Meptik are looking for a Director of Project Management to join our expanding team. This position will sit within Meptik (a Disguise business), and also the Global Disguise organisation.
The Director of Project Management will have solid client facing Program Management experience; managing complex client facing projects of $10M+, across multiple time zones.
This person will lead a Global project team at Meptik, and will work alongside a technical team, a creative team, as well as managing 3rd party vendors.
The Director of Project Management will bring experience of large physical system installations from a Creative-Tech Industry, to ensure some of our most exciting virtual production projects are delivered on time and to budget.
What you will do:
Responsible for managing multiple, complex external client-facing projects with budgets around $10M+
Line manage the project team of 6+FTE, including being responsible for team development and training. Hands on approach when needed in the team’s projects
Develop and implement detailed project schedules, work plans and project budgets
Discovering cost-saving opportunities
Define project scope and objectives
Own resource management for projects; allocating and scheduling resources including human capital and equipment based on organisational priorities and project requirements
Collaborate with stakeholders, department heads, and project managers to develop resourcing plans, assess resource needs, and allocate resources accordingly
Develop and implement solid project management governance and processes
Manage project progress, performance and risks
Client management; comfortable being a senior point of contact between the client and the project. Able to handle, escalate and resolve issues
Stakeholder management (3rd party vendors, partners, rental companies, internal technical teams, creative teams, sales and support teams)
Ensure strong & clear communication between all parties in a given project
Experience we are looking for:
Experience managing multiple client facing projects concurrently, to budget and on time
Experience line managing, developing and growing a project team, with remote and in-person resources within different time zones
Experience managing, creating and monitoring project budgets around $10M, and identifying cost-saving opportunities
Experience developing, delivering and managing project plans, risk & issues, task scheduling, and change control
Experience handling resource management for projects including allocating, scheduling and analysing resource utilisation
Experience developing and implementing project governance and processes
Experience managing and communicating with multiple stakeholders including 3rd party vendors, clients and internal technical and creative teams
Experience using project management software including smartsheet resource manager
Experience implementing projects for large physical system installations
Experience working in a Creative-Tech Industry (such as Production or Live Event Installation)
Behaviours and values
You will have clear communication to interact with clients, 3rd party vendors and internal teams across multiple time zones
You will have a positive, can-do attitude
You will enjoy problem solving in order to manage resources and overcome project issues
You will be innovative and forward thinking in order to manage risks, increase productivity, efficiency and cost savings
You will be nimble with “no ego” to step up and help more junior team members
You will have the ability to remain calm under pressure when dealing with complex time critical issues
You will have excellent attention to detail, to enable governance and project processes to be mapped out effectively
Ability to travel if required
About Meptik and Disguise:
Meptik is the one-stop shop for bridging realities.
We help our clients build their next virtual production powerhouse, fuel it with stunning virtual sets, deliver in-camera visual effects on set, and create immersive audience experiences.
As one of the most experienced teams in the industry, we have the creative vision and, as part of Disguise, access to the latest Emmy-award-winning tech to help clients Upset Reality™. We’ve done it for big and small productions, corporate clients, major film studios, broadcasts, and live events.
Clients can work with us throughout their entire creative journey, or let us be part of their next visual masterpiece.
Meptik was brought into the Disguise offering in 2022.
Disguise sits at the heart of the most inspiring live and virtual experiences in the world, leading the market in building a software and hardware solution that designs, sequences and controls the most spectacular productions across film and TV, broadcast, live and corporate events.
Our award-winning xR workflow has enabled over 300 productions in the past 12 months alone, for music artists such as Katy Perry and Billie Eilish, broadcast TV channels like ITV and Eurosport, enterprise businesses like SAP and Siemens, educational institutions like the University of Michigan and notable film studios like Netflix and DNEG.
We partner closely with Epic Games, NVIDIA, Netflix and many more to further develop and democratize our virtual production solution and enable teams anywhere to create their best story with the most innovative tools.
With offices in London, LA, New York, Atlanta, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Auckland, Seoul and Tokyo, we are a fast-growing company that hires bright, creative, talented individuals across the world to push the boundaries of visual experiences and build lasting relationships with our community.
We were delighted to be recognised as one of the Financial Times’ top 1000 fastest growing businesses for 2021. Watch our showreel to learn more about the amazing projects powered by disguise.
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Who we are:
Meptik builds mind-blowing experiences from start to finish. With our mission to Upset Reality™, we marry the creative & technical to do more immersive storytelling, create unique visual environments, and engage audiences with something they’ve never seen before. And since every great project starts with a great brief, for Meptik, it was this: Hire great talent. Trust them. And leave the egos at the door.
Why us?
Growth opportunities | Our team is constantly growing and expanding into multiple locations. And as a disguise company, we are part of an even larger network with multiple teams across the globe.
Team culture | We’ve cultivated a team of hardworking, humble, fun and incredibly talented, passionate individuals who bring out the best in each other and the unique projects they create.
Become part of the future | At Meptik, we pride ourselves on doing things that haven’t been done before. When working with us, you become part of a forward-thinking, boundary-busting team.
Industry & Community Leader | We’re continuously involved with local community chapters to train individuals on the future of content production.
What drives us:
All the realities. None of the B.S.
We take pride in building our business and establishing ourselves as leaders in the industry with a company culture that exemplifies our values in everything we do, from employee experience to customer relationships and every decision in between.
No ego: we are the sum total of all of us and no one person is better than another
Honest: do the right thing in every situation for each other and for our clients
Passionate: about furthering our craft and dreaming of new frontiers
Dedicated: to Meptik as a company and a culture
Excellence: we strive to be the best in every area while always exhibiting professionalism
We’re looking to grow this thing. So if you're as uncompromisingly honest and down-to-earth as you are incredible at what you do, we'd love to meet you.
Employment type
Full-time
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