Associate Manager - Corporate Events Europe

Lifelancer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Veeva Systems, London-based, is seeking an Associate Manager to lead European corporate events. You will partner with sales, marketing, and cross‑functional teams to plan and execute major conferences and internal kickoffs across Europe, ensuring flawless execution and budget control.

The role requires hands‑on event experience, strong project management, and the ability to travel ~15%. This is a full‑time remote‑capable position within a fast‑moving, global life sciences SaaS company.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in mid‑to large scale corporate event logistics & production.
• Proven experience managing event program elements from start to finish with minimal supervision.
• Strong project and time management skills.
• Experience managing event budgets.
• Extremely organized with strong attention to detail.
• Adaptable and flexible.
• Experience working cross‑functionally and collaboratively.
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.
• Strong desire to learn and grow.
• Ability to travel 15%.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute Veeva’s major customer conferences and internal field kickoffs across Europe.
• Proactively manage major event workstreams end‑to‑end (hotels, F&B, registration, receptions, evening events, meetings).
• Ensure high quality service and timely delivery of all event components and materials.
• Evaluate and manage third‑party vendors and agencies with senior team input.
• Drive cross‑functional workstreams, keeping timelines and stakeholders aligned.
• Review vendor contracts, identify gaps, and draft edits with legal team.
• Manage budgets, procurement, and invoice reconciliation, including YoY cost‑per‑head analysis.
• Build and maintain spreadsheets, forms, project plans, and presentations for event planning.

Skills

Event planning

Budget management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel flexibility

Job description

Job Title: Associate Manager - Corporate Events Europe

Job Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Location Type: Remote

Job Contract Type: Full-time

Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company - we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors. As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment. Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

Veeva's headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

The Role

This is a hands‑on role for a talented events professional with a sharp eye for detail, project management experience, and wants to grow within a fast‑moving team. The successful candidate must be able to focus on event execution, be an operational contributor for all day‑to‑day processes, help manage budgets, support execution of tactics, activities, and other details. Must be a team player working collaboratively with sales, marketing, and cross‑functional teams.

What You’ll Do

As part of the European Corporate Events team, you will work with sales, marketing, and cross‑functional teams across Europe to plan and execute Veeva’s major customer conferences and internal field kickoff.

• Support planning and execution of key components of large‑scale world‑class conferences
• Proactive management and execution of major event workstreams end-to-end (hotels, F&B, registration, welcome reception, evening event, meetings, etc.)
• Executes with high quality of service and timely delivery of all necessary components and materials for each event
• Evaluates and manages third‑party vendors and agencies alongside senior team members
• Drives cross‑functional workstreams independently, keeping timelines, priorities, and stakeholders aligned
• Reviews vendor contracts, identifies gaps, drafts proposed edits with senior team members and Veeva’s legal team
• Manages budgets, procurement, and invoice reconciliation, including YoY cost‑per‑head analysis
• Builds and maintains the spreadsheets, forms, project plans, and presentations for event planning

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in mid‑to large scale corporate event logistics & production
• Proven experience managing event program elements from start to finish with minimal supervision
• Strong project and time management skills
• Experience managing event/project budgets
• Extremely organized with strong attention to detail
• Adaptable and flexible
• Experience working cross‑functionally and collaboratively
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment
• Strong desire to learn and grow
• Ability to travel 15%
• Nice to Have: Experience in enterprise software, SaaS, or life sciences

Equal Opportunity Employer

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce.

Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us.