(Senior) Project Manager Events (m/f/d)

JUNI; Berlin; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

Modern working environment

Résumé du poste

JUNI is building the leading startup ecosystem for science-based spin-offs in Berlin and Brandenburg. We seek a (Senior) Project Manager Events to shape formats, manage stakeholders, and own budgets for flagship events like JUNI Future Week and Science Day.

You will collaborate with our Event Manager and report to the Head of Communications, guiding concepts from ideation through execution while maintaining high standards across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience conceiving and delivering events, including large formats with partner involvement.
• Strong concept development experience and ability to shape event formats.
• Excellent stakeholder management with senior partners and colleagues.
• Robust project management, with clear planning and risk awareness.
• Ability to translate ideas into disciplined, actionable plans.
• Proactive problem solving and route finding when plans change.

Responsabilités

• Own the concept and strategy for flagship JUNI events (Future Week, Science Day).
• Develop programme, dramaturgy, speaker lineups, and day schedule.
• Lead audience development and registrations in collaboration with Comms.
• Define success metrics and evaluate each edition to improve outcomes.
• Shape the event portfolio and decide what formats to keep or retire.
• Provide ad-hoc project planning support for partner events and collaborations.
• Serve as central point of contact for Business, Science and Ecosystem Partners.

Connaissances

Event management

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Budget management

Bilingual German/English

Description du poste

About JUNI

JUNI is building the leading startup ecosystem for science-based spin-offs in Berlin and Brandenburg. We connect universities, startups, corporates, investors and policymakers – and create the spaces, programmes and partnerships that translate research into successful companies. Our events are where that ecosystem becomes tangible: our formats bring founders, researchers, partners and decision-makers into the same room. We are looking for a (Senior) Project Manager Events who shapes what these formats achieve – and who holds together everyone working on them, across our Business, Science and Ecosystem Partners and across every team inside JUNI. Your first major project: the next JUNI Future Week in 2027, our flagship format. You work closely with our Event Manager, who runs operational delivery and on-site execution. You own the concept, the stakeholders and the budget, and report directly to our Head of Communications.

Your mission

Concept and event strategy

• Ownership of the concept for our flagship events – JUNI Future Week and Science Day: what each format is for, whom it is for, and what it should achieve
• Developing programme and dramaturgy: themes, formats, speakers, the arc of the day and the moments that make people want to come back
• Owning audience development and registrations together with your Comms colleagues. Together you decide: who needs to be in the room, and how we get them there
• Defining what success looks like per event and evaluating against it, so each edition builds on the last rather than repeating it
• Developing our event portfolio: which formats we keep, which we drop, and where a new one is worth building
• Ad-hoc support for partner events that need project planning and management expertise – you bring structure where our partners need it

Coordination across stakeholders and departments

• The central point of contact for all parties involved in an event – Business Partners, Science Partners and Ecosystem Partners
• Translating partner interests into formats that work for our audiences
• Coordinating across JUNI: partnerships, communications, programme and leadership – you bring the right people in at the right time and keep everyone working from one plan
• Speaker and guest management: identifying and approaching speakers, moderators and high-profile guests

Planning and budget

• Owning the project plan across the event cycle: milestones, responsibilities, timelines and dependencies
• Managing the event budget: planning spend, tracking it and reporting reliably against the frame set with leadership
• Selecting and briefing agencies, venues and production partners, and assuring quality throughout
• Building the standards and templates that make each next event faster and better than the one before

Your profile

• 5+ years of experience conceiving and delivering events – ideally formats with several hundred participants, a stage programme and substantial partner involvement
• Demonstrable strength in concept work: you have built event formats, not only run them
• Excellent stakeholder management: you are comfortable with partners, senior decision-makers and colleagues alike, and you bring divergent interests to a decision
• Strong project management skills: you plan structurally, keep track of many moving parts and see problems before they become urgent
• You turn a continuous stream of ideas into disciplined plans – prioritising what will have impact and setting aside what won't
• You flag problems early and directly instead of working around them, and you find a new route fast when the first one closes
• Experience managing event budgets and steering external agencies and service providers
• Interest in innovation, startups and the science environment
• Fluent German and English
• Experience with associations, public institutions or political stakeholders is a plus

We offer

• A role with real ownership – our flagship formats are yours to shape, from the underlying idea to the final evaluation
• Direct contact with founders, researchers, leading companies and decision-makers
• A motivated team with a hands-on spirit and flat hierarchies
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working
• A modern working environment across several locations in Berlin
• Compensation that reflects experience and responsibility, complemented by a performance-based component