Manager Meetings Events

In This Role, You Will:

• Collaborate with the Team's Director of Events to execute a strategic corporate event strategy
• Manage the North America Event Design team based in the HQ (Tyson's office) responsible for producing 500+ events annually. Oversee team bandwidth, resource allocation, KPIs, and career-pathing & development
• End-to-End planning and execution of events of varying size, scope & scale. Including but not limited to: Curating event design experiences that support the event objective, configuring event registration & other technical requirements, and executing event marketing deliverables
• Work directly with senior management to collaborate on HQ and company-wide initiatives
• Coordinate with teams across regions and product-focused marketing organisation to ensure timely delivery of reports, management updates, and data dissemination to internal teams
• Assist in event projections and event road mapping, understanding audience generation event objectives, goals, budget targets, and analyzing cost and ROI
• Collaborate and report on large-scale strategic projects and timelines related to major company initiatives, events, and goals
• Source, negotiate, evaluate, and execute various venue & vendor agreements. Ability to achieve noticeable vendor savings within strict budgetary parameters, tracking financial benefits
• Maintain strong relationships with external vendors and identify appropriate new business relationships, championing the most productive partnerships for the company

Here's What You Need:

• Minimum of 10 years of event planning, marketing, and people management experience
• Bachelor's degree required
• Must be located near Tyson's Corner, Virginia or have the ability to commute to the office 2+ days a week and on days with live events or in-office prep for upcoming events
• Experience managing large and complex contracts, budgets, and financial analysis
• Ability to analyze situations, identify and troubleshoot problems, and follow up until a resolution is achieved
• Strong project management and communication skills, ability to excel in a fluid, cross-functional team, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to operate and provide value at both a macro/strategy level and a micro/execution level
• Strong time management skills and ability to manage multiple time-sensitive, high-priority projects simultaneously
• Strong negotiation and bid comparison experience with vendors
• Knowledge of the total marketing/sales mix, including campaign execution, program management, event marketing, logistics management, and event technology, etc.
• Experience with managing a cross-functional team & working with international resources
• Strong executive presence and ability to interact with all levels of management within the company and experience working directly with C-Level/senior leadership
• Self-directed, self-motivation, and disciplined team player capable of hands-on execution and long-term business planning
• Quick learner and enthusiastic about ongoing development to better support the team & growing event program
• Strong knowledge of the MS Office suite, with expertise in Excel
• Strong knowledge & experience with using Event Marketing & Management solutions (Cvent)
• Knowledge & experience with these types of tools & technologies – CRM (Salesforce), Marketing Automation (Marketo), Project Management (Wrike/Clarizen/Jira), Travel & Expense Management (Concur), and other marketing technologies is a plus