Project Lead, Event Management

The Events Management Project Lead will oversee Corporate Communications and External Affairs (CCEA) events, playing a key role in ensuring seamless and successful events that align with CCEA’s department mission to “Educate, equip and engage key stakeholders to build goodwill, earn and expand the right to do business and have a positive impact on communities around the world.” The Events Lead will work with internal Staff and external agency events and logistics personnel, oversee associated budgets, and develop and maintain processes for event intake, scheduling, and communication. As CCEA and the business continue to evolve the strategy for New Restaurant Openings, this role will partner with the External Affairs Field Team to determine how event support and resources adjust to meet business goals and needs. • Minimum Qualifications • 4+ years of professional work experience • Project management • Agency management • Budget management • Event management for an organization, company or agency • Developing and using systems and processes for the management of events • Attention to detail • Ability to work collaboratively Preferred Qualifications • 5-7 years of professional work experience • Experience using technology for the management of systems and/or processes • Developing strategies to resource a program or a project • Building new approaches, models and/or ways of working to support a program or a project