Head of Tours

M&C Saatchi Group

Managing live theatre and arena tours for M+C Saatchi Talent's LiveX division, focusing on planning, delivery, and new opportunities.

Posted 8/3/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing live touring projects, including budgeting, financial management, and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to develop and pitch new touring concepts while maintaining strong relationships within the live entertainment industry.

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Live Touring ManagementBudgeting And Financial ManagementStakeholder Relationship ManagementTour Concept DevelopmentCrisis Management

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Hard Skills

Project ManagementFinancial ReportingP&L TrackingContract NegotiationTour SchedulingMarket ResearchTicket Pricing StrategiesAudience DevelopmentProduction LogisticsCommercial Deal Management

Soft Skills

CommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaborationLeadershipDiscretion

Industry Keywords

Live EntertainmentTheatreComedyPodcastPromoterProductionTouring ProjectsCreative PartnershipsMarketingTicketing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the planning, management and delivery of talent-led live theatre, arena and touring projects across the UK and internationally.
Manage existing tour projects from development through to completion, ensuring each tour is commercially viable, creatively strong and operationally well delivered.
Identify, develop and pitch new touring opportunities for M+C Saatchi Talent’s roster and wider talent network, including comedy, “An Evening With”, podcast, broadcast-led, entertainment and personality-driven formats.
Create and develop IP-owned touring concepts, working closely with talent, internal teams, promoters, venues and external creative partners.
Build and maintain strong relationships with promoters, venues, producers, ticketing partners, marketing teams, PRs, production suppliers and other key stakeholders across the live entertainment industry.
Work with talent and talent managers to shape commercially viable live concepts that feel authentic, creatively engaging and suitable for touring audiences.
Lead on tour budgeting, forecasting and financial management, including projected income, costs, promoter deals, guarantees, splits, production budgets and overall profitability.
Prepare and manage tour budgets, settlement processes, P&L tracking and financial reporting, ensuring accurate records are maintained throughout each project.
Work with promoters, venues and ticketing partners to agree and manage ticket pricing, sales strategies, capacities, holds, comps and reporting.
Oversee marketing and audience development plans for touring projects, working with promoters, venues, PR teams and digital teams to support ticket sales and campaign delivery.
Manage production requirements across each tour, including creative, technical, staging, set, travel, accommodation, crew, rehearsal and show-day logistics.
Liaise with talent, agents, managers, promoters, venues and suppliers to keep all parties aligned across schedules, deliverables, updates and deadlines.
Attend tour dates, rehearsals, production meetings, promoter meetings and key live shows where required, including evening and weekend work.
Lead tour advancing across all relevant dates, ensuring venues, promoters, talent, production teams and internal stakeholders have the information required to deliver each show successfully.
Draft, negotiate and manage touring agreements, promoter agreements, venue arrangements, talent agreements, supplier contracts and related paperwork, with support from internal teams where required.
Ensure the expectations of talent, promoters, venues, partners and internal stakeholders are always managed clearly and professionally.
Create and maintain accurate project timelines, tour schedules, budgets, contact sheets, deal summaries, status documents and reporting systems.
Monitor ticket sales and performance across each tour, identifying opportunities to improve sales, marketing activity or commercial outcomes where needed.
Deliver calm, thoughtful and solutions-focused crisis management across live projects, including last-minute changes, talent needs, venue issues, production challenges and audience-facing matters.
Support the wider LiveX team in building the touring pipeline, identifying market trends and spotting commercial opportunities across theatre, comedy, podcasts, sport, broadcast, entertainment and live experiences.
Undertake high-level research across the live entertainment and touring market to identify relevant talent, formats, promoters, venues, partners and competitive activity.
Work closely with the wider M+C Saatchi Talent team to ensure touring activity complements talent strategy, brand development and wider commercial objectives.
Represent M+C Saatchi Talent professionally and confidently in meetings with promoters, venues, partners, clients, talent and external stakeholders.
Maintain confidentiality across all talent, commercial and contractual matters, always using discretion.
Provide regular updates to senior leadership on tour development, financial performance, risks, opportunities and project milestones.
Support the longer-term growth of LiveX by helping to build repeatable touring models, clear processes and commercially scalable opportunities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrable relevant experience in live touring, theatre, comedy, podcast, speaker, promoter, production or live entertainment environments, with proven experience managing multi-date live projects.
Proven experience managing live tours, theatre shows, arena shows or multi-date live entertainment projects.
Experience working with promoters, venues, ticketing partners, production suppliers and marketing/PR teams.
Experience managing budgets, commercial deals, tour settlements and project financials.
Experience working with talent or high-profile individuals is highly desirable.
Experience developing new live formats, touring concepts or IP-owned projects would be advantageous.
Experience working in a fast-paced, creative and commercially driven environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

27 days annual holiday
Private healthcare
Employer contributory pension
Life assurance
Income protection
Subsidised gym membership
Learning opportunities around D&I
Mentoring programmes
Employee Led Networks and associated events
Personal development support