Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

OLIVER is seeking experienced Global Programme Directors to join their growing team. This is an invitation to start a conversation about upcoming opportunities in complex, multi-region environments, focusing on strategic direction, commercial leadership, and operational excellence within an innovative in-house agency model.

Responsibilities

• Lead medium-to-complex global programmes, maintaining alignment to strategic goals, financial targets, and client expectations.
• Develop and drive programme vision, managing organisational change and delivering integrated outcomes across studios, functions, and geographies.
• Hold full accountability for delivery health, including governance, risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination.
• Establish and track KPIs; produce regular programme status reports; implement corrective actions as needed.
• Lead enterprise-scale transformation programmes centred on technology, people, and process.
• Hold full accountability for account gross profit, including approvals for resourcing, freelancers, expenses, and ad hoc costs.
• Build complex scenario plans across multiple brands and regions, modelling the impact of tools, technology, and commercial decisions.
• Create and manage Corrective Action Plans to protect GP targets; make strategic adjustments to people and cost base.
• Present revenue forecasting and financial performance to senior stakeholders; secure business approvals on financial decisions.
• Drive cost efficiency across tightly resourced teams without compromising output quality.
• Develop deep fluency across OLIVER and BTG technology and services, including delivery platforms, automation tools, and AI.
• Lead senior-level client conversations on technical solutions.
• Design solutions that integrate commercial thinking, people resources, and technology.
• Partner with the Senior Leadership Team on solution packaging and client proposals.
• Oversee resource scheduling and utilisation across account portfolios.
• Work with Client Services and Resource Management on pipeline planning to ensure correct team structure and skills.
• Ensure clear RACI frameworks are in place across all disciplines.
• Build and develop programme teams, providing leadership, mentoring, and structured feedback.
• Strategically integrate AI and automation across programme delivery and studio operations.
• Experience setting AI governance and quality standards.
• Develop AI capability across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Utilize agentic leadership for complex, multi-stakeholder business challenges.
• Provide thought leadership on AI's evolving role in agency operations.
• Manage programme-level budgets at significant scale, with accountability for gross profit, scenario planning, corrective action planning, and strategic cost management.
• Present budget performance and financial forecasting to senior and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• A strong track record of leading global programme delivery across large-scale, multi-studio account portfolios in complex organisational environments.
• Ideally Advertising/ Marketing industry experience.
• Deep expertise in programme and project management, including governance, risk management, delivery health, and stakeholder coordination.
• Advanced commercial acumen, including experience managing large-scale budgets with direct accountability for gross profit, revenue forecasting, and financial performance reporting.
• Executive-level client partnership experience, including building and sustaining trusted relationships, managing escalations, and leading strategic conversations.
• Proven ability to lead and develop large, geographically distributed teams.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale transformation programmes centred on technology, people, and process change.
• Fluency with delivery management platforms and operational tools, including Agile and scrum methodologies.
• Familiarity with automation and AI platforms is a strong advantage.
• Ability to design commercially viable solutions that integrate people, technology, and process.
• A clear track record of meeting and protecting GP targets across complex, multi-region accounts.
• Experience presenting financial performance and forecasting to COO and SVP-level stakeholders.
• Experience setting AI governance and quality standards at programme or studio level.
• Track record of developing AI capability across multiple teams and disciplines.
• Agentic leadership for complex, multi-stakeholder business challenges.
• Thought leadership on AI's evolving role in agency operations.
• Experience managing programme-level budgets at significant scale.
• Confidence presenting budget performance and financial forecasting to senior and executive stakeholders.
• Formal qualifications are welcome but not required; equivalent experience is accepted.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Governance
• Risk Management
• Delivery Health
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Commercial Acumen
• Gross Profit Management
• Revenue Forecasting
• Financial Performance Reporting
• Client Partnership
• Team Leadership
• Transformation Programmes
• Technology Integration
• Process Improvement
• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum Methodologies
• Automation Tools
• AI Platforms
• Solution Design
• Resource Management
• RACI Frameworks
• Mentoring
• AI Governance
• Scenario Planning
• Cost Management
• Budget Management

Location

• London, United Kingdom

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Flexible working

Experience Level

• Senior
• Executive

Education Level

• Formal qualifications not required; equivalent experience accepted.

About the Company

• Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands.
• Partners with over 300 clients in 40+ countries.
• Unique model drives creativity and efficiency, delivering tailored solutions.
• Part of The Brandtech Group, leveraging cutting-edge AI technology.
• AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making.
• OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets.
• Embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.

Equal Opportunity

• OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.
• All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.