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Senior Events Lead - Longevity

Founders Forum Group

London

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Senior Events Leader to spearhead their innovative Longevity Event Series. This exciting role involves strategic ownership, managing partnerships, and curating impactful content experiences that resonate within the tech sector. With a focus on health innovation and startup ecosystems, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of human health and performance. Join a forward-thinking community that values excellence and entrepreneurial spirit, and help define a flagship series that leads the global platform for longevity innovation.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Enhanced discretionary leave

Remote work options

AXA Health insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Competitive pension provision

Learning and development allowance

Cycle to work scheme

Quarterly team activities

Qualifications

Proven experience in managing and scaling event portfolios.
Comfortable with P&L responsibility and forecasting.

Responsibilities

Oversee the full lifecycle of the Longevity Event Series.
Build relationships with strategic partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Event Management

Strategic Partnerships

P&L Management

Content Development

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Event Management Certification

Tools

Salesforce

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About Founders Forum:

Founders Forum Group is an event-powered community and family of businesses supporting innovative entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. Founded in 2005, our invite-only forums unite founders, investors, corporate and government leaders to tackle era-defining questions in iconic locations across the globe. Since 2019, Founders Forum has partnered with Informa Tech to celebrate the strength and diversity of UK tech through London Tech Week

In 2023, Founders Forum acquired Tech Nation. The transfer will see FF Group continue to execute against Tech Nation's mission to empower tech entrepreneurs, scale innovative startups, and provide a united platform for UK tech founders.

Founders Forum Group's Values:

Community first: More than just fellow founders. Everything we offer is centred around the founders we work alongside
Entrepreneurial to our core: Preserving our startup mentality is the key to being able to empathise with and fully support our growing community
Founding the future: We are forward thinkers. Always at the forefront of innovation
Excellence without ego: We don't take ourselves too seriously, but are proud of what we do. We work together, recognising the expertise of those around us, and understand the value in differing points of view. We are committed to excellence and always hold ourselves to the highest standard

Job Description

We are looking for a commercially-minded, senior events leader to take full strategic ownership of our Longevity Event Series - a fast-scaling portfolio that sits at the intersection of health innovation, startup ecosystems, and investor engagement. This role is ideal for someone with a track record of launching and growing event portfolios, building high-level strategic partnerships, and delivering high-impact content experiences that resonate across the tech sector.

Our ambition is to create the leading global platform for innovation in longevity - this is an exciting opportunity to build a flagship series that defines the future of human health and performance.

Key areas of responsibility:

Own and grow the global Longevity Event Series, including developing the long-term strategy.
Oversee the full event lifecycle - from concept development through delivery - overseeing content, partnerships, ops, and marketing (with support from internal teams)
Build and deepen relationships with key strategic partners, investors, health tech innovators, and government stakeholders
Curate informative programmes, implementing and testing creative content formats.

Requirements

Essential experience and skills:

Proven experience owning and scaling an event series or portfolio in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
Demonstrable track record of launching new events, including validation, research, speaker recruitment, and delivery
Comfortable managing P&L responsibility, forecasting, and commercial performance
Ability to forge positive relationships at a senior level with multiple different internal and external stakeholders.
Commercially astute with proven experience as a practical deliverer
Demonstrable experience crafting compelling event agendas that maximise engagement and learning.

Desirable

Domain knowledge of longevity science, biotech, or health innovation is a plus, but not essential.
Experience with typical sales and marketing tools (e.g. Salesforce)

Benefits

We offer a range of flexible, discretionary benefits to our team. These currently include:

25 days contractual annual leave
Enhanced discretionary leave provision, including an additional day off for your birthday and leave between Christmas and New Years Day
The option to work remotely anywhere in the world for 3 weeks/year (1 week at Easter and 2 weeks during July and August)
AXA Health insurance, with the option to add dependents
Life Insurance
AIG Smart Health access including online GP access and mental health support
Employee Assistance Program
Competitive pension provision
Perkbox membership with generous monthly allocation of points for day to day purchases
Learning and development annual allowance
Cycle to work scheme
Lunch 1x/week, office snacks, and regular team drinks
Quarterly team activities and annual team trip/day out
Access to the Founders Forum Group network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem

We currently work from our office 4 days a week with the option to work from home on Fridays.

Seniority level

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Mid-Senior level

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IT Services and IT Consulting

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