The posting
WHO WE ARE
OPUS AGENCY
The Opus Agency, Asia Pacific is a future-forward full-service global event agency with over 400 team members in the United States, London, Sydney, Singapore, and New Zealand.
The world’s leading brands and upstart category creators trust Opus Agency with their flagship programs and holistic event portfolios. Across four decades, our story is one of realisation—a realisation of outstanding talent, a nurtured culture, and integrated end-to-end capabilities. To us, it's simple: success is propelled through the power and potential of people coming together.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Project Director is responsible for the successful end-to-end delivery of complex, high-value projects, providing senior leadership across production, people, resources, budgets, timelines and risk.
Working closely with clients, the wider team and senior stakeholders, the Project Director leads the delivery team to ensure projects are strategically aligned, commercially sound and delivered to the highest standard. They bring strong leadership, commercial acumen and exceptional project management capability, while creating an environment where teams can perform at their best.
YOU SHOULD HAVE
- 8+ years’ experience in project management, production, events, experiential or a similar agency environment.
- Strong project management experience within an agency, events, experiential or production environment.
- Proven experience leading large and complex projects from inception through to delivery.
- Strong commercial acumen and experience managing project budgets and resources.
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the ability to manage competing priorities and challenges.
- A collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively across Production, Creative, Account and senior leadership teams.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Project Director, you will take ownership of client relationships and account performance while partnering closely with internal teams to deliver exceptional work. You will be accountable for trust, satisfaction, growth and financial outcomes across your accounts.
- Take the lead on large client projects, overseeing them end to end including resourcing, budget management, logistics and delivery.
- Guide the Production team to deliver outcomes that align with the client’s strategic objectives across multiple projects.
- Map out, plan and lead project resources.
- Inspire, motivate and supervise individuals in their roles.
- Forward plan projects and resources to ensure successful delivery.
- Coordinate and contribute to new business pitches.
- Report to the Senior Leadership Team on all facets of projects and client issues.
- Demonstrate strong commercial acumen to meet the commercial objectives of the business and the client.
- Maintain current and relevant knowledge of industry best practice to create a competitive advantage.
- Maintain and guide the Creative / Art Director’s vision throughout project delivery.
- Achieve company and client objectives by solving project goals and challenges.
- Develop opportunities within existing clients and look to bring in RFPs and new clients to the Company.
COMPETENCIES
- Project Delivery & Management
- Commercial & Financial Acumen
- Leadership & Team Development
- Resource Planning & Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving
- Clear & Influential Communication
- Collaboration Across Disciplines
- Adaptability in Fast-Paced Environments
- Calm, Confident and Solutions-Focused Leadership Style
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN RETURN
- High-powered tech to help you perform your best
- Work with global, market leading brands
- Global travel opportunities
- Paid Birthday leave
- Paid monthly wellness day
- Regular social events
- A hybrid work environment
- A vibrant, modern workplace
- A competitive Paid Parental leave policy
- An in-house L&D program
- Additional funds allocated to your personal learning & development
NOT SURE IF YOU SHOULD APPLY?
Studies show that those identifying as under-represented individuals might have talked themselves out of applying at this point. Don’t worry about checking every single box. At The Opus Group, we are dedicated to building a versatile, inclusive team with a variety of backgrounds and a growth mindset - so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every single item listed in this job description, we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this role, or we may have other roles that better align with your skillset.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Individuals will be required to sit for the majority of the day and may be required to stand as needed. May require ability to ambulate primarily on a level surface for periodic periods throughout the day. Individuals may be required to travel via airplane, train, taxi, car and/or other means of transportation, as needed.
The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
OTHER DUTIES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This position requires verification of Singapore citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions and/or proof of right to work. The ability to meet The Opus Group background screening process are required for this role.
