Senior Associate, Supplier Event Strategy & Operations - Chase Travel

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an experienced Senior Associate to lead Supplier Event Strategy and Operations in the Chase Travel Group. You will own complex, multi-day events from intake to onsite execution, managing plans, budgets, vendors, and contract workflows while partnering with internal stakeholders and supplier sponsors.

You will coach an Associate, ensuring consistent, high-quality outcomes across the portfolio and driving scalable operating practices for global events.

Qualifications

• 5 years of progressive experience in corporate event management or related fields.
• Hands-on experience planning and delivering complex, multi-day events with senior leaders and diverse partners.
• Proficient with Monday.com for boards, dashboards, forms, automations, and reporting.
• Experience managing event budgets, forecasts, invoices, and financial closeout.
• Ability to manage multiple contracts, follow-up, and escalation of delays.
• Experience with venues, hotels, production partners, and sponsors.
• Strong project management discipline with detailed trackers and budgets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-ready updates.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; comfortable with Teams and SharePoint.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned events from intake through planning, onsite delivery, reconciliation, and post-event reporting.
• Translate objectives into workback plans with milestones and owners.
• Lead cross-functional planning rhythms and readiness reviews; escalate risks.
• Coordinate logistics: venue sourcing, lodging, transportation, F&B, signage, staffing, and security.
• Build event content, run-of-show, staffing plans, and vendor expectations; lead onsite.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, committed spend, variance logs, and tradeoffs.
• Drive vendor review, scope alignment, and cost challenges; document decisions.
• Own end-to-end contract processes with approvals, routing, and audits.
• Partner with supplier stakeholders to shape sponsorships and fulfillment timelines.
• Oversee attendee experience workflows and communications; manage requests.
• Coach Associates to improve execution standards and outputs.

Skills

Project management

Vendor coordination

Budget forecasting

Contract management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Communication

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

SharePoint

Cvent

Monday.com

Education

PMP credential

CMP credential

Tools

Monday.com

Cvent

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Join a team where your event expertise shapes standout experiences for advisors, employees, leaders, and strategic supplier partners. You’ll own high-impact programs end to end while building scalable, repeatable operating practices.

As aSenior Associate, Supplier Event Strategy and OperationsinChase Travel Group, you own complex, multi-day events from intake through onsite execution and closeout. You manage detailed project plans, budgets, vendors, and contract workflows while partnering closely with internal stakeholders and supplier sponsors. You also coach an Associate supporting event operations to help deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes across the portfolio.

Job responsibilities

• Own assigned events from intake and scoping through planning, onsite delivery, reconciliation, and post-event reporting
• Translate event objectives into detailed workback plans with milestones, owners, dependencies, approvals, and contingency plans
• Lead cross-functional planning rhythms, readiness reviews, action tracking, and escalation of risks or blockers while coordinating across Marketing, Communications, leadership, advisors/ITAs, supplier partners, production vendors, photography/video teams, and other key stakeholders
• Coordinate event logistics including venue sourcing, site inspections, lodging operations, ground transportation, food and beverage, room sets, gifting, signage, shipping/receiving, staffing, rentals, and security coordination when needed
• Build and organize event content, agendas, run-of-show documentation, staffing plans, vendor expectations, and escalation paths for complex, multi-day recognition and educational events while serving as a lead onsite operator
• Manage event budgets, forecasts, committed spend tracking, variance logs, and practical tradeoffs to stay within guardrails
• Drive vendor proposal reviews, scope alignment, cost challenges, and decision documentation
• Own end-to-end contract processes, including request initiation, scope completion, review/approval coordination, signature routing, milestone tracking, and audit-ready recordkeeping
• Partner with supplier stakeholders to shape sponsorship engagement opportunities and manage fulfillment timelines, assets, and deliverables
• Oversee attendee experience workflows including registration approach, lists, travel and rooming coordination, special requests, and attendee communications
• Coach and direct an Associate by assigning work, reviewing outputs, removing blockers, and improving team execution standards

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5 years of progressive experience in corporate event management, experiential programs, meetings and events, hospitality, supplier engagement, or a related field
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience planning and delivering complex, multi‑day events with senior leaders, multiple internal partners, and external vendors
• Advanced, hands‑on experience with Monday.com, including boards, dashboards, forms, automations, dependencies, templates, and workflow reporting
• Experience managing event budgets, forecasts, proposals, invoices, payment schedules, reconciliation, and financial closeout
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously, drive disciplined follow‑up, coordinate review and approval cycles, and escalate delays early
• Experience managing vendors such as venues, hotels, production partners, registration partners, speakers, and sponsors
• Strong project management discipline and comfort working in detailed trackers, budgets, and operating documents
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑ready updates and clear vendor guidance
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize competing deadlines while maintaining follow‑through
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools such as Teams and SharePoint
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally, including during peak planning and execution periods

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in travel, hospitality, financial services, recognition programs, supplier relations, or sponsorship‑supported events
• Experience creating sponsorship packages and managing sponsor benefits through full fulfillment
• Experience with Cvent (or comparable registration and event technology platforms)
• Experience working within procurement, sourcing, legal, risk, compliance, or other controlled corporate processes
• CMP, PMP, or similar credential

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are not able to provide immigration sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Final job grade level and corporate title will be determined at time of offer and may differ from this posting. This role does not provide relocation assistance, so all candidates must be local to the work locations listed in the job posting or willing to relocate on their own immediately upon hire.