Senior Event Manager

Incisive Media, part of the Arc network, is a dynamic, digital-first media organisation operating at the cutting edge of business intelligence and insight. We serve the sustainability and financial services markets, delivering analyst-grade insight, data, and content to highly engaged networks of business professionals around the world. Our people are central to our success. We are proud of our culture and guided by strong values that shape how we work with each other and with our customers: integrity, teamwork, innovation, trust, sound judgement, curiosity, passion, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Overview of the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly engaged and proactive professional to join the Incisive Media centralised Event Operations team as a Senior Event Manager. The role will primarily focus on the end-to-end operational delivery of face-to-face events, including breakfast briefings, lunches, conferences, awards ceremonies and roadshows. The events are closely aligned with the division’s publications, with their readership forming the core audience and customer base. The majority of events are UK-based.

This role requires you to be the main point of contact for your brands portfolio of events, ensuring consistency, quality and best practice across delivery. As a key member of the Event Operations team, you will play a crucial role in shaping and delivering the events within your portfolio. You will be expected to think strategically about each event, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation to help achieve overall event objectives. You will work closely with other Event Managers and Coordinators to ensure the professional, efficient and seamless organisation of all event logistics.

As a Senior Event Manager, you will also be required to manage projects across teams, providing guidance and support where needed, while consistently delivering high-quality events on time and within budget. The role demands someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, can manage multiple stakeholders and priorities, and maintains strong attention to detail at all times. The role has a hybrid working pattern with a minimum of 3 days in the office; this may increase around core events.

Main responsibilities include:

• Manage and mentor your event operations team – 1 + reports and support delivery of events.
• Plan resources so you deliver the Finance calendar of events from conception to completion. These may include round tables, conferences, roadshows, and awards ceremonies, in the format of face to face, hybrid and online events.
• Inspire, mentor and coach your team and wider ops team to deliver the teams goals and objectives.
• Build supplier and venue relationships.
• Strong customer focus through the development of excellent client relationships with speakers, sponsors, delegates, and suppliers.
• Collaborate with the operations team and other departments (content production, sales, design, marketing, delegate acquisition, customer success etc.) on strategy and the successful execution of events.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead projects across event teams - sustainability, event technology, accessibility etc.
• Think outside the box and come up with innovative ideas that make the events stand out.
• Ensure maximum efficiency and lead the creation of new operational processes to deliver best practices across Incisive.
• Full responsibility for effective cost controls across all events & budget management of each event.
• Monitor supplier performance and ensure that the service received matches the business strategic aims, taking the lead to review output if they are underperforming.

What we value

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of several years managing operations for face-to-face sponsored events. Highly numerate with strong budget management skills. Highly motivated and able to work well autonomously as well as part of a team. Proven skills in developing strong supplier relationships. Ability to thrive in a pressurised work environment and remain calm in high pressure environments. Highly presentable with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Good knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook & Adobe.

What you can expect from us

As well as working with the most interesting, talented and fun people, we operate a culture where success is recognised. You will be supported throughout your career, tailoring your development through management support, internal & external training courses and on the job training. Our benefits include:

• Excellent training and development programmes.
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contributions.
• Voluntary Private Medical Insurance.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days.
• Health Cash Plan for those everyday healthcare costs.
• Savings on items from Currys via our SmartTech Scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Discounted Gym rates.
• Retail discounts saving you money on essential & everyday purchases.
• Employee Recognition Scheme to recognise your colleagues with rewards.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for extra support if things get tough.
• IMFoundation - making a difference by supporting our 4 charities.
• Plus a number of flexible salary sacrifice benefits.

All souls are welcome at Incisive Media. As an equal opportunity employer we hire, develop and retain the best people regardless of their social background, age, sex, ethnicity, religion/belief or disability, and to make use of their talents. We are proud members of Inclusive Employers and the Living Wage Foundation. At Incisive Media we value everyone as an individual. We recognise that everyone is different and have created a work environment where we treat everyone fairly and in a consistent way and promote a culture of respect and dignity, to create a company that’s the right fit for every person inside of it.

To ensure our values are fully embedded in our culture we are proud to support our working groups – All Souls Network, the Incisive Media Foundation, the Working Parents Group and our Sustainability and Social Committees.

We are excited by the incredible potential of AI and the innovative ways it can enhance the way we work. However, in our hiring process, we aim to get to know you. To stand out to our hiring managers, we encourage you to let your personality shine through, rather than relying on an AI-generated application. You are welcome to use AI as a writing assistant to help structure and articulate your thoughts. Please do not use it to generate fictional skills or experiences. Using AI responsibly can support your application, but your application must ultimately represent you.