Head of Commercial Events and Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +45 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop the strategic vision and oversee daily operations for a portfolio of commercial events, which includes internal meetings, Medical Education initiatives, and tradeshows.

• Establish benchmarks for investment strategy, event design, and market and customer engagement in collaboration with senior leadership and marketing executives.

• Design a framework for directing investments, assessing show impacts, and managing cross-business reporting.

• Lead, mentor, and nurture a team of 11 event professionals.

• Partner with Key Opinion Leaders and Society Engagement, as well as Business Unit marketing, sales, market leadership, medical education, and Finance teams.

• Oversee approximately $4.5 million in direct variable expenditure and influence an additional $7 million in indirect costs.

• Provide strategic insights to senior stakeholders and attend key events as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in event strategy, commercial marketing, or marketing operations.

• At least 5 years of experience in leading and developing teams.

• Proven experience managing individual event budgets and complex, portfolio-wide functional budgets.

• Strong financial insight and demonstrated success in functional budget management.

• Capability to assess and demonstrate the business impact of tradeshows and events utilizing clear KPIs.

• Expertise in building an events strategy from the ground up.

• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence and hands-on experience with event management software is advantageous.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.

• Ability to fulfill minimum physical, cognitive, and environmental job requirements with or without accommodations.

• Emotionally intelligent leadership and executive presence.

• Strong skills in cross-Business Unit collaboration.

• Extensive operational knowledge in events.

• Comfort in making strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel to key events as necessary.

• US work authorization is required; candidates seeking current or future visa sponsorship will not be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous paid time off (PTO).

• 401k plan with up to 7% matching contributions.

• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions.

• Stock purchase plan.

• Education reimbursement.

• Comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program.

• Travel to priority events as required.

• Company relocation benefits are not available.