Conference Portfolio Manager

Media Search Inc.; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading events organization in the UK is looking for an experienced Portfolio Manager to drive the profitability of multiple P&L accounts and lead strategic direction for international conferences. The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of B2B conference production experience, strong leadership abilities, and excellent stakeholder management skills. This full-time position offers a dynamic opportunity to grow your portfolio and team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years B2B conference production experience.
• Demonstrable leadership and advanced project management skills.
• Experience in direct line management and training.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivering the yearly commercial result and budgeted product load.
• High level of tactical event execution with strategic direction.
• Support departmental training and development programme.

Skills

B2B conference production experience

Leadership skills

Project management skills

Stakeholder management

Data-driven analysis

Job description

My client has a very exciting opportunity for an experienced Portfolio Manager from the production space who is seeking to quickly scale their own portfolio and team on a series of international conferences.

The successful candidate will:

Drive the overall profitability of P&L(s) within the business. You’ll have multiple P+L responsibility to both generate new launches, as well as grow established repeat events

Set strategic direction on both portfolio and product level through established assets and identifying launch opportunities within your area with robust validation and analysis, ideal role for an ambitious, entrepreneurial individual with a natural passion for research and a thirst to gain broader business operational and managerial knowledge.

Responsibilities include:

• Accountable for delivering the yearly commercial result and budgeted product load
• High level of tactical event execution with strategic direction
• Robust seed idea generation and validation to create more product opportunities.
• Support departmental training and development programme
• Potential people responsibilities based on experience

What a successful candidate needs:

• Minimum 3 years + B2B conference production experience, with proven production skills across a variety of products, including launch and repeat events
• Understanding of high-quality production execution, advanced time management and organizational skills
• Demonstratable leadership and advanced project management skills to influence commercial results of your products
• Methodological approach such as data-driven analysis to devise growth strategy for repeat events
• Experience of strategic portfolio development and/or new event idea validation with commercial viability
• Excellent stakeholder management with communication and persuasion skills
• A natural entrepreneur who is interested in combining research and advance business skills to have true ownership of your conference products’ financials and commercial trajectory
• Experience of direct line management, hiring, training and development of at least one conference producer

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Production, Research, and Management

Industries: Events Services and Research Services

Equal Employment Opportunity statement: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.