Director of Project Management

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.

Director of Project Management - Meptik

Role: Director of Project Management (Meptik)

Department: Project Management

Location: Atlanta metro area

Reports into: VP of Production

Contract: Full Time

About the role:

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 came into the Disguise offerings in 2022

About Disguise

Building on our two-decade legacy in the live event space, where our workflow has powered global concert tours for artists like U2 and Beyoncé, festivals like Coachella and Glastonbury and theatre productions like Frozen and Harry Potter, we are also now leading the way in Extended Reality (xR) for remote Virtual Production.

Our award-winning xR workflow has enabled over 300 productions in the past 12 months, 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 VFX studios like Framestore 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, Auckland, Hong Kong, Shanghai, 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 recognized as one of the Financial Times' top 1000 fastest growing businesses for 2021. Watch our showreel to see just some of the incredible work of how disguise products are used

Our values

• Honest. Transparency and integrity are core to how we approach each other and our work at disguise. Our culture relies on clear, courageous conversations and proactively sharing feedback with the intent to help each other and the business to grow.
• Evolutionary. We are always seeking to be even better. We push the limits of what is possible so both our technology and our disguisers stay ahead of the game.
• Fearless. Innovation and a pioneering attitude are key to our success. Disguisers are empowered to experiment, work autonomously and grow from their experiences.
• Resilient. Disguisers are determined to succeed and will not give up when things get tough. We are committed to doing what is right, rather than what is easy, and will adapt to finding the best path forward.
• Belong. We are committed to being the difference. Every disguiser has a role to play in creating an inclusive environment where people belong and can do their best work every day.
  
  

Our benefits

We want to make sure we attract and retain the best talent out there. For permanent disguisers globally, some of our benefits and perks include:

• Unlimited Paid Time Off - with minimum time you must take set at 20% above statutory
• Gig Allowance - £400 or local equivalent to spend on tickets every year, to immerse yourself in our industries
• Flexible hours - some people start work at 10am, and others begin at 7am and finish earlier. Create a pattern that works for your team and for you
• Hybrid working between home and our offices (dependent on role and location)
• Long Service Awards (3, 5, 10+ years)
• Belonging policies - including (but not limited to) support for Parental, Fertility, Miscarriage, Menopause and Transitioning
• Mental health and wellbeing support - subscription to the Calm app, weekly desk-yoga, mental health first-aid buddies, Employee Assistance Programmes
• Training, coaching & mentoring
  
  

Health And Pension Benefits Vary Based On Local Requirements.

Don't disguise your differences.

Innovation comes from everyone. We strive to create a workplace that reflects our diverse audience. We celebrate our people for their full authentic selves, and embrace uniqueness. Inclusion and Equity matter at disguise. We create together and we create everywhere.