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Associate Programme Director

Netherlands, Amsterdam · Job Posted June 29, 2026
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As Associate Programme Director for the Amsterdam office, you will lead a portfolio of complex, technology-led production programmes, including work shaped by AI and advanced CGI techniques. You will steward programme health end-to-end, balancing client ambition with agency capability, and building delivery models that are efficient, scalable, and future-facing. A key part of your role is helping evolve how AI-enabled workflows and modern production methods are applied across creative output.

Job Responsibility

  • Oversee a portfolio of projects (up to €2M), ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and aligned with AKQA standards across modern production and technology-enabled workflows
  • Act as primary client interface, building trusted senior relationships and advising on delivery strategy, including the effective use of AI and CGI where relevant
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of complex digital programmes, ensuring excellence in execution, strong coordination across teams, and resolution of delivery challenges
  • Own project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and risk of overrun
  • Define delivery approaches (fixed-price and T&M), leading scoping, estimation, scheduling, and SoW creation for complex programmes
  • Partner with internal teams and clients to shape solutions and support new business opportunities, contributing to growth in AI-enabled production and advanced CGI work
  • Identify and mitigate delivery risks, including ethical considerations, data usage, and production complexity
  • Coach and develop delivery teams, strengthening capability in modern production pipelines and emerging technologies

Requirements

  • Extensive experience delivering complex digital production programmes in fast-moving, technology-led environments
  • Strong grounding in CGI, animation, real-time, or generative production workflows
  • Expert understanding of programme and project management across Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall approaches
  • Proven ability to manage budgets, forecasting, and commercial delivery with strong attention to value and efficiency
  • Confident in working with business metrics, forecasting models, and financial principles
  • Strong commercial awareness with a focus on ROI, delivery effectiveness, and long-term value creation
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement at senior and executive level
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling business narratives
  • Experience mentoring and developing multidisciplinary teams
  • Strong understanding of emerging technologies, ethical considerations, and modern production models
  • Strong alignment with human-centred design, creative craft, and outcome-driven delivery
  • Strong understanding of creative technology, AI ethics, and emerging production models
  • High affinity with human-centred design, creative craft, emerging technologies, and OKR-driven outcomes
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