Strategic Events Portfolio Lead

McKinsey & Company; Darien (CT); On-site; USD 159,000 - 212,000; Full time

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Job summary

McKinsey & Company in North America seeks a Senior Portfolio Manager to lead execution of a portfolio of client meetings, coordinating with event stakeholders to ensure flawless delivery across practices and offices. You will report to a Senior Portfolio Manager and work with internal clients to understand their event pipelines.

You will travel as required, bring creative ideas for integrating locations and firm messaging into programs, and help foster collaboration across client events to meet

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
• 6+ years' experience in strategic meeting planning in a professional services environment
• Demonstrated credible leadership, analytics, problem-solving, project management, and communication skills
• Ability to offer new ideas, constructively challenge conventional wisdom, and work collaboratively
• Skills in leading inclusive problem solving. Able to synthesize insights into clear actionable recommendations and identify creative solutions to complex problems
• Ability to Build Strong Relationships: Establish trust with colleagues across geographies, roles, and levels, and maintain a non-hierarchical approach with strong influencing capabilities
• Ability to travel as required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey information effectively to senior leaders and stakeholders

Responsibilities

• You will play an active strategic advisory role across all client events, ensuring that event managers and vendors responsible for program operations execute in alignment with stakeholders' event vision and goals.
• Your level of involvement will vary from hands-on project management to high-level advisory support.
• Responsibilities include guiding teams on effective collaboration with internal stakeholders, resolving issues as they arise, and providing oversight of the budget across the portfolio of meetings.
• You’ll be part of our Optimize Events team in one of our locations in North America.
• You will advise and lead on the execution of a portfolio of meetings.
• Under the leadership of a Senior Portfolio Manager, you will work closely with event stakeholders to ensure event managers may provide flawless execution of all meetings within the portfolio.
• You will serve as the primary point of contact for internal clients and will develop a deep understanding of their event team roles and meeting pipelines.
• This knowledge will enable you to efficiently manage how our event managers support operational elements across the portfolio in collaboration with practices and offices, and other key groups involved in client events across the firm.
• You will be expected to support the internal stakeholders and the event managers by providing creative inspiration for integrating the event location and important firm messaging into the program (through activities, communications, branding, etc.).
• Your work will play a vital role in fostering collaboration across our client events, enabling diverse stakeholders to engage, exchange insights, and work collectively to address shared business challenges.
• By facilitating these connections, you will help drive meaningful progress toward regional and firm objectives, while creating opportunities for impactful engagement and partnership on a regional scale.
• Your work will involve travel and there is an expectation to attend key planning site visits and scheduled events as needed.

Skills

Strategic planning

Leadership

Analytics

Problem-solving

Project management

Communication

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

McKinsey & Company in North America seeks a Senior Portfolio Manager to lead execution of a portfolio of client meetings, coordinating with event stakeholders to ensure flawless delivery across practices and offices. You will report to a Senior Portfolio Manager and work with internal clients to understand their event pipelines.

You will travel as required, bring creative ideas for integrating locations and firm messaging into programs, and help foster collaboration across client events to meet