Editorial & Events Strategy Lead

Harvey AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey is seeking an experienced Events lead to own FORUM and other global conferences. You will shape executive narratives, curate speakers, design sessions, and oversee editorial standards to ensure a high-quality, on-brand attendee experience.

The role blends editorial decisions with hands-on execution, managing a large speaker roster and coordinating with Product, Marketing, Creative, and Leadership to meet tight timelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in events, content, or programming roles for flagship conferences.
• Strong project management with multiple streams and hard dates.
• Experience creating world-class content for large in-person events.
• Experience managing speakers: outreach, scheduling, rehearsals, day-of support.
• Curious about people; knows customers well enough to pick relevant stories.
• Storyteller able to distill priorities into senior-level narratives.
• Strategic thinker who makes fast decisions and builds new plans.
• Process-focused: builds trackers, playbooks, and docs for a fast-moving program.
• Comfort working with Product, Marketing, Creative, and Leadership under tight timelines.
• High ownership, professionalism, tact, and judgment in ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own the plan from concept to run-of-show, managing multiple workstreams to fixed dates.
• Project manage the Product Keynote end to end with cross-functional teams.
• Source, schedule, and manage 30+ speakers per event, from outreach to rehearsal.
• Build and maintain trackers, playbooks, and run-of-show documents for scalability.
• Curate the full agenda across stages to meet strategic event goals.
• Maintain Harvey's speaker bench with notes on topics and relationships.
• Recruit customer speakers and turn their work into on-stage content.
• Partner with Production, Marketing, Creative, and Enablement for live experience.
• Analyze post-event data to inform content strategy and formats.
• Provide Leadership with clear progress, risks, and decisions updates.

Skills

Event management

Project management

Speaker curation

Content strategy

Executive engagement

Tracking & playbooks

Narrative storytelling

Job description

Harvey is seeking an experienced Events lead to own FORUM and other global conferences. You will shape executive narratives, curate speakers, design sessions, and oversee editorial standards to ensure a high-quality, on-brand attendee experience.

The role blends editorial decisions with hands-on execution, managing a large speaker roster and coordinating with Product, Marketing, Creative, and Leadership to meet tight timelines.