Senior Project Manager Linkviva

Senior Project Manager

Orchestrate Sophisticated Events with Strategy, Finesse & Impact

Why You ll Love Working Here

High-Impact Leadership Drive complex event projects across every stage from pitches to post-event insights.

Strategic Accountability Manage budgets, timelines, and client expectations with precision and poise.

Team Builder & Mentor Support and grow junior leaders while ensuring excellence in every delivery.

Role Purpose

The Senior Project Manager leads complex event deliveries and oversees multiple projects simultaneously. They take a leading role in pitches, manage project teams, own budgets, and maintain strong client relationships. The Senior Project Manager ensures that all projects meet strategic goals, financial targets, and creative ambitions while mentoring junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

1. Complex Project Delivery

Lead multiple or high-complexity projects simultaneously, ensuring strategic objectives and timelines are met. Take accountability for all stages from planning and pitch to execution and post-event review. Apply experience to foresee issues early and implement preventive solutions across projects.

2. Client Liaison & Relationship Building

Act as a senior point of contact for clients throughout the event lifecycle. Build strong relationships, manage expectations, and ensure transparent, solution-oriented communication.

3. Budget Control & Financial Strategy

Build and monitor project budgets, ensuring alignment with commercial targets. Use data from previous events to model accurate forecasts and identify cost-saving opportunities. Oversee BOQs and scopes of work to ensure procurement can engage suppliers effectively.

4. Cross-Functional Planning

Ensure integration of creative, production, operations, experience, marketing, and sponsorship teams. Lead coordination sessions to align roles, dependencies, and critical paths.

5. Team Leadership & Mentorship

Supervise Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, providing direction, support, and quality control. Offer coaching and feedback to build capability within the team. Ensure responsibilities are well delegated and aligned with each team member s strengths.

6. Masterplan Review & Strategic Use

Ensure the masterplan is used as a live management tool across the team. Review site layouts, health and safety protocols, and project-wide logistics to maintain consistency and accuracy.

7. Operational Process Implementation

Apply and enforce agency SOPs, workflows, and operational playbooks within your project teams. Ensure that all documentation, timelines, approvals, and client communications follow structured protocols. Act as a process champion, helping team members understand and adopt new tools and systems. Provide feedback to the leadership team on what s working and where refinements are needed.

About You

Experienced Leader 5+ years managing complex events, ideally within the Middle East, with a firm grasp of project delivery, client engagement, and financial acumen.

Strategic & Proactive You plan ahead, foresee risks, and act decisively to keep projects on track.

Mentor & Team Builder You inspire, guide, and develop others while maintaining high standards of quality and productivity.

Integrated Thinker You effortlessly connect creative, operational, and financial dots across diverse teams.

Client-Focused Communicator You thrive on building client trust with transparency, insight, and responsiveness.