Meetings & Events Manager — Cvent & Cross-Functional Leader

Viatris; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recognition programs

Health and financial wellness benefits

Employee discounts

Annual wellness allowance

Annual leave loading

Paid volunteer leave

Free flu vaccinations

Retirement savings plans

Career development planning

Annual salary reviews

Job summary

Viatris Australia is seeking a Meeting & Event Manager to plan and manage internal and external events, working with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery. You will coordinate with sales, marketing, training, and leadership to drive compliant, high-impact events and vendor management across ANZ.

You will lead virtual and hybrid events, partner with global M&E teams, and maintain event playbooks while delivering metrics for leadership reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Technical Diploma in Event Management or Project Management preferred.
• At least 2 years’ experience in event and meeting management, including planning and delivery of large-scale events (200+ attendees).
• Experience in a commercial environment, preferably in pharmaceuticals, FMCG, or another highly matrixed organisation.
• Proven experience working across cross-functional teams and partnering with senior leadership.
• Experience managing virtual and hybrid events using event technology platforms.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Planning and managing internal and external events for Viatris Australia.
• Presenting proposals and updates/feedback to the leadership team.
• Working with cross functional teams to make the event successful – marketing, communications, training, digital, leadership team, sales.
• Lead management of a single Event vendor – procurement, SLA, compliance training and ongoing management.
• Maintain field force lead educational event compliance via compliance system and support the commercial business coordinate the internal approval process of educational events in partnership with sales, legal and compliance.
• Maintaining the event playbook and training sales on educational events.
• Utilise Cvent for complex meetings for RFP and meeting management, and the Cvent lead to allocate meetings and training.
• Working with the global M&E team for training, policy and other global M&E guidance.
• Act as subject matter expert for meetings and events in ANZ and be the point of contact for the global team.
• Partner with Business Excellence Colleagues to design solutions for evolving event needs such as digitising event sign-in and meeting follow up.
• Prepare and submit required metrics for the Commercial Review Report and Educational Event Report when required.
• Conduct monthly audits of the Veeva Medical Event Module and HIPPO Tool and request employees to close medical requests which were fully executed in the previous month.
• Pilot any new technical resources where required to test usability and relevance to the company’s needs.
• Regular governance of self-service travel

Skills

Communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Technical Diploma

Tertiary qualification in Event Management or Project Management

Tools

CVENT

Job description

Viatris Australia is seeking a Meeting & Event Manager to plan and manage internal and external events, working with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery. You will coordinate with sales, marketing, training, and leadership to drive compliant, high-impact events and vendor management across ANZ.

You will lead virtual and hybrid events, partner with global M&E teams, and maintain event playbooks while delivering metrics for leadership reviews.