Director, Project Management

Our Opportunity

GPJ is hiring a Director of Project Management to join our growing team!

This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Las Vegas office location a minimum of 5 days per week.

Your Role

You are the Director of Project Management & Fabrication, responsible for leading and coordinating a fabrication team across various projects. Your goal is to ensure you deliver the highest quality results while maximizing your margins. To achieve this, you lead by example, embrace innovative construction methods, and strive to be an industry leader.  You lead both the Project Management team and the shop team in your facility.

In your role, you have a wide range of additional responsibilities that contribute to the success of projects and the growth of your team. These responsibilities include managing, training, and motivating your Project Management & Shop teams, as well as collaborating closely with the Creative and Account Management teams at the early stages of each project. You also maintain regular communication with the Account Management and Integrated Production teams to facilitate smooth estimating and client services relationships. Assigning Project Managers to oversee all projects within your facility and monitoring and adjusting workloads among your departmental personnel are essential tasks. You oversee the financial tracking of all projects managed by your team, providing early insights into any negative variances and offering solutions to address challenges in projects. Additionally, you assist with Estimating oversight and sign-off for major fabrication projects. 

You collaborate closely with Fabrication Leadership on staffing-related issues, conduct annual performance reviews for the Project Management Team, and organize GPJ Training seminars on Fabrication for GPJ Staff. You provide leadership, direction, and guidance to less experienced individuals, regardless of their department, and ensure that time entries are accurately recorded and approved for both your team and yourself according to the schedule. When required, you travel to major shows to supervise significant fabrication efforts, improve delivery scheduling, and promote onsite collaboration between Fabrication and Integrated Production.

Your Skills

• Work under time restrictions, work with numerous personality types, work with personnel at all levels within the organization


• Drive the Project Management team and process in order to deliver high-quality, profitable fabrication projects


• Plan and execute consistent project performance


• Manage GPJ Process across the PM and Shop team 


• Deliver high-quality fabrication projects on time and on budget 


• Effectively deliver on numerous corporate initiatives


• Knowledge of building and construction standards and terminology.


• Ability to read/understand engineering drawings and knowledge CAD/CAM manufacturing and fabrication.


• Ability to teach and develop new talent.


• Firm understanding of Project Management methodology. 


• Familiarity with interior and exterior building materials and fabrication techniques.


• Drive, Determination and Persistence in guiding numerous personnel on multiple projects simultaneously.


• Computer Skills; Fluent in Google Docs and Sheets (Word and Excel).


• Exceptional Time Management Skills


• Professional written and verbal communication skills.


• Clear understanding of financial terminology relating to margins, mark up calculations, and estimating formulas.


• Oversight and implementation of GPJ Safety program.

Your Competencies

Solution Oriented - Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order to reach the end goal.

Thoroughness - Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements/commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations. Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations.

Versatile -Action oriented and approach work with a “can do” attitude. Willing to understand client contracts, procurement requirements and supplier code of conduct, scope and work with the client, in relation to housing and interacting with the various properties, and when necessary adapt to any given client.

Your Experience

Experience & Education

• 8-10 years of previous industry / agency experience. 


• 4 Year College Degree in Construction Management Event Management/Business Administration, Hospitality, Communications, or equivalent experience. 

Travel & Mobility

• Ability to travel 25%


• Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed

Your Impact

In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over:

• Direct - Project Management & Fabrication


• Indirect - Engineering, Purchasing, Estimating, Warehouse & Logistics

Who We Are

GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies. 

You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our “no employee contribution” healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.

GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.