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The Conference Board Senior Director, Event Planning in New York, New York
Senior Director, Event Planning
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Location: New York, NY
Posted: 11/27/2024
Location Name: New York, NY
Wage Max: 180,000.00
Wage Min: 150,000.00
Position Type: Full Time
About The Conference Board
Founded in 1916 (https://cdn.acquiretm.com/assets/conference-board/TCB_HistoryTimeLine.pdf) , The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what’s ahead. Our agenda is simple: to help leaders navigate the biggest issues facing business and better serve society. We believe in innovative approaches that make you think- and act- differently. And everything we do reflects the input of our members and their real-world challenges.
We do this by delivering business insights. We connect senior executives across industries and geographies to share ideas, and our experts create fact-based research and consensus-driven policy statements to help leaders address their most important business issues.
Because we are independent, non-partisan, and non-profit our work is trusted. If you learned it at The Conference Board you can count on it.
What it’s like to work here:
While it’s serious work to operate a global business think tank, it’s also fulfilling — and fun! Our people enjoy what they do and know their ideas matter.
We encourage everyone to take personal ownership for outcomes: we collaborate, share a purpose and commit to each other and to our Members. It’s all about doing our very best - which means we succeed as our Members succeed - together we improve society.
The Conference Board invites all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance with our online application system and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please email Sarah Baylis atSarah.Baylis@conference-board.org or call at 212-339-0347. Please indicate your full name, contact information and the specific accommodation needed.
Position Summary:
The Senior Director, Event Planning will be a member of the group’s senior leadership team, responsible for leading a team of events professionals to execute and grow a portfolio of complex, fast-growing events for senior business leaders across multiple industries. You will lead the strategic development and execution of high-impact events (in-person, hybrid and/or virtual) that deliver memorable experiences for attendees, speakers and sponsors, and grow revenue year over year, in close collaboration with peers leading programming, sourcing, sales, and marketing. Success in this role will be defined by developing a well-oiled event planning and delivery function; designing modern event experiences and sponsor activations; delivering on annual revenue and expense plans; receiving consistent positive feedback from event stakeholders on experiences.
Accountabilities:
Event Strategy
Create effective event strategies and onsite formats that grow revenue
Train the team on event industry trends, solutions and activations; proactively lead the team to evolve and deliver superior experiences
Design experiences using both tried and true and new event and content formats, creating memorable interactions for current and future attendees, speakers and sponsors, with a focus on new activation ideas and implementation plans to grow sponsorship revenue
Create and maintain a strong visual brand system for the events portfolio
Provide expertise and guidance to business units executing other types of events including roundtables, briefings, virtual offerings, and the international team’s larger events
Event Planning & Production
Own the event planning and delivery processes; engage in continuous learning and improvement of processes and systems and ensure all best practices and reporting are being implemented
Ensure delivery of event planning and implementation milestones and communicate effectively as needed
Deliver the U.S. events portfolio on or under budget
Be present on site at most events, taking an active role and supporting the day-to-day team as needed
Vendor Management
Ensure continuous evaluation of existing and potential vendors for current needs and for growth planning
Ensure effective RFP and onboarding processes for new vendors, contractors or other third party resources
Team Leadership
Coach, mentor and guide a high performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, accountability and client service
Engage in hands-on talent development and education to grow existing and future team members
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of event planning and production experience across in-person and hybrid formats. Agency or MICE industry experience a plus
8+ years people management / leadership experience
Superior competency with event planning and production elements. Demonstrated experience managing venues and production companies, executing RFPs and evaluating performance
Excellent technical skills and ability to learn and adapt to collaboration platforms (i.e. Teams), project management tools and online systems
Strong collaboration and influence – able to get things done in a matrixed environment with experience managing multiple, senior level stakeholders and balancing competing objectives
Strong client service approach; solution-oriented; growth-minded
Excellence in project management and time management
Detail obsessed with positive attitude, strong work ethic, and team player mentality
Strong oral and written communication skills
What We Offer
The Conference Board is proud to embrace best practices in employee wellbeing. We offer a competitive total compensation package. As part of our benefits package, we offer flexibility with remote working capabilities, employer-sponsored learning and development, advancement opportunities, on-site health initiatives, a communal and collaborative working environment, and a strong sense of comradery with sports teams, clubs, volunteer opportunities, and employee events.
The Conference Board does not discriminate. We are an equal opportunity employer/M/F/Vet/Disabled.
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