Lead Manager - Conference & Event Management

You Will: Lead a team of conference and event operations professionals, with direct accountability for performance management, workload prioritization, and professional development.Align team capabilities and staffing resources to support a portfolio of complex conferences, meetings, and special events.Foster a collaborative, and accountable team culture observing the Association's Management Charter.Lead the end to end operational planning of a portfolio of conferences, meetings, and special events.Lead all logistics including venue sourcing, vendor strategy, contract negotiation, AV, F&B, signage, production, and onsite services.Provide senior level onsite leadership for major conferences, making real-time decisions to manage risk, resolve issues, and ensure delivery of participant experience standards.Oversee the operational execution of special events and networking experiences held together with conferences.Lead event level financial planning including budget development, forecasting, and expense tracking.Manage COGS to support margin goals while maintaining experience quality.Partner with Finance to ensure accurate post event reconciliation, variance analysis, and financial reporting.Be the senior operational partner to company partners including content, marketing, sales, sponsorships, finance, technology, and leadership to ensure agreement between our goals and operational execution.Be the primary operational lead for external partners including venues, suppliers, production partners, and destination organizations.Lead vendor negotiations, establish performance expectations, and uphold SLAs for service delivery and outcomes.Identify enhancements to event operations processes and standards to improve efficiency, scalability, financial performance, and participant experience.Apply awareness of event industry trends and best practices to evolve event delivery models.Support domestic and contribute to global events by adapting operational approaches for regional, cultural, and logistical requirements. We provide resources that support your mental health, and evolve our offerings to meet your needs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. While this role can work remotely in the US, please note that we are unable to employ individuals in the state of California.