Lead, Events

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🔥 18 hours ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🎪 Events

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Pearson VUE

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1994

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Pearson VUE is a global leader in computer-based testing, providing a wide range of credentialing and certification exams for various industries. They support test-takers and test owners by offering resources, scheduling options, and accommodations to ensure equitable access to testing. Their mission is to empower candidates and enrich communities through the delivery of high-stakes exams that validate professional skills and knowledge, contributing to career advancement and industry standards.

📋 Description

• Own Pearson's global events strategy, prioritisation and performance across a large events portfolio • Translate enterprise, marketing, commercial and customer priorities into an annual events roadmap • Define event objectives, audience strategies, investment levels and success measures • Lead portfolio tiering, investment decisions, consolidation and efficiency improvements across regions and business units • Lead, coach and develop a geographically dispersed team of event professionals • Allocate resources and establish priorities, performance standards, operating rhythms and continuous improvement practices • Provide strategic oversight across event planning and execution, including production, attendee experience, executive engagement and operational delivery • Develop playbooks, governance models, templates and quality standards • Lead readiness reviews and manage risks, dependencies, decision points and contingency plans • Act as senior escalation point for high-profile or high-risk events • Ensure compliance with legal, procurement, privacy, accessibility, health and safety, financial and brand requirements • Manage contractual, financial and operational risks • Build relationships with senior leaders across Marketing, Sales, Product, Communications, Finance, Procurement, Legal and Regional Business teams • Lead strategic relationships with agencies, organisers, suppliers, venues and technology vendors • Oversee supplier selection, commercial negotiations and performance management • Provide executive recommendations, investment cases and portfolio reporting • Define and measure event success across pipeline creation, customer engagement, partnerships, brand awareness and business growth • Improve lead capture, attribution, reporting, efficiency, attendee experience, supplier performance and event ROI • Maintain executive dashboards for portfolio performance, investment effectiveness, capacity planning and risk management • Champion event technology, automation and data-driven decision making

🎯 Requirements

• Significant senior leadership experience managing complex corporate, B2B or enterprise events portfolios across multiple regions • Proven experience leading and developing event teams • Strong track record of translating business strategy into prioritised event programmes and measurable outcomes • Extensive experience managing conferences, exhibitions, sponsorships, executive programmes, customer events and partner activations • Experience operating within global, matrixed organisations • Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability at senior levels • Demonstrated success managing budgets, resources, suppliers and commercial investment decisions • Deep understanding of live, virtual and hybrid event delivery • Strong commercial and financial acumen • Expertise in portfolio governance, event operations and risk management • Strong understanding of event measurement, attribution and performance reporting • Excellent executive communication and presentation skills • Ability to make informed decisions in complex and high-pressure situations • Highly organised with excellent planning and prioritisation capability • Strong supplier negotiation and relationship management skills • Experience using enterprise event management, project management, CRM and reporting platforms • Direct experience delivering event programmes across both US and UK markets • Experience within Higher Education, Education Technology, SaaS or global corporate environments • Familiarity with event technology platforms, automation tools and audience engagement solutions • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Event Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote role based in the UK • No regular office requirement; Pearson offices may be used where practical • International travel opportunities required to support priority events, supplier partners, stakeholder engagement and team collaboration • Opportunity to lead a talented team and shape a high-profile international portfolio • Opportunity to drive measurable business impact through strategic event experiences