Event Manager

Nokia; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working schemes

Maternity and paternity leave

Life insurance

Well-being programs

Career development support

Coaches & mentors

Learning environment for growth

NERG involvement

Job summary

Nokia is seeking an experienced Event Planning Manager to orchestrate a portfolio of global events, trade shows, and corporate programs. You will translate strategic objectives into impactful experiences for customers, partners, employees, and executives, coordinating across functions and regions to deliver high-value outcomes.

As a senior contributor, you will lead from planning through execution, maintaining global standards while enabling regional flexibility, and driving measurable business

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in global event management within a complex B2B org.
• Experience leading executive-level customer engagements and high-visibility events.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders in a global matrix.
• Experience with budgets, vendor contracts, and event logistics.
• Strong communication, organization and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of global events aligned to business priorities.
• Translate objectives into clear event plans and delivery approaches.
• Develop and manage pre-event, onsite, and post-event plans.
• Drive global standards while allowing regional flexibility.
• Recommend strategies and investment levels based on objectives.
• Serve as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and drive alignment.
• Lead event briefings, communications, and alignment processes.
• Drive a One Nokia approach across events and messaging.
• Deliver high-quality experiences aligned to messaging and goals.
• Partner with Brand and Creative teams to ensure consistent execution.
• Drive attendee engagement across all event phases.
• Support executive engagement formats including hospitality and meetings.
• Own end-to-end event delivery and coordinate across workstreams.
• Lead onsite execution and act as escalation point.
• Ensure operational readiness across lifecycle including risk and compliance.
• Own budgets, forecasting, cost control, and post-event reporting.
• Manage vendor sourcing, selection, and contracts.
• Build and manage a network of agencies and partners.
• Analyze event performance and optimize future impact.
• Advise stakeholders on investment decisions and participation strategies.

Skills

Event planning

Stakeholder management

Project management

Budgeting

Vendor management

Executive engagement

Communication

Travel readiness

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

The Event Planning Manager is responsible for planning and executing a portfolio of Nokia events, including key global trade shows, customer engagements, and corporate programs.

The Event Planning Manager is responsible for planning and executing a portfolio of Nokia events, including key global trade shows, customer engagements, and corporate programs. As a senior individual contributor, this role acts as a central orchestrator across global stakeholders, ensuring events are aligned to business priorities and delivered to a consistently high standard. This role is accountable for translating strategic business objectives into impactful event experiences for customers, partners, employees, and executives that drive measurable business value. The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, requiring strong stakeholder management and the ability to operate effectively in a complex, global environment.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

Event Planning and Delivery

• Lead planning and execution of global events aligned to business priorities
• Translate business objectives into clear event plans and delivery approaches
• Develop and manage pre-event, onsite, and post-event plans
• Drive global standards while enabling regional flexibility
• Recommend event participation strategies, investment levels, and delivery approaches based on business objectives, target audiences, and expected outcomes.

Executive and Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing cross-functional teams and driving alignment, accountability, and decision-making across global organizations.
• Lead event briefings, communications, and alignment processes
• Drive a One Nokia approach across events, ensuring alignment of messaging, demos, customer experiences, and business objectives.

Experience Execution & Audience Engagement

• Deliver high-quality event experiences aligned to defined messaging and campaign goals
• Partner with Brand and Creative teams to ensure consistent execution and messaging
• Drive strong attendee engagement across pre-event, onsite, and follow-up activities
• Support executive engagement formats, including hospitality, meetings, and thought leadership opportunities

Event Delivery and Operations

• Own end-to-end event delivery, providing strategic oversight across all event workstreams and serving as the central point of coordination for stakeholders, agencies, vendors, and partners.
• Lead onsite execution and act as the primary escalation point
• Ensure operational readiness across all stages of the event lifecycle including contingency planning, risk management and compliance

Budget and Vendor Management

• Own event budgets, including forecasting, cost control, financial governance, and post-event reporting.
• Manage vendor sourcing, selection, and contracts
• Build and manage a high-performing ecosystem of agencies and partners

Engagement and Business Impact

• Partner with marketing, sales, and campaign teams to align messaging, engagement strategies, and business objectives while ensuring events deliver measurable commercial and brand impact.
• Analyze event performance and provide recommendations to improve future execution and business impact
• Advise stakeholders on event investment decisions, participation strategies, and expected business value.

Technology & Innovation

• Leverage and evaluate event technologies, analytics, and engagement platforms to improve audience experience, operational efficiency, scalability, and measurement.

Key Interfaces

• Executive Leadership, global and regional business groups
• Global Marketing & Communications teams
• Sales and Customer Teams
• Product Management and Strategy
• External agencies, vendors, and event organizers

Key Skills And Experience

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in global event management, including internal and external events, trade shows, and customer-facing engagements within a complex, matrixed B2B organization
• Demonstrated experience leading executive-level customer engagements, thought leadership programs, hospitality programs, and strategic customer events.
• Proven ability to influence executive and senior stakeholders in a global matrix environment while developing event strategies that support measurable business and commercial objectives.
• Experience supporting executive-level event experiences, customer-facing programs, and high-visibility corporate events.
• Proven experience leading complex, large-scale high visibility global events in a corporate or B2B environment
• Extensive experience managing event logistics, operations, budgets, and vendor relationships
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing large budgets and vendor contracts
• Advanced project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, priorities and stakeholders
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a structured and professional approach for all stakeholders, customers and executives
• High level of organization and attention to detail combined with strong business acumen
• Ability to remain calm, adaptable, and solution-oriented in fast-paced environments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Copilot, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Willingness and ability to travel as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading flagship global events with executive, customer, analyst, media, and partner audiences.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership teams and supporting high-visibility corporate initiatives.
• Experience within technology, telecommunications, or enterprise B2B environments
• Experience with large-scale industry events, trade shows, and corporate internal events
• Familiarity with event technology ecosystems. tools and data-driven event strategies
• Familiarity with customer and employee engagement strategies through events
• Established relationships with event vendors and production partners
• CMP or CTSM certification preferred

About Us

Advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world. Learn more about life at Nokia .

Our recruitment process

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If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.

The length of the recruitment process may vary depending on the specific role's requirements. We strive to ensure a smooth and inclusive experience for all candidates. Discover more about the recruitment process at Nokia .

About The Team

Some of our benefits:

• Flexible and hybrid working schemes
• A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave, with the option to return to work within a year following the birth or adoption of a child (based on eligibility)
• Life insurance to all employees to provide peace of mind and financial security
• Well-being programs to support your mental and physical health
• Opportunities to join and receive support from Nokia Employee Resource Groups (NERGs)
• Employee Growth Solutions to support your personalized career & skills development
• Diverse pool of Coaches & Mentors to whom you have easy access
• A learning environment which promotes personal growth and professional development - for your role and beyond