Global Events Manager

Role Overview

• Plan, manage, and execute end-to-end live and virtual events, including tradeshows, conferences, webinars, executive programs, and internal events.
• Understand broader marketing strategy and effectively translate it into impactful, brand‑aligned tradeshow plans, messaging, and onsite execution.
• Oversee complex, simultaneous events and marketing initiatives, while delivering on time, within budget and exceeding expectations.
• Provide strategic leadership for industry conferences, driving programs from initial concept through full delivery while guiding cross-functional teams to achieve defined objectives.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with leadership, key stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Lead meetings and conference calls to direct teams, be articulate in providing guidance, with an ability to make informed and strategic decisions.
• Support marketing, design, and production resources to ensure high quality work with purpose and vision.
• Manage large scale tradeshows with the ability to be strategic with sponsorship funding and flawless booth development and execution.
• Ability to execute onsite logistics and maintain a solution-oriented mindset.
• Stay current on event technologies, marketing tools, and industry best practices to drive innovation.
• Negotiate contract terms that are favorable to the company with suppliers related to production, hospitality, logistics, food and beverage, creative services, supplies and other elements.
• Analyze event performance, prepare detailed post-event reports, and complete financial reconciliations in a timely manner.
• Partner closely with compliance and legal teams to ensure full adherence to regulatory and organizational requirements.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience
• Experience with conventions, logistics, housing bureaus, and professional/medical organizations and societies preferred.
• External supplier and agency management & process optimization.
• Ability to be innovative and think outside of the box.
• Hands-on approach to your work and are adept at leading internal and external resources to create content and communications that support the strategy.
• Highly organized and process-oriented.
• Experience managing department budgets and tracking spend.
• Proactive, self-starter, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced working environment.

Benefits

• A full and comprehensive benefits program
• Growth opportunities on a global scale
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.