Senior Executive Events Director

American Express Global Business Travel; Santa Fe (NM); Sur place; USD 55 000 - 103 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

American Express Global Business Travel is seeking a Senior Event Manager to lead complex corporate programs for a major enterprise client in the United States. You will own end-to-end planning, budgeting, and supplier management, driving multi-day executive events for 500+ attendees with budgets over $1 million.

You will partner with the producer, forecast costs, manage venues and contracts, and coordinate attendee communications in Cvent, while mentoring junior planners and ensuring on-time

Qualifications

• Seven or more years planning corporate meetings, events, and incentives, with full responsibility for programs from kickoff through reconciliation.
• Management of program budgets above $1 million, with a track record of accurate forecasts and clean reconciliations.
• Experience as planning lead beside a producer, creative lead, or senior client event owner, with clear decision ownership.

Responsabilités

• Plan and deliver assigned complex programs from kickoff through onsite execution and close, including multiday executive programs, audiences of 500 or more, and budgets above $1 million.
• Work as the planning lead beside the producer on each program, turning the brief into a plan that can be delivered and informing when costs are incurred.
• Build and manage each program budget with the producer, from initial estimate through final reconciliation, including forecasts and supplier commitments.
• Build the detailed planning calendar under the producer's master timeline and ensure adherence by teams and suppliers.
• Manage suppliers day to day from contract terms through final invoices within client procurement rules.
• Coordinate Attendee Experience with registration, housing, and communications in the client's Cvent instance, ensuring data quality.
• Run onsite logistics under the producer's lead, directing onsite teams of ten or more and handling VIP movements.
• Mentor the Event Managers, review plans and budgets, and cover peaks across the calendar.
• Maintain planning files and decision notes so another manager could take over tomorrow.
• Raise scope, budget, and resourcing risks early to the producer with recommendations.

Connaissances

Event planning

Budget management

Leadership

Cvent

Vendor management

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Outils

Cvent

Description du poste

American Express Global Business Travel is seeking a Senior Event Manager to lead complex corporate programs for a major enterprise client in the United States. You will own end-to-end planning, budgeting, and supplier management, driving multi-day executive events for 500+ attendees with budgets over $1 million.

You will partner with the producer, forecast costs, manage venues and contracts, and coordinate attendee communications in Cvent, while mentoring junior planners and ensuring on-time