Senior Technical Director

Job Title:   Sr. Technical Director

Group/Team: Production

Reports to:  VP,  Technical Production

Location: Remote

Employment Type: FT

Travel Requirements: 40% and valid US Passport required

WHO WE ARE

OPUS AGENCY

Opus Agency is a future-forward full-service global event agency with over 400 team members in the United States, London, Sydney, Singapore, and New Zealand. Our portfolio of clients includes world-shaping brands such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and many others. As we look ahead to 2026 and beyond, our profound opportunity is to shape the future of events in an increasingly AI-infused world. In an era where digital interactions often dominate, the authenticity of real-world connections will become paramount. Events will emerge as the #1 priority for CMOs, driving brand success and fostering deep, meaningful relationships with audiences.

Our Production and Technical teams play critical roles in this vision, partnering with world-shaping brands like Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce, as well as an ever-expanding roster of category creators and fast-growing global brands. With these clients, we don’t just respond to change; we shape it by pulling the future forward and leading them into a new era of event marketing. As a Technical Director, you will be at the forefront of this mission, driving innovative and impactful strategies that align with this events-driven vision for the future.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Sr. Technical Director is responsible for ensuring that the Opus technical production experience and production-related work delivers against agreed objectives and surpasses the client’s expectations. This role will represent Opus Agency with new and legacy clients in a lead technical position to direct teams to produce the technology for world-class keynotes for various sized audiences, road shows, breakout matrixes, expo experiences, virtual events and more. The role will be to ensure that all projects have the appropriate technical management, and lead large teams and clients from onboarding through execution and follow up for relationship building for future endeavors. This role will help internally to build technical best practices, maintain vendor relations, conduct freelance technical directors, and be on top of innovative new technologies we can offer our clients.

YOU SHOULD HAVE

●       10+ years of Technical Director experience in a client-facing role

●       Proven experience in leading and managing teams, understanding roles and responsibilities, designating staffing and overseeing teams

●       Proven experience managing budgets, sub vendors, union and non-union labor, and production-specific elements

●       Ability to travel as needed to ensure customer success and program oversight

●       Excellent written and verbal communication skills

●       Ability to collaborate in a team environment

●       Ability to directly manage A/V vendors, labor companies, clients and client relationships

●       Attention to detail regarding production schedules, onsite schedules, security, doc, labor call sheets, partner collaboration, and overall planning tools for technical production.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

​​Prior to event:

●       Technical Visionary - understand clients goals and objectives and use experience to know what is possible and how to best to bring their vision to life

●       Oversee technical project management responsibilities: plan, organize, schedule, and supervise crew, equipment and activities required to meet project deliverables. (includes video, audio, lighting, rigging, power distribution)

●       Collaborate with Lead Producer on overall vision of the event and support in all aspects of the program

●       Contribute on client calls and internal planning meetings