Senior Manager, Marketing Events

London, UK

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale global event programs by leading a team through end-to-end planning, high-profile activations, and sponsorship strategy with a focus on risk management and cross-stakeholder alignment.

  • Team Ownership: Build and coach an event team, set priorities, and manage performance across multiple streams.
  • Program Execution: Lead global events from concept to on-site delivery, ensuring quality and consistency with firm priorities.
  • Sponsorship & Partnerships: Define conference sponsorships, negotiate with organizers, and align investments with broader initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of event professionals, providing clear direction, ongoing feedback, and performance management.
  • Allocate event assignments across the team to balance workloads and support professional development.
  • Serve as an escalation point for complex questions, challenges, and decisions.
  • Lead regular team meetings to establish priorities, track progress, and ensure alignment.
  • Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
  • Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of priority global events and conference activations.
  • Manage flagship programs including the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (Davos) and Cannes Lions.
  • Oversee event logistics including venue operations, production, hospitality, hotel room blocks, delegate management, dinners, forums, and receptions.
  • Coordinate planning, execution, and on-site delivery across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
  • Anticipate and mitigate risks to ensure seamless execution.
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