About the Role:
The Project Manager (PM) will work directly with licensees, licensors, vendors, consultants, and internal stakeholders to oversee the creative development and execution of multiple Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) projects, ensuring projects are delivered on brand, on schedule, and aligned with creative and commercial objectives.

The PM will be responsible for managing project timelines, approvals, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and key delivery milestones across multiple projects and partners.

This role requires strong project management capability, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage complex experiential and IP-driven projects in a fast-paced international environment.

In addition to core project management responsibilities, the role will also support selected business development and account management activities, helping ensure continuity between commercial discussions and project execution.

Project & Creative Management:

· Lead the creative development process for LBE projects, working closely with internal teams and external partners to meet business objectives.

· Develop and manage project plans with internal teams, third-party vendors, and licensees, setting clear goals, deliverables, budgets, timelines, and responsibilities.

· Manage licensing partnerships, ensuring compliance with brand standards, approval processes, project schedules, and key deliverables.

· Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks to ensure projects stay on brand, on time, and on budget.

· Maintain strong working relationships and facilitate clear communication with licensors, licensees, design partners, vendors, consultants, and internal stakeholders across multiple territories and time zones.

· Provide relevant feedback, reviews, and approvals for creative submissions across entertainment, marketing, merchandising, retail, operational, and guest experience workstreams.

· Assist in vendor prequalification, selection, and evaluation, making recommendations as needed.

· Track progress and provide regular updates on project activities, including managing design reviews with various vendors and coordinating stakeholder feedback and approvals.

· Oversee the development of project processes, including responsibility assignment matrices (RACI), timelines, budgets, approvals, and other key documentation.

· Support project delivery and launch readiness coordination across creative, operational, and partner workstreams where required.

· Review and track IP approval processes to ensure compliance with all creative and licensing guidelines.

· Maintain regular contact with licensing partners through update meetings, sharing meeting notes, milestones, deadlines, and coordinating follow-up actions across stakeholders.

· Conduct post-project assessments to evaluate creative, process, and goal achievement.

Additional Commercial & Partner Support Responsibilities:

· Support coordination and follow-up on selected business development and account management opportunities.

· Assist in preparing presentations, project summaries, meeting materials, and internal reporting documentation.

· Help track ongoing project pipelines and support internal reporting requirements across the LBE business.

· Work collaboratively with regional licensing teams to align project activity with broader commercial objectives.