YPO

Events Manager

YPO

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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About the role

  • The Events Manager is responsible for end-to-end delivery of curated event experiences (in-person and virtual) for the YPO community.
  • Provides transformative opportunities for global leaders to learn, explore and connect.
  • Engages with internal departments, external vendors, speakers, and key client contacts to achieve program excellence through successful event execution that meets the YPO Global Events strategy.
  • Partners with key stakeholders and champions on event innovation and creation, end-to-end event planning and successful event execution aligned to event management best practices.
  • Leads stakeholders, champions, committee(s) and contractors to develop, design, budget, market, manage, execute and evaluate assigned events according to the theme and content.
  • Develops, analyzes, monitors, and manages event budgets of USD50k to USD2m to meet YPO requirements and timelines with no overspend and pro-actively address any risks.
  • Ensures adherence to YPO processes and procedures and Event Manager Toolkit throughout the development and delivery of all programs.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in leading and managing multi-day event design
  • At least 3 years’ experience collaborating and partnering with C-suite executives
  • At least 2 years’ experience planning and executing virtual events
  • Knowledge of project management principles in the application of event management
  • Experience leading event teams on complex in-person and virtual events
  • Proven experience in stewarding and executing multiple tasks as part of larger projects
  • Financial experience in budgeting (domestic and international), forecasting, reconciling required
  • Strong negotiation skills - applying active listening, building rapport, and using persuasion techniques
  • Comfortable using technology to execute tasks with proficiency and experience in the use of Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint required.
  • Cvent, Salesforce, experience preferred.
  • Membership or association experience preferred.
  • Experience with luxury or incentive event experience preferred.
Benefits
  • EOE YPO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • YPO takes pride in supporting a diverse workforce and demonstrates this through its policies and practices.
  • YPO does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
active listeningbuilding rapportpersuasioncollaborationleadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementteam management