Senior Manager, Global Events

Laborie; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, Dental, Vision

Health Savings Account with Company-Fn

401k Retirement Plan with Company Matc

Parental Leave and Adoption Services

Health and Wellness Programs

Job summary

Laborie is seeking a Senior Manager, Global Events to lead our worldwide events strategy—impactful congresses, physician education, and customer engagement across Urology, Gastroenterology, and Maternal/Child Health. This role drives brand presence, product adoption, and collaborations with marketing, commercial, and clinical education teams.

Global travel is required to support medical congresses and training programs.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in global event management within medical/healthcare sectors.
• Experience leading a global team across multi-business units.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects and global budgets; vendor negotiation.
• Strong project management and operational execution skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead Laborie's global events strategy aligned with commercial priorities across units.
• Develop a multi-year international and regional congress roadmap.
• Partner with marketing and regional teams to support launches and growth.
• Oversee budget, vendors, and KPI tracking; drive post-event insights.
• Coordinate resources to maximize ROI and ensure brand consistency.

Skills

Global events management

Vendor negotiation

Project management

Operational execution

Healthcare compliance knowledge

Job description

We believe that great healthcare is an essential safeguard of human dignity. At Laborie, we know the work we do matters - it’s what fuels our motivation and contributes to our success. If you’re ready to make a positive impact in the lives of patients across the globe, we’d like to meet you. We support and empower our employees to grow their careers in an environment that encourages a sense of belonging and a connection to doing good. We’re not afraid to roll up our sleeves to make our goals a reality and work together to solve for our customers. We reward and recognize our employees based on our values of Aspire to Greatness, Respect All, Own It, Working Together, Persist with Passion.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Global Events, who will be responsible for developing and leading the global events strategy for Laborie, delivering high-impact corporate events, physician education programs, and strategic customer engagement initiatives. This role oversees a global portfolio of medical congresses, training programs, advisory boards, corporate events and internal commercial events across Urology, Gastroenterology, and Maternal and Child Health. You’ll partner closely with global marketing, commercial, and clinical education to support business priorities, deliver measurable impact, strengthen healthcare professionals (HCP) relationships, elevate brand presence, and drive product adoption worldwide. This role requires global travel to support key medical congresses, physician training programs, and internal commercial meetings.

Global Event Strategy & Planning

• Lead Laborie’s global events strategy is aligned with commercial priorities across all business units.
• Develop a multi-year international and regional congress roadmap.
• Partner with global marketing and regional commercial teams to support product launches and market growth.
• Support corporate events such as global town halls, CEO and Executive Leadership Team events and meetings.
• Support high-impact physician education initiatives including Clinical training workshops, Product training courses and Advisory boards with key opinion leaders
• Partner with Marketing and Clinical Education teams to ensure programs deliver meaningful clinical value and align with scientific messaging.

Conference and Trade Show Leadership

• Plan and execute Laborie’s presence at major international and regional medical congresses.
• Oversee booth strategy, programming, physician engagement, and sales support activities.
• Ensure consistent brand presentation and operational excellence across events.
• Balance business unit priorities and coordinate resources to maximize impact across therapeutic areas.

Budget, Vendors and Performance

• Own the global events budget and manage agency and vendor partners.
• Track and report event KPIs, including engagement, lead generation, and customer feedback.
• Drive continuous improvement across the global events portfolio.
  • Provide post-event analysis and insights to senior leadership and business unit leaders.
  • Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency and maximize event ROI.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8-10+ years of global event management experience, preferably within medical device, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industries.
• Experience leading a global team supporting multi-business unit or multi-product portfolios in a global organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects and global budgets across multiple regions, with expertise in vendor negotiation
• Strong project management and operational execution.
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance and regulatory requirements.

Why Laborie:

Our Mission every day is to operate as a world-class specialist medical company making and advancing technologies that preserve and restore human dignity. We do that today by helping people with pelvic and gastrointestinal conditions live normal lives, and by helping mothers and babies have safe deliveries.

• Paid time off and paid volunteer time
• Medical, Dental, Vision and Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account with Company Funded Contributions
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Parental Leave and Adoption Services
• Health and Wellness Programs and Events

We are interested in a qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we will not be sponsoring work visas for this position, at this time.

Laborie provides equal employment opportunities and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Laborie is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in our services, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.