Project Management Director
We are looking for a Project Management Director to lead and inspire a team of around 50 Creative Project Managers (CPMs) and Team Leads. This is a high-impact leadership role focused on building a world-class project management function that delivers exceptional customer outcomes and drives operational excellence at scale.
You’ll work closely with senior leadership to align strategy, optimize performance, and shape a seamless operation that empowers our teams and impresses our customers. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, creative environment and knows how to balance structure with innovation.
What You'll Do
- Lead a high-performing team of ~50 CPMs and Team Leads, coaching, mentoring, and inspiring them to consistently deliver top-tier results.
- Drive operational excellence by designing and refining project management processes that promote quality, speed, and consistency across all engagements.
- Align with company strategy, collaborating with senior leadership to evolve the project management function in support of business goals.
- Oversee commercial performance, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on brand, and on budget, with a strong focus on profitability.
- Champion innovation by identifying process improvements, integrating new tools, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Elevate client experience by working closely with Client Success teams to ensure we meet and exceed expectations in every project.
- Build for scale, identifying bottlenecks and implementing lean workflows that support growth.
- Define and track performance metrics that reinforce accountability, quality, and efficiency across the team.
- Upskill and develop talent, leading training initiatives that keep the team evolving with customer and market needs.
What You'll Need to Succeed
- Proven leadership experience managing large project teams, ideally in media agencies, consultancies, or fast-moving scale-ups.
- Strong operational mindset with a track record of improving workflows, systems, and delivery standards.
- Commercial acumen, including experience managing budgets, optimizing resources, and driving profitability.
- Forward-thinking and tech-savvy, with a passion for integrating new tools and methodologies into daily operations.
- Customer-focused approach, with deep empathy for client needs and an ability to turn those into scalable processes.
- Data-driven decision-making, leveraging insights to improve performance and inform strategy.
- Excellent English communication skills with the capacity to inspire, influence, and align stakeholders at all levels.
- Agile and adaptable, able to prioritize in a high-growth, high-change environment.
- Cultural alignment with Superside’s values, curious, kind, bold, and driven by creative excellence.
Why join us
Superside's vision is to create more equal opportunities globally by accelerating the world’s transition to online work. With that in mind, we’ve built a natively remote company enabling us to attract the best talent no matter where they are.
Global Talent, Remote by Design
Join a global community spanning 60+ countries, where remote work isn’t just a perk, it’s how we deliver our best. At Superside, being remote means fully committing to our customers and collaborating seamlessly across time zones.
High Performance, Low Ego
Experience a fast-paced, high-energy environment with truth-seeking teammates. We foster trust, collaboration, and continuous learning to grow individually and together.
Impact Meets Opportunity
Join at the perfect moment: influence our product like a startup while enjoying the stability of a thriving scale-up. Your ideas are welcome—improve, innovate, and lead with us.
Growth, Mentorship, and Leadership
Advance your career through growing responsibility and mentorship. We're here to support your leadership journey while disrupting a global industry with massive potential.
Our commitment to your career
We give you the necessary tools and resources to take control of your development and unlock your full potential.
With continuous learning opportunities, constant mentoring and leadership development efforts, we strive to build high-performing teams that can grow alongside our company.
