Senior Event Operations Lead — Global Conferences

Bentley Systems; Exton (PA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Global events team culture

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Bentley Systems is seeking an experienced event operations leader to drive delivery of the company’s flagship event portfolio, including User Conference and Year in Infrastructure. You will coordinate planning cadences, schedules, and readiness across global teams and partners to ensure timely, high‑quality execution.

The role requires strong project management, relationship building, and risk mitigation, with 30% travel.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of progressive experience in event operations, event project management, or a related field, including experience supporting the delivery of large-scale corporate conferences or other complex, multi-day events within a technology company.
• Experience with enterprise technology events or other high-visibility corporate programs is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to create structure, maintain planning cadence, and coordinate work across cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Strong project management skills with experience managing detailed schedules, multiple priorities, and tight timelines.
• Experience coordinating agencies, production partners, venues, or other event vendors, including management of assigned scopes, schedules, and deliverables.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to maintain momentum and alignment across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a day-to-day operational project lead for Bentley’s flagship programs, including the User Conference and Year in Infrastructure Awards program.
• Build and maintain integrated workback schedules, critical paths, and milestone plans across all phases of delivery.
• Facilitate planning cadence, workstream meetings, readiness reviews, and issue-resolution forums that keep programs moving forward.
• Coordinate accountability and follow-through across internal teams, agency partners, and stakeholders, helping ensure commitments are met and dependencies are proactively managed.
• Identify risks, facilitate decisions, and mitigate issues before they impact delivery.
• Maintain visibility into cross-functional dependencies and ensure decisions, action items, and milestones remain on track throughout the event lifecycle.

Skills

Event operations

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Planning & scheduling

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Bentley Systems is seeking an experienced event operations leader to drive delivery of the company’s flagship event portfolio, including User Conference and Year in Infrastructure. You will coordinate planning cadences, schedules, and readiness across global teams and partners to ensure timely, high‑quality execution.

The role requires strong project management, relationship building, and risk mitigation, with 30% travel.