Event Manager (Life Science)

Cancer Research UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health non-profit is seeking an Event Manager to lead their global events strategy, enhancing brand awareness and engagement within the cancer research community. This role involves managing budgets, training colleagues, and leveraging digital marketing tools. The successful candidate will have a strong background in events and marketing within a scientific context. The position is office-based in Stratford, London, with some remote work and global travel.

Benefits

Generous benefits package

Career development opportunities

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in a scientific field with marketing experience or qualification.
• Extensive global event coordination experience, preferably in life sciences.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage budgets effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a global events programme to generate leads and raise brand awareness.
• Manage event budgets and implement successful events with clear objectives.
• Develop frameworks for prioritising events aligned with organizational goals.

Skills

Event strategy experience

Strong organisational skills

Digital marketing skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Graduate in scientific field or marketing/comms qualification

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Event Manager (Cancer Tools)

£50,000 – £55,000 plus benefits.

Reports to : Head of Growth Marketing (CancerTools)

Directorate : Research & Innovation

Contract : Permanent

Hours : Full time 35 hours per week

Location : Stratford London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office). Global travel involved in this role c4 times per year.

Closing date : 17 October 2025 23:55

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We have a new opening for an Event Programme Manager in the marketing team to co‑ordinate and deliver our global events attendance and initiate our in‑house events and webinar programme.

About the team: the research tools arm of Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is a non‑profit global community of cancer researchers, academic institutes and professional societies with a shared mission to accelerate cancer research.

What will I be doing

• Lead and coordinate a successful global events programme and strategy to drive new lead generation, raise brand awareness, engagement and build reputation amongst academic and industry cancer researchers.
• Manage and oversee training of colleagues for clear objectives at events in line with event goals.
• Manage budgets and resources to implement events successfully with forward planning to meet deadlines from third parties.
• Develop a framework for selecting and prioritising events in line with CancerTools objectives.
• Leverage and create engaging content for social media, web and email channels to promote events to increase awareness and attendance.
• Track the performance of events and event‑led initiatives against KPIs monitoring and reporting impact MQLs against target to management.
• Monitor key trends and implement best practices at global exhibitions.

Qualifications

• Graduate (within a scientific field with demonstratable marketing experience or marketing/comms qualification).
• Demonstrable experience in event strategy.
• Extensive experience in global event coordination preferably in life science research or cancer/oncology related field.
• Strong organisational, time management, multi‑tasking and project management skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in global event logistics, shipping, booth design and event collateral generation.
• Experience in digital marketing to include email marketing (HubSpot or similar platform experience), web and social media proficiency.
• Experience in content and copy creation with a comprehensive understanding of brand positioning.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience in developing strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strong track record in managing and monitoring budgets.

Values

Act with ambition, courage and determination.

Act with rigour and professionalism.

Act to have a positive impact on people.

Act inclusively and collaboratively.

What will I gain

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high‑quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work‑life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.

How do I apply

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications, but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

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We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under‑represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen.

Unfortunately we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.