Portfolio Director (Production Dept) - Global Conference Organiser

Media IQ Recruitment Ltd; London; Hybrid; NOK 936,000 - 1,338,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading conference and insights firm is seeking a Portfolio Director to oversee a team and manage multiple P&Ls for various events. You will be responsible for driving profitability, managing team performance, and developing new conference ideas. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of B2B conference production experience and a proven track record of leading successful events. Working from London offices 2 days a week is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B conference production experience.
• Experience managing a team of conference producers.
• Track record of launching and growing events.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality and output of producers across events.
• Drive profitability and generate new launches.
• Accountable for yearly commercial results.

Skills

B2B conference production experience

Team management

Strategic portfolio development

Financial management of P&L

Product idea validation

Job description

Overview

Job Sector: Conference + Content Production / Event Management

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: London (2 days) + working from home (3 days)

Job Reference: Do you have experience of hiring, managing and developing successful more conference producers?

Are you used to being in charge of the content production and P&L for a portfolio of launch and existing conferences?

Want to work for an extremely fast growing, large and highly respected conference and insights business?

If yes, please read on

The Company

A large, highly respected events and insights business operating across a variety of b2b markets is looking for a Portfolio Director for their production division. They have a friendly, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture with a highly regarded team culture.

The Role of Portfolio Director (production division)

The primary purpose of your role will be to manage the quality and output ofa team of producers across a portfolio of events. This includes at least 3 P&L entities, each with significant revenue of between £700,000 - £1,000,000+

Responsibilities

• Drive the overall profitability of P&L(s) within the business. You’ll have multiple P+L responsibility to both generate new launches, as well as grow established repeat events
• Set strategic direction on both portfolio and product level through established assets and identifying launch opportunities within your area with robust validation and analysis
• Accountable for delivering the yearly commercial result and budgeted product load
• Robust seed idea generation and validation within the company's process framework to create more product opportunities
• Strengthen existing portfolio, or organically create your own, to maximise market penetration
• Management, training and development of a junior producer

Requirements for this Portfolio Director position

• 5+ years B2B conference production experience, with proven production skills across a variety of conferences, including launch and repeat events
• Experience of managing and developing a team of conference producers across a portfolio of conferences
• Experience managing multiple portfolios and launching new series through organic product creation
• Experience of strategic portfolio development and new event idea validation with commercial viability
• A natural entrepreneur who is interested in combining research and advanced business skills to have true ownership of your conference products’ financials and commercial trajectory
• Able to work from London offices 2 days a week

If you think that you could be the Portfolio Director that our client is looking for, please apply.