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Senior Operations Manager
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Senior Operations Manager – B2B Events
📍 London | Hybrid (3 days in office)
📄 Maternity Cover (12 months)
💸 £55,000 + 10% bonus
Are you an experienced event operations professional who thrives on delivering complex exhibitions and conferences? Do you enjoy leading teams, managing large-scale projects and ensuring every detail is executed to the highest standard? If so, this could be the perfect next step.
Our client is a leading international events business looking for a Senior Operations Manager to oversee the delivery of a portfolio of large-scale exhibitions and conferences across multiple sectors.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-performing operations team, taking ownership of event delivery from planning through to post-show evaluation. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, manage operational budgets, lead a team and play a key role in delivering commercially successful events both in the UK and internationally.
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What you'll be doing:
- Leading the operational delivery of large-scale exhibitions and conferences from planning through to live event delivery
- Managing operational budgets, forecasting and supplier negotiations
- Overseeing venue relationships, contracts and Health & Safety planning
- Leading and developing an operations team, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to a high standard
- Working closely with sales, marketing, production and finance teams to deliver successful events
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes and implement operational best practice
- Managing feature builds, onsite operations and supplier performance
- Conducting post-event reviews and making recommendations for future improvements
- Travelling internationally to support event delivery where required
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What they're looking for:
- Significant experience delivering large-scale B2B exhibitions and conferences
- Previous experience managing event operations budgets and complex logistics
- Strong supplier, venue and contract negotiation experience
- Proven people management experience
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong knowledge of Health & Safety and event compliance
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with excellent stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with occasional international travel and weekend event delivery
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established international events business, leading the delivery of market-leading exhibitions while managing a talented operations team and helping shape future event strategy.
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