Manager, Meetings & Events

Whether working with a team of colleagues or with clients, we ensure that we foster a culture that celebrates differences and builds on shared connections. In This Role, You Will: • Collaborate with the Team's Director of Events to execute a strategic corporate event strategy • Manage the North America Event Design team based in the HQ (Tyson's office) responsible for producing 500+ events annually. Including but not limited to: Curating event design experiences that support the event objective, configuring event registration & other technical requirements, and executing event marketing deliverables • Work directly with senior management to collaborate on HQ and company-wide initiatives • Coordinate with teams across regions and product-focused marketing organization to ensure timely delivery of reports, management updates, and data dissemination to internal teams • Assist in event projections and event road mapping, understanding audience generation event objectives, goals, budget targets, and analyzing cost and ROI • Collaborate and report on large-scale strategic projects and timelines related to major company initiatives, events, and goals • Source, negotiate, evaluate, and execute various venue & vendor agreements. Here's What You Need: • Minimum of 10 years of event planning, marketing, and people management experience • Bachelor's degree required • Must be located near Tyson's Corner, Virginia or have the ability to commute to the office 2+ days a week and on days with live events or in-office prep for upcoming events • Experience managing large and complex contracts, budgets, and financial analysis • Ability to analyze situations, identify and troubleshoot problems, and follow up until a resolution is achieved • Strong project management and communication skills, ability to excel in a fluid, cross-functional team, deadline driven environment • Ability to operate and provide value at both a macro/strategy-level and a micro/execution level • Strong time management skills, ability to manage multiple time-sensitive, high priority projects simultaneously • Strong negotiation and bid comparison experience with vendors • Knowledge of the total marketing/sales mix, including campaign execution, program management, event marketing, logistics management and event technology, etc. • Experience with managing a cross-functional team & working with international resources • Strong executive presence and ability to interact with all levels of management within the company and experience working directly with C-Level/senior leadership • Self-directed, self-motivation, and disciplined team player capable of hands-on execution and long-term business planning • Quick learner and enthusiastic about ongoing development to better support the team & growing event program • Strong knowledge of the MS Office suite, with expertise in Excel • Strong knowledge & experience with using Event Marketing & Management solutions (Cvent) • Knowledge & experience with these types of tools & technologies – CRM (Salesforce), Marketing Automation (Marketo), Project Management (Wrike/Clarizen/Jira), Travel & Expense Management (Concur) and other marketing technologies is a plus