DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move.

Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. JOB PURPOSE We're looking for a Programme Director to lead delivery on one of our most exciting and fast-scaling retained accounts.

It's a creative-led production engine spanning four specialist pods, covering the full production spectrum from generative AI and prompt-led creative through to traditional shoot, stock and everything in between, all delivered across paid social and brand activity. You'll sit at the centre of Creative, Design, Production, Strategy and Client Services - orchestrating how an entire studio of specialists comes together to deliver at pace and at scale. As part of that, you'll directly manage a small team of Project Managers, providing the leadership, direction and day-to-day support that keeps delivery running smoothly across every pod.

This is a role for someone who knows how to take an operation that's grown fast and make it work smarter — identifying where process is missing or fragmented, and putting the right foundations in place without disrupting momentum. You'll also play a key role in shaping how this account works globally, partnering with our US counterparts to align ways of working across regions, identify shared tools and processes that genuinely improve delivery, and ensure the UK team operates as one unified, efficient studio alongside our global colleagues.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Own and orchestrate the integrated delivery model across Creative, Design, Production, Strategy and Client Services, working in partnership with Client Services leads to ensure DEPT® operates as one connected team for the client. Build the programme's governance model, delivery cadence, and ways of working - pulling together a team that is scaling fast across four pods, with many people joining at once. Act as the senior point of contact for cross-pod alignment, ensuring priorities, timelines and dependencies are clear across all teams and pods.

Partner with the US team to align ways of working across regions - identifying shared tools and processes that genuinely streamline delivery, reduce duplication, and ensure the UK studio operates as one unified team alongside our global colleagues. Bring senior-level fluency in creative, design and production workflows - you understand how creative development, motion design, and production actually work across the full spectrum, and can speak credibly with craft leads rather than simply coordinating around them. Run and lead planning cycles (weekly, monthly, quarterly) coordinating inputs from multiple specialist pods and craft disciplines.

Partner closely with Delivery Leads, Creative Directors, Design Directors and Strategy leads to maintain absolute clarity on scope, priorities, risk and resourcing. Maintain a strong, trusted relationship with the client, ensuring confidence in delivery cadence, programme health and governance as the team scales from its current size toward full strength. Monitor programme health, resourcing, and operational efficiency - working with team leads to unblock issues quickly rather than letting them escalate.

Support commercial management (scoping, forecasting, change control) in partnership with local and central Delivery teams. Help define what "good" operationally looks like for this account — recognising that some structure and process is to be built, while resisting process for the sake of process.