St. James’s Place
Senior Event Manager
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Senior Event Manager
Senior Events Manager
Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, St. James’s Place is building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. We’re investing significantly in technology, streamlining our work, and fostering an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable—so they feel confident to show up, speak up and perform.
At a Glance:
- Location: Hybrid with frequent travel to Cirencester, London and UK event locations
- Workplace Type: Hybrid
- Employment Type: Permanent
- Seniority: Mid-Senior Level
About The Role
As a Senior Events Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering St. James’s Place’s flagship event programme. Leading a team of event professionals, you’ll ensure every event is delivered to an exceptional standard, creating high-quality experiences that connect and inspire:
- Partners
- Employees
- Clients
- Leaders across the business
Alongside overseeing the wider flagship portfolio, you will take ownership of one of the organisation’s most strategically significant events, delivering it end-to-end with a focus on excellence, engagement and impact.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead and develop a team of event professionals to deliver a portfolio of flagship events
- Set clear objectives, standards, and ways of working aligned to the event strategy
- Support team capability-building across:
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Supplier management
- Content development
- On-site leadership
- Act as Senior Event Lead for one of the organisation’s largest annual flagship events
- Own full end-to-end delivery, including:
- Planning
- Budgeting
- Timelines
- Risk management
- Staffing
- Supplier relationships
- Content
- On-site leadership
- Partner with executive sponsors, senior leaders, business units, and corporate functions to ensure events meet strategic objectives
- Ensure delivery of a premium, consistent, and high-quality delegate experience
- Oversee the flagship events calendar, guaranteeing:
- High-quality delivery
- Compliance
- Timeliness
- Maintain consistency in:
- Standards
- Branding
- Service levels
- Contractual governance
- Operational excellence across all flagship events
- Support Event Managers in managing:
- Complex stakeholder relationships
- Risk mitigation
- Issue escalation where required
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About You
You are a confident and experienced event leader who thrives in a fast-paced, high-profile environment. You:
- Bring a calm and structured approach to managing complexity
- Balance multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional standards
- Are a collaborative people manager who:
- Enjoys developing others
- Builds strong relationships across the business
- Works with senior stakeholders
- Possess the credibility and experience to influence at all levels
- Ensure events deliver against strategic objectives
- Take pride in creating memorable experiences
- Are driven by continuous improvement, always seeking opportunities to:
- Enhance delivery
- Increase engagement
- Maximise impact
Requirements
Essential Criteria
- Significant experience delivering complex, high-profile events end-to-end within:
- Corporate environments
- Professional services
- Regulated environments
- People and line management experience, including leading and developing teams
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to balance:
- Multiple priorities
- Deadlines
- Stakeholders
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience working with:
- Senior leaders
- Executive sponsors
- Experience operating within structured frameworks, including:
- Governance processes
- Organisational standards
Desirable Criteria
- Understanding of the SJP Partnership model and the needs of:
- Adviser audiences
- Partnership audiences
- Experience working within a matrix organisation
- Understanding of brand and culture, and the ability to adapt:
- Event delivery
- Align with business objectives
- Experience delivering events for multiple audience groups, including:
- Employees
- Advisers
- Clients
- Senior leaders
- Experience using event management tools, such as Cvent
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Special Requirements
This is a hybrid role requiring:
- Home and office working
- Frequent travel to support event delivery
- Flexibility in working hours, aligned with the event calendar, including:
- Occasional out-of-hours working
- Event attendance
Benefits
We reward your work through:
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme (reflecting both personal and company performance)
- Competitive annual leave allowance (28 days + bank holidays, with the option to purchase 5 additional days)
- Online rewards platform, offering discounts across a variety of categories
Support Management
We also provide:
- Competitive parental leave (26 weeks at full pay)
- Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
- 10% non-contributory pension (growing with length of service)
Accessibility & Inclusion
We’re an equal opportunities employer and encourage accessibility. Reasonable adjustments can be made throughout the recruitment process—please email careers@sjp.co.uk if adjustments are required.
Understanding Sheer Range
We recognise research suggesting that underrepresented applicants might hesitate if they don’t meet every criterion. If relevant transferable experience exists, we encourage you to apply regardless of career breaks or perceived gaps.
FCA Conduct Regulation Note
The company is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We encourage familiarisation with the conduct regulations, including consumer duty obligations, prior to interviews.
Next Steps
If you’re excited about this opportunity and believe it aligns with your skills and experience, please submit an application. Our team will be in touch soon.
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