M-POWER Program Lead

M-POWER is MECCA’s social impact initiative, working towards our vision of gender equality in our lifetime. We believe that when women and girls have equal access to opportunity, everyone benefits. Through the M-POWER Collective, MECCA Archive, MECCA Prize and our broader gender equality initiatives, we partner with leading organisations, back changemakers, share stories that shift culture and create initiatives designed to drive meaningful, lasting change. We’re looking for an M-POWER Program Lead to help bring this work to life. Partnering closely with the Head of M-POWER, this role sits at the heart of M-POWER – combining creative thinking, project management and commercial acumen to turn ambitious ideas into thoughtfully planned and seamlessly delivered programs, campaigns and experiences.

Responsibilities

- Support the end-to-end ideation, planning and delivery of M-POWER projects, campaigns, events and activations, including International Day of the Girl, MECCA Archive, MECCA Prize and key impact partnerships
- Develop project plans, timelines and critical paths, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and proactively identifying risks, dependencies and approvals
- Partner across MECCA, including Content, Marketing, Creative Hub, MECCA Experience and Digital, to embed M-POWER initiatives and storytelling across the business
- Support M-POWER operations and governance, including budgets, forecasting, invoicing, contracts, vendor management, measurement and reporting
- Support the Head of M-POWER with strategic and annual planning, stakeholder and partner engagement, project KPIs and post-implementation reviews

What You Will Bring





You’re a creative, highly organised and solutions-focused project professional who enjoys turning big ideas into action. You’re equally comfortable thinking strategically and getting into the detail required to make exceptional work happen.

Ideal Experience and Skills

- 4+ years’ experience in creative program or project management, production, events or integrated campaign delivery, ideally within a creative or impact agency or an in-house brand team
- Strong project, partnership and stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated experience delivering multi-layered projects involving multiple stakeholder groups
- Exceptional planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, create structure and keep projects moving in a fast-paced environment
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience managing budgets, resourcing, contracts and reporting
- A creative, collaborative and adaptable mindset, paired with excellent communication and relationship-building skills and a genuine interest in social impact and gender equality

Your Life At MECCA

Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra,



we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!

Team Member Benefits

- Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering
- Health and well-being initiatives
- Reward and recognition programs
- Access to bonus and incentive programs
- Access to quarterly product allowanceGenerous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy

There are also so many other ways in which you’ll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way. To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca and for all current opportunities, visit mecca.com.au/careers. Follow @LIFEATMECCI Visit our LinkedIn page Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to look and feel their best by offering them the world’s best line‑up of beauty and skin-care brands, coupled with exceptional service.

Fast forward to today, and we have almost 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and Recent Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or one of our Distribution Centres, you will be an integral part of the MECCA family.

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📌 M-POWER Program Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 MECCA Brands
📍 Melbourne