Senior Events Manager

Role Description

As a Senior Events Manager, you'll be at the center of creating memorable experiences that strengthen relationships, elevate brands, and support business growth across a nationwide network of employee benefits leaders. This role combines event strategy, project management, stakeholder coordination, and operational execution to deliver exceptional experiences from concept through completion.

You'll partner with member agencies, sponsors, speakers, vendors, venues, and internal teams to execute high-touch events that reflect the professionalism and collaborative spirit of TRUE Network of Advisors. Your work will directly impact member engagement, partner relationships, and the overall success of the organization.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Lead the full event planning lifecycle for corporate meetings, executive retreats, educational conferences, shareholder meetings, incentive trips, client events, and virtual programs.
• Develop and manage detailed pre-event, onsite, and post-event plans, including rooming lists, event orders, audiovisual requirements, runs of show, staffing schedules, and contingency plans.
• Build and maintain registration websites, mobile event applications, attendee communications, surveys, and event technology platforms.
• Coordinate agenda development, speaker preparation, content reviews, and stakeholder planning meetings to ensure every event achieves its business objectives.
• Serve as the onsite lead and primary point of contact for attendees, sponsors, speakers, vendors, and partners while ensuring seamless event execution.
• Manage virtual event production, webinar support, and technical event logistics.
• Source, negotiate, and oversee vendors, venues, destination management companies, hotels, transportation providers, speakers, entertainment partners, and gifting suppliers.
• Partner with marketing, creative, and partnership teams to deliver branded experiences, sponsorship fulfillment, event communications, and attendee engagement initiatives.
• Manage event budgets, track expenses, support ROI analysis, and develop post-event recommendations and reporting.
• Coordinate attendee travel, accommodations, logistics, and customer support throughout the event lifecycle.
• Simultaneously manage multiple events while maintaining exceptional attention to detail, proactive communication, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• A highly organized project manager who thrives in fast-moving environments with multiple competing priorities.
• A relationship builder who can earn trust with executives, sponsors, clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Calm under pressure and comfortable making decisions when plans change unexpectedly.
• Equally comfortable behind the scenes managing complex logistics and in front of attendees serving as a polished representative of the organization.
• A proactive communicator who anticipates challenges and solves problems before they impact the event experience.
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of the larger business objectives behind each event.
• Collaborative, adaptable, and motivated by delivering exceptional experiences that create lasting impressions.
• Resourceful and self-sufficient while also enjoying being part of a highly collaborative team environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience planning and executing events in a professional services, corporate, hospitality, insurance, financial services, technology, or similar environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Hospitality, Event Management, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• Experience managing high-touch corporate events, executive meetings, educational conferences, retreats, client events, or comparable professional experiences.
• Experience utilizing event technology platforms such as Cvent, Guidebook, Zoom Webinars, registration systems, mobile event applications, and survey tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple events, budgets, stakeholders, vendors, timelines, and deliverables simultaneously.
• Exceptional written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work under tight deadlines while adapting quickly to changing priorities.
• Strong vendor management and negotiation experience.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships across clients, sponsors, speakers, venue teams, vendors, internal teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience serving in both logistical and front-facing event roles, including attendee support, event hosting, session moderation, or onsite leadership.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 35%, including occasional trips lasting up to seven days.

Benefits

• Multiple medical plan options, with preventive care covered at 100%.
• Free virtual medical and mental healthcare for employees and their families, plus a dedicated healthcare concierge to help you navigate benefits, compare prescription costs, and make more confident, personalized care decisions.
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave.
• Personalized PTO that lets you take time away when you need it, without traditional accruals, plus separate sick leave.
• Competitive 401(k) company match to help you build your financial future.
• Comprehensive dental and vision coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program with confidential mental health, legal, financial, and work-life support.