Event Project Manager

Description

Please note that this posting is for a contract assignment and is not a full-time employment opportunity with the client. Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through the client's approved 3rd party Direct Source provider for the duration of the specified project and will not be an employee of the client.

Job Summary

• The client's Event Content team is seeking an event project manager to own the coordination of content development for allocated topic grouping(s) across both their organization and partner events.
• Working in partnership with product marketing, this role requires expertise in program management and the proven ability to apply that expertise to various event disciplines (e.g., content program management, expo planning, post-event analytics, etc.)
• The ideal candidate has a proven history of running enterprise-level workstreams with operational excellence in ambiguous environments; can work through complex tasks and projects quickly with little guidance; represents owned programs to senior leadership; and both anticipates as well as navigates roadblocks before they become issues.
• Candidates that have managed large volumes of deliverables and have worked cross-laterally with multiple teams will be prioritized.

Key Responsibilities for the Position Include:

• Maintaining deadlines and project trackers fully owning team(s) deliverables.
• Own end-to-end delivery of event content workstreams.
• Report owned workstreams to leadership and stakeholders, providing status updates and identifying roadblocks.
• Maintain detailed project timelines with clear milestones and deliverables.
• Execute innovations provided in program delivery methods.
• Conduct post-event data analysis and make recommendations for future program improvements.
• Ideally, you will be familiar with a variety of standard event marketing concepts, practices, and procedures.
• You will be expected to rely on your experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• You will be required to oversee the work of others, oftentimes including c-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication
• Knowledge of project management tools and software (M365, AirTable, RainFocus, Cvent, Asana, etc.)
• Experience demonstrating strong analytical abilities and confidence in the use of data
• Events program management or experiential marketing experience preferred, but not mandatory
• Program management experience OR Event Management experience (4 years)
• Project management certifications preferred (CMP, PMP, PgMP, Prince2, etc).

This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to the client.

The contract is expected to last for 10 months, with the possibility of extension or conversion into a full-time role depending on performance and need.

The pay range that Tundra in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $36/hour - $41/hour.

Tundra’s benefits offering includes optional medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and a New Child Benefit.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.