Senior Events Manager – Corporate Events, Experiences

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the strategic development and progression of the 2027 Private Equity Portfolio Event Series.

• Convert business goals and stakeholder briefs into engaging event concepts, themes, and experiences.

• Create and advocate for innovative ideas regarding event formats, audience engagement, networking, and interactive experiences.

• Provide guidance to senior stakeholders on event strategy, creative direction, format selection, and opportunities for impact.

• Establish a proactive event calendar and sustain audience engagement between events.

• Oversee the complete event planning, coordination, and execution process from the initial brief through to evaluation and post-event follow-up.

• Formulate and maintain event plans, timelines, budgets, schedules, milestone trackers, and documentation.

• Manage multiple workstreams, dependencies, and deliverables efficiently and within budget.

• Coordinate venues, suppliers, speakers, presentations, event materials, schedules, and attendee requirements.

• Supervise event logistics and attend in-person events, primarily at the client's London offices, as needed.

• Cultivate relationships with senior stakeholders, internal teams, external suppliers, and strategic partners.

• Lead planning meetings, offer recommendations, communicate progress, and establish accountability for actions.

• Develop event agendas, themes, speaker contributions, presentations, and supporting materials.

• Design audience experiences that balance presentations, discussions, networking, and participation.

• Manage invitations, registration processes, attendee communications, audience lists, and attendance tracking.

• Create, manage, and monitor event budgets; source and oversee suppliers and service providers.

• Define success measures, including registrations, attendance, engagement, feedback, and post-event activities.

• Conduct post-event reviews, document lessons learned, and implement enhancements.

• Report on the events' contributions to relationship building, audience engagement, and business development opportunities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in senior event management, preferably within a corporate, professional services, or financial services context.

• Proven track record of managing corporate events from start to finish, including concept development, strategic planning, execution, and evaluation.

• Demonstrated capability to take strategic ownership of an event series and align activities with business and commercial goals.

• Strong creative thinking and concept development abilities.

• Experience in challenging conventional approaches, advising stakeholders, and influencing decisions.

• Excellent project management, organizational, and time management skills.

• Confidence in engaging with senior stakeholders and business leaders.

• Strong skills in supplier management, budget oversight, negotiation, and resource coordination.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building capabilities.

• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with sound judgment and independent ownership.

• Keen attention to detail along with the ability to anticipate risks and address challenges.

• Understanding of commercial aspects and the role of events in client relationships and business development.

• Capability to balance strategic thinking and creative development with practical event planning and operational execution.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating with internal teams, external partners, and subject matter experts.

• Experience in delivering executive-level events for CEOs, CFOs, senior functional leaders, and decision-makers (preferred).

• Background in professional services, consulting, financial services, or large corporate environments (preferred).

• Familiarity with private equity, investment management, or private equity-backed businesses (preferred).

• Knowledge of thought leadership events, industry roundtables, networking experiences, and flagship corporate activations (preferred).

• Proficient in CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, event registration tools, and shared project management systems (preferred).

• Experience in coordinating content development, marketing communications, and post-event engagement initiatives (preferred).

• Familiarity with measuring event performance and leveraging audience insights, stakeholder feedback, and commercial results to shape future strategies (preferred).

• Must have the legal right to live and work in the country where this position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

• Specific expertise in private equity or asset and wealth management is not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for remote work.

• Hybrid work arrangement.

• Project-based engagement with potential planning and onboarding support prior to the event.

• Opportunity to influence strategy and creative direction for a prestigious corporate event series.

• Significant ownership of event concepts and execution.

• Chance to support business development and enhance senior client relationships.

• Commitment to inclusive and equitable hiring practices.