This is a hands-on role where you'll oversee event planning, delivery, budgets, suppliers and team performance, while playing a key role in the execution of our conferences and awards programmes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the operational delivery of conferences, awards, webinars and other events.
• Managing event budgets, tracking costs and supporting profitability.
• Overseeing event timelines, logistics and onsite delivery.
• Acting as the main point of escalation for operational issues.
• Driving continuous improvement through event reviews and feedback.
• Managing and supporting the Event Operations team, setting priorities and ensuring successful delivery across the portfolio.
• Building strong relationships with venues, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Negotiating venue contracts and coordinating supplier delivery.
• Supporting venue sourcing, budgeting and logistics for international events.
• Ensuring events are delivered in line with established processes, quality standards and compliance requirements.

What's the Best Thing About This Role?

You'll be part of a major milestone for our Events team, helping deliver and grow ICA's (part of Wilmington plc) flagship summit as it moves to the iconic InterContinental London - The O2! It's an international event that brings together hundreds of senior industry leaders and offers a fantastic opportunity to make a visible impact on a flagship brand.

What's the Most Challenging Thing About This Role?

Balancing the day-to-day of a busy event portfolio with the successful transition of one of our flagship conferences to the InterContinental London - The O2. You'll need to manage competing priorities, multiple stakeholders and live-event pressures while maintaining the high standards our customers expect.

Essential and desirable capabilities

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• Proven experience delivering B2B conferences, awards and other commercial events.
• Experience managing and developing team members.
• Experience using CRM systems and event management platforms, such as Salesforce, CVENT or Evessio.
• Strong project management and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Financial awareness and experience managing event budgets.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A pro-active approach with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

To be successful in this role, it would be great if you have:

• Experience delivering awards programmes.

We know it’s not a skill, but the successful candidate must have permission to work in the role’s location by the start of their employment.

About Us

Wilmington Events, part of Wilmington plc, is a specialist provider of events in the global Governance, Risk, and Compliance sector. With an ambitious three-year growth plan, we’re expanding our portfolio of conferences, awards, and webinars, delivering impactful experiences in locations such as London, Miami, Singapore, and New York.

Join us and do Work That Means Something

At Wilmington plc, we help global customers to do the right business in the right way - providing trusted data, insights, and education to navigate the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) landscape.

When you join us, you’ll not only make a real difference for our customers, you’ll also enjoy flexibility through hybrid working and benefit from a wide range of learning, career, and development opportunities.

Whether you're just starting out, returning to work after a break, or looking to take your next step, you’ll be doing work with meaning.

Join us and make a real difference. Click on “APPLY” today!

The Legal Bit!

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this role. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Please note that this role may remain advertised until an offer of employment has been made.