals: Provide strategic budgetary expertise to ensure competitive, profitable pricing and timely capture of new opportunities. Team Leadership & Line Management • Line management responsibility, • Allocate resources across the team based on project demands and individual capacity. Client Relationship Management • Serve as the primary project liaison for production, creative, and business development teams., • Proactively manage project expectations, ensuring clarity on deliverables and timelines Budget & Financial Oversight • Monitor real-time project costs, flagging variances and implementing mitigations., • Critically review and challenge budgets/resourcing pre-approval to maximise ROI., • Proactively implement strategies to minimise margin leakage Quality & Standards • Uphold and champion MPG's creative production and delivery standards across all projects, • Implement consistent project management processes across the delivery team, • Conduct post-event reviews to capture learnings and drive continuous improvement Who You Are: • 8+ years' extensive experience in event or experiential delivery, ideally across diverse live event agency settings., • Exceptional commercial and financial acumen, with a deep understanding of project profitability, managing complex budgets (£1M+), and maximising commercial return., • Proven experience improving processes, enhancing delivery standards, and driving operational excellence across multiple projects., • Calm, solutions-focused, and confident navigating high-pressure situations, challenges, and dynamic client needs., • Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with stakeholders, clients, and teams at all levels., • Innately balances ambitious creative vision with operational reality, consistently protecting both quality and margin., • Strong understanding of logistics, technical production, 3D builds, fabrication, and critical safety/compliance protocols., • Experience across both B2B and B2C projects is highly valued. WHAT WE OFFER • 25 days annual leave + Volunteer Day, • Enhanced Parental leave, • A 1.5:1 matching pension structure, • Help@hand enhanced benefits app, TELUS tool, annual eye test and many more, • A company committed to investing in people with tailored training programmes and development budgets, • Enhanced and ongoing wellbeing & sustainability incentives and activities throughout the year, • International travel for work, • Season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, • SS workplace nursery & electric vehicle car scheme, • Life Assurance & Group Income Protection scheme, • Volunteering/ CSR Community Day OUR VALUES: At MPG, our values aren’t just words on a wall — they shape how we work, how we treat each other, and the standard we hold ourselves to: CREATIVITY ignites us INTEGRITY defines us TEAMWORK empowers us EXCELLENCE drives us PASSION unites us Why Join MPG? This is an unmissable career opportunity to join a brilliant, integrated agency at a senior level. You'll have real influence, the chance to contribute to a business that deeply values creative, cultural, and operational excellence. We offer a hybrid working model, based in our vibrant London office within the WPP Campus. If you're ready to make a significant impact and lead our project delivery to new heights, we want to hear from you. Ready to make a difference? Apply Now! Apply now by sending your CV to By applying for this role you are consenting to Metro Production Group processing your data for recruitment purposes only in accordance with Article 6(1) (b) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The data of unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed after a period of six months, in line with ‘best practice’ and our legal obligations.