Job Details

Senior Programme Manager

Sector:Commercial & Office Support

Region : Greater London

Location: London

Salary: £30,000 - £60,000

Job Ref.: GH5423SII

Job Information

Cameron James Professional Recruitment are working with a National Communications organisation who are looking to add a Senior Programme Manager their growing production team. The role promises to be exciting and engaging. You’ll be working in a fast moving, challenging and target driven environment.
At any one time, you’ll be working on a number of different forums and events, covering various areas within a designated sector.

Responsibilities
• Topic generation after probation : produce innovative and commercially viable conference topics
• Conducting industry research to formulate commercially successful events
• Creating and developing commercially attractive conference agendas based on the results of industry research and inviting high level, senior speakers to present on specific topics in the programme
• Planning, organising and managing a series of high profile forums, events and workshops
• Full management of events, including liaising with stakeholders, before, during and after an event
• Developing and building harmonious relationships with speakers, sponsors and associations
• Liaising with and briefing sales and marketing teams on the event topic and agenda, and working closely with all teams involved to ensure the event is a success
• Creating web copy and responsibility for programme and speaker pages on conference website
• Attending the events to ensure smooth running on the day and continued networking with speakers
• Help to grow portfolio and drive revenue for division

Person Specification:
• Proven production experience within B2B commercial conference industry is essential
• Oil & Gas/ Energy sector experience would be a distinct advantage but not essential
• Experience within B2B conference production and track record of topic generation, establishing profitable conferences
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Time management : an ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines and targets
• Highly motivated and organised with the ability to multi-task, you will need to have a proven track record of producing high-quality work and display outstanding organisation skills and attention to detail
• Quick learner and commercially driven
• Must show evidence of working effectively within a team
• Confident and able to speak to senior industry personnel over the phone and face to face
• Additional European languages is not essential but beneficial