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Department: Event Operations
Location: Gatwick
Description
As Event Director, you will lead the planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of 50 Best's global portfolio of awards programmes and events, ensuring achievement of commercial, customer, and operational objectives.
Working closely with the Head of Events, you will contribute to the development of the events strategy by translating strategic priorities into operational plans. Through effective management of people, resources, and suppliers, your impact will ensure 50 Best has the capability, capacity, and operational infrastructure needed to strengthen our existing portfolio of world-class events and shape the strategy for new international events. You will enhance the 50 Best brand and reputation by ensuring events are delivered effectively, compliantly, and profitably.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Directing the successful end-to-end operational delivery and performance of a global portfolio of awards programmes and events, driving consistency, quality, and excellence
- Planning, mobilising, and delivering new events with appropriate governance, resources, budgets, and timelines
- Ensuring the events function has the capability, capacity, guidance, and performance standards required to meet business needs
- Providing leadership, coaching, and development to nurture a culture of accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence
- Overseeing the effective allocation of people, budgets, and resources to support commercial objectives
- Developing and implementing operational frameworks, processes, and systems that improve efficiency and scalability; monitoring performance to identify optimisation opportunities
- Building effective relationships with suppliers, venues, and external partners; overseeing negotiation and performance management
- Establishing robust governance, compliance, and risk management across the portfolio
- Acting as the primary escalation point for live event delivery issues and operational challenges; guiding crisis management and decision making
- Providing clear reporting and recommendations to the Head of Events on portfolio performance and operational risks, in addition to supporting the implementation of strategic initiatives and future operating models developed by the Head of Events
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- Significant experience leading large-scale international event portfolios and/or awards programmes
- Expertise in operational leadership, event delivery, and portfolio management
- Strong commercial and financial management capability
- Demonstrable experience developing and improving organisational capability and spearheading high-performing teams
- Experience establishing scalable operating processes, resource planning approaches, and delivery frameworks that support business growth
- Highly collaborative with exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing abilities
- Expertise in supplier, venue, and stakeholder management
- Excellent understanding of contractual, regulatory, governance, health and safety, and compliance requirements
- Calm and decisive under pressure who is solutions and results-orientated, adaptable, and resilient in a fast-paced, complex events environment
- Ability to provide professional judgement and guidance on operational, commercial, and organisational matters with significant business impact
- Willingness to travel internationally to events
Benefits & Initiatives
- Generous annual leave – 25 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time employees
- Long service holiday reward – Receive an extra day's annual leave for each year of service after six years, up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays for full-time colleagues
- Christmas office closure – Enjoy additional paid leave between Christmas Day and New Year's Day to cover discretionary office closure days
- Holiday purchase scheme – Buy up to three additional days' annual leave each year and spread the cost over up to six months
- MeDay – Take an additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, a cultural or religious event, or another occasion that is meaningful to you
- Volunteering day – One paid day each year to support a charity, community group, or cause close to your heart
- Hybrid and agile working – Flexible ways of working to help you balance work and life commitments (role dependent)
- Enhanced pension contributions – Benefit from employer pension contributions above the statutory minimum
- Life assurance – Providing financial protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones
- Group Income Protection – Financial support if you're unable to work due to long-term illness or injury
- Family-friendly policies – Enhanced pay entitlements to support you and your family during important life events
- Health and wellbeing support, including:
- Healthcare cash plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Virtual GP service
- Health and wellbeing resources and tools
- Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – Supported by employee-led networks, with a culture where everyone feels welcome and valued. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer
- Cycle to Work scheme – Save money and support a healthier commute
- Electric Car scheme – Access an affordable and sustainable way to drive an electric vehicle
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