Vice President - Events, Marketing

Responsibilities

• Lead the event planning, production, and execution of firmwide events globally, including in-person, hybrid, and virtual programs ranging from 60 to 1,000+ attendees.
• Oversee a team that implements annual conferences, destination meetings, product launches, seminars, client and investor events, advisory boards, social events, onsite programs, wellness initiatives, and team-building activities.
• Manage event-related communications, logistics, registration, speaker coordination, attendee experience, travel coordination, and executive/VIP support.
• Partner with Marketing, Communications, Business Development, Legal, IT, HR and other internal teams to ensure events are aligned with business objectives, brand standards, compliance requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and manage event budgets, track expenses, and provide periodic updates to leadership on budget status and event progress.
• Support event-related marketing and communications initiatives, including webinars, video or production shoots, agendas, speaker management, registration reporting, gifting, post-event communications, and website or digital content needs.
• Conduct post-event evaluations, gather feedback, evaluate performance, and recommend improvements for future events.
• Help develop and manage culture and community programs.
• Manage vendor relationships, including sourcing, negotiations, contracting, contract review, execution, onsite support, and post-event closeout.
• Centralize and strengthen hotel, venue, vendor, and event contract management in partnership with Legal, Business Development, and relevant internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years in corporate event planning experience in related industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex high profile events, managing vendors, overseeing budgets, and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders.
• Prior experience managing, developing, and motivating a team.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort learning and managing event, webinar, registration, marketing, and collaboration platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior executives, internal teams, clients, investors, vendors, and external partners.
• Marketing-oriented mindset with the ability to build relationships, strengthen attendee experience, and support the firm’s brand and business objectives.