Senior Events & Sponsorships Lead

Pearson; United States; Presencial; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pearson seeks an Advanced Specialist, Events to independently own critical components of customer-facing events, conferences, sponsorships and association programmes that support Pearson's go-to-market priorities.

You will translate business objectives into high-quality event experiences, coordinating internal teams, external partners, vendors and sponsors to ensure successful delivery with autonomy. This role combines strategy, organization and flawless execution in a global events programme.

Formación

• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication capabilities.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without direct authority.
• Sound judgement, adaptability and problem-solving capability.
• Working knowledge of event technology, attendee communications, registration systems and event reporting.
• Understanding of how events support customer engagement, brand awareness, sales enablement and thought leadership objectives.
• Ability to analyse data and convert insights into practical recommendations.
• Commitment to inclusive, accessible and professionally executed event experiences.
• Experience using Cvent or comparable event management platforms.
• Experience supporting conferences, sponsorships, exhibitions and association programmes.

Responsabilidades

• Own assigned event workstreams from planning through post-event follow-up.
• Manage timelines, budgets, vendors, venues, registration activities, attendee communications, materials and production requirements.
• Translate marketing, commercial, audience and brand objectives into clear event plans, milestones and measures of success.
• Coordinate activities across internal teams and external partners to maintain readiness and delivery excellence.
• Support successful event execution while ensuring a high-quality attendee experience.
• Coordinate sponsorship and association deliverables from planning through activation.
• Coordinate benefit fulfilment, partner communications and promotional commitments.
• Support speaking opportunities, executive engagements and customer-facing activities.
• Ensure sponsor and association requirements are delivered accurately and professionally.
• Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, Product, Communications, Procurement and Finance teams.
• Coordinate vendors, agencies, sponsors and external partners throughout the event lifecycle.
• Ensure external suppliers deliver against agreed scope, quality, timeline and contractual expectations.
• Build strong working relationships that support successful programme delivery.
• Identify risks, dependencies and execution challenges early.
• Recommend solutions and make informed tactical decisions within agreed parameters.
• Escalate significant strategic, financial, contractual or reputational risks appropriately.
• Maintain accurate project plans, budgets, decision logs, sponsor trackers and event documentation.
• Ensure event programmes are delivered consistently and professionally.
• Capture event outcomes, engagement metrics, feedback and lessons learned.
• Analyse performance data and recommend improvements to future programmes.
• Support enhancements to attendee experience, event quality and operational efficiency.
• Pilot new tools, technologies and ways of working that improve scalability, measurement and consistency.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of Pearson's events capability and best practices.

Conocimientos

Event planning

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Budget management

Vendor management

Analytics

Communication

Problem solving

Event technology

CRM knowledge

Herramientas

Cvent

CRM platforms

Descripción del empleo

Pearson seeks an Advanced Specialist, Events to independently own critical components of customer-facing events, conferences, sponsorships and association programmes that support Pearson's go-to-market priorities.

You will translate business objectives into high-quality event experiences, coordinating internal teams, external partners, vendors and sponsors to ensure successful delivery with autonomy. This role combines strategy, organization and flawless execution in a global events programme.