The Senior Manager, Global Events oversees a range of Gap Inc. meetings, events and conferences for our brands and corporate functions. Event types include high-profile on-site and offsite executive meetings, brand conferences for up to 1,800 people, and a variety of small and mid-size meetings. This role will lead initiatives and projects supporting employee engagement initiatives, with creative activations that align with current cultural happenings, aligning those with Gap's priorities. This individual must develop strong, high-trust relationships while delivering high-quality events aligned with business goals and budget parameters.

Independently manage on-site and offsite Gap Inc. events, allocating resources to effectively manage all aspects of event production, inclusive of planning, budgeting, execution and post-event reconciliation. Events include field conferences and high-level leadership events, such as Board of Directors, executive meetings, strategy summits.

• Develop, maintain, and reconcile complex conference budgets.
• Reconcile programs according to departmental close-out process, including debrief meetings, final budgets, and negotiated savings reporting.
• Achieve cost savings objectives by negotiating contracts with event vendors, including enterprise agreement negotiations with high-volume vendors; Ensure vendors meet agreed upon SLAs and implement action plans to address issues.
• Subject matter expert in all aspects of conference management including venue sourcing, budgeting, food & beverage, meeting space, AV/production, registration, transportation, event technology

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