Director – Enterprise Internal Events
Black & Veatch
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Overland Park • Kansas • United States
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About the role
- Develop and lead Black & Veatch’s enterprise level internal events strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational culture, priorities, and leadership expectations
- Establish an annual enterprise events roadmap, event standards, and planning processes to ensure consistency and high quality execution
- Serve as strategic advisor to the Chief of Staff and CEO Office on event strategy, messaging, and executive engagement opportunities
- Collaborate extensively with Enterprise Marketing, Communications, HR, IT, Operations, and Business Units to ensure seamless end to end planning
- Engage directly with senior executives with a high degree of professionalism
- Maintain strong relationships across functions to anticipate needs, remove barriers, and elevate the quality of organizational events
- Partner with Enterprise Marketing, Brand, and regional/external events teams to ensure consistency across internal and external touchpoints
- Align internal event standards with external conferences, client events, and sponsorship activations to create a unified, high level experience for executives and professionals
- Develop shared operating tools to streamline coordination across teams
- Lead end to end planning and onsite execution of enterprise events
- Drive elevated production quality across staging, AV, media, and executive presentation formats
- Oversee venue sourcing, contract negotiation, vendor partnerships, and all logistics planning
- Continuously enhance events through innovative design, audience engagement strategies, and emerging technology
- Own and manage event budgets, forecasts, procurement, and cost stewardship
- Create and improve scalable processes, workflows, and documentation that enhance planning efficiency and operational reliability
- Establish success metrics and apply feedback and data to continuously evolve event strategy and execution
- Leads, develops, and engages team members, fostering a high performance culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, and continuous growth
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
- 10+ years progressive management experience in related areas
- 10+ years relevant experience in event design, event management, or enterprise level program operations
- Experience in team management, leadership or leading project teams.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in corporate events, enterprise communications, or large scale program leadership
- Experience leading event strategy and production for large, complex, or Fortune level organizations.
- Proven ability to collaborate with and present to all levels within the organization.
- Strong ability to manage multiple large initiatives simultaneously with agility and precision.
- Experience building and developing high performing teams.
- Exceptional communication, professionalism and relationship building skills.
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- 401K match
- benefits that start day 1
- flexible work schedules
- paid vacation and holiday time
- sick time
- dependent sick time
- adoption reimbursement
- tuition reimbursement
- vendor discounts
- an employment referral program
- AD&D insurance
- pre-taxed accounts
- voluntary legal plan
- B&V Credit Union
- performance-based bonus program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
event designevent managementprogram operationsvenue sourcingcontract negotiationvendor partnershipslogistics planningbudget managementdata analysisaudience engagement strategies
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationrelationship buildingprofessionalismagilityprecisionteam managementaccountabilitycontinuous growth
Certifications
Bachelor's degree