Remote-First Senior Events Operations Lead

Nourish Care; Bournemouth; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave: 25 days + holidays

Birthday day off

Private medical insurance

Career growth & social events

EAP and wellbeing

Job summary

Nourish is seeking a Senior Events Operations Manager to own the planning, delivery and performance of our full events portfolio. This hands-on, senior role covers three event types: large third-party conferences, hospitality experiences, and Nourish-hosted flagship events.

You will manage end-to-end logistics, strategy, and reporting, collaborating with sales, marketing, product and customer success to drive lead generation, pipeline engagement and ROI.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in event management or events operations.
• Proven experience delivering large third-party exhibitions/conferences and smaller regional/partner events.
• Strong logistics, budgeting, and on-site delivery under pressure.
• Experience defining and reporting event success against commercial metrics (lead generation, ROI).
• Confident stakeholder management across sales, marketing and product.
• Willingness to travel regularly, including evenings/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end logistics for all events; venue sourcing and contracting, budgeting, supplier and vendor management, stand/booth design and build, travel and accommodation, staffing rotas, collateral, AV and on-site management.
• Act as the senior on-site lead for major events, managing the team and troubleshooting issues in real time.
• Build and maintain a rolling events calendar across all three event types, balancing capacity, budget and business priorities.
• Negotiate contracts and rates with venues, agencies, contractors and freelance event staff to secure the best commercial terms.
• Determine the right type, style and format for each event from large third-party sector exhibitions and conferences down to small regional or partner events, hospitality experiences, and Nourish-hosted flagship events.
• Develop a clear point of view on which third-party events across the sector are worth Nourish's presence, at what scale (exhibitor, sponsor, speaker, attendee) and why.
• Design and evolve the format for Nourish's flagship events, including content structure, guest experience and brand presentation.
• Shape hospitality event strategy; audience selection, format and experience to strengthen relationships with key customers, prospects and partners.

Skills

Event management

Logistics planning

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

On-site delivery

Job description

Nourish is seeking a Senior Events Operations Manager to own the planning, delivery and performance of our full events portfolio. This hands-on, senior role covers three event types: large third-party conferences, hospitality experiences, and Nourish-hosted flagship events.

You will manage end-to-end logistics, strategy, and reporting, collaborating with sales, marketing, product and customer success to drive lead generation, pipeline engagement and ROI.