Senior Life Sciences Events Lead — Flexible & Growth

BCD Meetings & Events LLC; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Room to Grow

Everyone has a voice

Make your move

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plans

Continued education support

Travel and hotel discounts

Volunteer and sustainability programs

Employee recognition

Job summary

BCD Meetings & Events in Ireland and Dublin is seeking an Events Team Manager / Operations Manager to lead a high-performing Life Sciences events team, plan and deliver meetings, congress activity and HCP engagement programs in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

You will split time between leading the team and hands-on event delivery, ensuring compliance, budgets, and brand guidelines while maintaining client focus. Some travel evenings and weekends may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in Life Sciences events or congress activity.
• Ability to manage budgets, timelines and compliance controls.
• Strong client and stakeholder relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop teams, balance workloads and grow staff.
• Manage Life Sciences meetings from kickoff to closeout with timelines and budgets.
• Build strong client relationships in onsite, high-touch environments.
• Handle venue sourcing, contracting and attendee management with accuracy.
• Improve processes and ensure SOPs, SLAs and KPIs are met.

Skills

Team leadership

Meetings & events management

Client relationships

Venue sourcing

Event technology (Cvent)

Process improvement

SOPs & KPIs

Tools

Cvent

Veeva Events

Concur

Job description

BCD Meetings & Events in Ireland and Dublin is seeking an Events Team Manager / Operations Manager to lead a high-performing Life Sciences events team, plan and deliver meetings, congress activity and HCP engagement programs in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.

You will split time between leading the team and hands-on event delivery, ensuring compliance, budgets, and brand guidelines while maintaining client focus. Some travel evenings and weekends may be required.