Events Director, US

Job Description

Job Overview

Informa Tech is seeking to hire a dynamic Events Director who will be responsible for setting the strategy and delivering on HDI and ICMI events. These long standing, respected brands have supported market-leading, community focused events through a mixture of physical, virtual and hybrid formats. You would collaborate closely with a team of functional experts across Informa’s sales, marketing, operations, content and finance teams to ensure event objectives and financial targets are met.

Day to day Responsibilities

• Articulate the vision for HDI and ICMI, to customers and internal stakeholders, setting a clear & compelling strategy to deliver revenue growth while managing costs effectively
• Lead a high-performing cross functional team to create exceptional event content and experiences which will ensure continued growth for all events within these brands
• Work in a hybrid structure to set targets and manage adjacent teams to deliver on the commercial and audience objectives
• Manage team schedules, identify delivery challenges and ensure team are equipped to deliver best-in-class events
• Track and manage event performance, identify and ensure best practice is delivered, and define event evolution requirements to ensure relevance and currency
• Help to manage external advisory groups and content relationships to leverage insight into event plans
• Work with Content Lead to ensure the event content strategy is represented within events, involving analysts and editors to deliver events of the highest quality
• Capture event data and insights, analyze and identify priorities for improvement and share learnings with team to improve event performance and propel growth
• Contribute to and advocate for an inclusive, supportive, and ambitious culture

Qualifications

• Commercially minded leader who can drive innovation and results with internal team, creating exceptional customer experiences
• Demonstrable ability to set plans and manage delivery across range of interdependent products
• Demonstrable prior experience in collaborating effectively in matrixed work environments where you’re not managing reports directly but instead, collaborating with functional leads in a dotted line approach
• Skilled in tracking and managing event performance including cadence of financial and KPI reporting
• Can demonstrate active participation in successful and effective cross-org working groups and initiatives
• Exceptional communicator both verbal and written; confident, experienced public speaker a plus
• Customer Service and/or IT market knowledge preferred

Additional Information

Why work at Informa

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomesall types of candidates.We are alsoflexiblewithdifferent working patternsandprioritizes promotions internally. Our benefits include:

• Learning and development plan to assist with your career development
• 15 days PTO plus 9 national holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!
• Competitive Benefits with 401k match
• Paid parental leave
• Work with a high quality of specialist products and service
• Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration
• ESPP - become a shareholder

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

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