Events Manager

London Business School; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

London Business School seeks an experienced Events Manager to join their Events Team until February 2026. The role involves managing high-profile events, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring successful delivery while maintaining budget and quality standards. The position requires strong organizational and communication skills, with a focus on stakeholder engagement and project management.

Benefits

Generous annual leave of 27 days

Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution

Free onsite gym and swimming pool

Professional development opportunities

Enhanced cycle to work scheme

Wellbeing offering for health support

Up to 5 days paid emergency leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as an Events Manager is essential.
• Experience of planning and delivering high quality, complex events.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the delivery of a portfolio of events.
• Project manage the delivery of physical, hybrid and virtual events.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Project Management

Job description

Are you an experienced and collaborative Events Manager?

London Business School are excited to be recruiting for an Events Manager to join our specialist Events Team on a fixed-term basis until February 2026.

The Events Manager will workin partnership with stakeholders across the School, toplan and deliver high quality events that bring the London Business School brand to life and engage and inspire our audiences.

Leveraging your specialist events expertise, you will manage the end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of high profile events, including speaker series, international events, conferences, donor cultivation activities, receptions, Faculty and Research Institute activities, graduation ceremonies and engagement events.

You will project manage the delivery of physical, hybrid and virtual events, ensuring that the right resources, both internal and external, are deployed within budget and in support of agreed objectives. You will work with stakeholders to analyse and evaluate the ROI and impact of events.

Please note, this role will involve some evening and weekend work due to the nature of our events.

This role will start mid-July 2026 until the end of February 2026.

Main Responsibilities

• Ownership of the delivery of a portfolio of events, or elements of more complex events.
• Partner with Events Executive and Assistant on projects, overseeing their work and coaching them to develop their skills and support delivery to agreed brand standards.
• Use your specialist events knowledge and experience to design or procure complex brand content/materials to be used in events and/or other initiatives.
• Collaborate with contractors and agencies, with an understanding of when to bring in external expertise to support in-house capability in the design and delivery of events.
• Provide expert advice when required to colleagues, faculty, staff and students on event/conference organisation to ensure their events meet industry and brand standards.

Who we are looking for

• Demonstrable experience as an Events Manager is essential for this role.
• Experience of planning and delivering high quality, complex events for multiple audiences,including virtual and hybrid events.
• Experience of managing large event budgets.
• Experience of senior stakeholder management.
• Experience of leading/playing a part in innovative projects, campaigns or initiatives.
• Experience of managing contractors and/or agencies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage a variety of audiences.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of delivering international events is preferred.

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days plus extra between Christmas and New Year
• Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health
• Up to 5 days paid emergency leave for staff who have caring responsibilities for a family member, dependent or friend who is ill.

At London Business School, we support Smart Working - a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community.

For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus at least 2 days per week.

We operate with ‘core hours’ – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time - a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.