Vice President

Executive Office, Speaker & Conference Strategy, Vice President, New York New York, NY, United States Job Description The Executive Office The Executive Office plays an integral role in setting and advancing Goldman Sachs' corporate strategy, and in preserving the firm's distinctive culture. We are responsible for safeguarding the firm's relationship with alumni, clients, shareholders, policy makers, and the broader public, while ensuring that our own people remain informed about the firm's evolving priorities. We also partner with the businesses to source high-impact opportunities in line with the firm's social and sustainability agendas. Our Executive Office is a group of teams that shapes corporate strategy, culture, and brand. Whether communicating with employees, managing our brand, or articulating our strategy to investors and analysts, our work directly impacts how the firm is viewed by a variety of crucial stakeholders. You'll be part of a team of excellent communicators who are comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment. Office of the Chairman The Office of the Chairman oversees internal and external key strategic initiatives across the firm, including Goldman Sachs’ communications and investor, government, community and client engagement. Within the Office of the Chairman, the Client Strategy Group works closely with Goldman Sachs executives to prioritize and organize their interactions in support of these initiatives. Overview Conferences and events are a key opportunity to enhance the firm’s brand and continue to position Goldman Sachs as a thought leader and convener. A core part of our conference and event strategy is to select speakers whose content can help align with our business strategy and our own thought leadership priorities. Due to the dynamic and evolving nature of our business, the strategy and execution for sourcing content and speakers remains necessarily fluid and requires constant research and relationship management, both internally and externally. Conferences Prioritize conferences and events using a tiered framework Assist internal teams in crafting an overall objective and scope for their conferences (prioritizing flagship engagements) Advise on content development and speaker opportunities Maintain tracking and data strategy for internal and external conferences Coordinate cross-divisional events on similar topics for similar audiences Partner with firmwide host teams, stakeholders Events team globally to embed culture and history into select conferences and events Evaluate and implement AI-enabled solutions to support speaker research, profile management, workflow automation, reporting, conference analysis, and operational efficiency initiatives. Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies across conference strategy, external speaker engagement, and platform management activities. Speakers- GS Speakers Bureau The GS Speakers Bureau will act as a “market-maker” for harnessing the firm’s relationships and helping to align the right speaker(s) – internal and external – with the right events and programming, no matter where they originate or are located, optimizing the process, outcomes and ROI. The Bureau will aim to build a deep and diverse bench of internal speakers and subject matter experts the firm can deploy strategically for internal and external events. Sourcing – Compile and centralize lists of internal and external speakers and their areas of expertise and build on these lists, seeking to build an ever‑growing roster of diverse talent. Engagement – Develop a consistent set of guidelines around all aspects of this process, including sourcing the right speaker(s) for specific events, engaging with external speakers bureaus and agencies (as needed), and managing contracts, legal/compliance clearance, logistics and payments with external speakers. Optimization – Seek to identify ways to optimize our engagement with speakers and maximize the reach and impact of their messages and content, for example coordinating additional, ancillary sessions/events for select groups, repurposing content for a variety of internal and external channels, etc. Data Management – work with EO Engineering on SEEH, Salesforce, and GS Speakers Bureau enhancing data capture, dashboards, and reporting. Consulting: Strategy, Content Development, Speaker Vetting and Due Diligence Act as Executive Office representative / voice on content and speakers for all top‑tier conferences, signature events (flagship conferences) and special events (10KSB events, etc.) Partner with businesses and host teams to define conference and speaker objectives and priorities for client experience Research relevant and engaging speakers Develop strong relationships with speakers directly or with their exclusive representation (agency) Ensure speakers are drawn from various industries, regions and backgrounds Recommend speakers / create speaker lists for internal groups Provide feedback on speakers submitted by internal groups Confirm the same speakers are not utilized repeatedly Perform due diligence, vet speakers with other groups Obtain approvals / post stakeholders on various teams for external speakers Create, advise on and review session themes, content, speaker questions, etc. Review conference and speaker decks Create and maintain operational documentation, resource libraries, standards, reference materials, internal websites, and knowledge repositories supporting conference and speaker management activities. Maintain speaker engagement resources, Conference resource pages, SEEH resource hubs, and process documentation. Relationship Management and Negotiation Executive Office liaison with speaker bureaus / agents / representatives / publishers Work with speaker bureaus to identify speakers, check availability, negotiate fees, etc. or work directly with the speaker Look for opportunities to maximize utilization of speakers (e.g. additional roundtable, meet and greet, Talks at GS) Execute book buys for select speakers Confirm a ‘Thank You’ email goes to the speaker (same day as engagement preferred) Execution Partner with Events Management Group and Self‑Managed event stakeholders on logistics to ensure positive speaker experience Travel, hotel, car service, parking, etc. Confirm platform and A/V setup Create / review / distribute briefing documents for speakers and moderators Provide oversight on room reservations Ensure each speaker has a proper introduction from a senior GS Host and seamless interactions throughout their engagement Speaker and EventEngagement Hub (SEEH) Approvals: Review all external speaker engagement requests submitted via the Speaker and Event Engagement Hub on behalf of the Executive Office and submit action via eTask Answer any questions from Approver Groups (e.g. Media Relations, Government Affairs, Business Intelligence Group) regarding PERMIT roles, specific speakers, and SES troubleshooting Provide input and oversight on recommended enhancements to improve the user experience and approval process for external speakers Manage development and integration of approval process for GS speakers speaking internally and externally (Speakers Bureau) SEEH Training, Education & Change Management Approvals: Review all external speaker engagement requests submitted via the Speaker and Event Engagement Hub on behalf of the Executive Office and submit action via eTask Answer any questions from Approver Groups (e.g. Media Relations, Government Affairs, Business Intelligence Group) regarding PERMIT roles, specific speakers, and SES troubleshooting Provide input and oversight on recommended enhancements to improve the user experience and approval process for external speakers Manage development and integration of approval process for GS speakers speaking internally and externally (Speakers Bureau) Salary Range The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States‑based position is $125,000‑$250,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year‑end. Benefits Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non‑temporary, full‑time and part‑time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here . Job Info Job Identification 179446 Job Category Vice President Posting Date 07/16/2026, 06:45 PM Locations New York, NY, United States Healthcare & Medical Services We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally. Financial Wellness & Retirement We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities. Health We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state‑of‑the‑art on‑site health centers in certain offices. Fitness To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on‑site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre‑approved amount). We offer on‑site child care centers that provide full‑time and emergency back‑up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available. Benefits at Goldman Sachs Read more about the full suite of class‑leading benefits our firm has to offer. Learn More #J-18808-Ljbffr