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Sr. Event Manager
The Opus GroupUnited States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Sept 2024
💰 $90,000/yr($70,000/yr – $90,000/yr)
About the role
Job Title: Sr. Event Manager Group/Team: Client Services Delivery / Event Management Reports to: Director of Event Management Location: Remote, Beaverton or Seattle Employment Type: FT, Exempt , Salary Travel Requirements: 30 – 40% WHO WE ARE Opus Agency partners with world-shaping brands like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce to catalyze movements through shared experiences. Crafted through our end-to-end capabilities and propelled from the epicenter of events, content, and community, these experiences are renowned for accelerating momentum—and success—for everyone involved. Built across four decades, we scale excellence at the forefront of focused strategy, fearless creativity, emerging technology, and agile delivery. Today, as the flagship of The Opus Group, our team members are outperforming from hubs throughout the United States, in the heart of London, and around the world. If you embody our cultural pillars—if you can bring versatility, embody optimism, elevate integrity, catalyze curiosity, and own excellence—then join us in fueling the future of brand movements.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for a Sr. Event Manager to be the Project Lead on events of 5,000 – 15,000 people and/or complex workstreams on events 15,000+ people. As the Project Lead you are the main point of contact for the client, the team leader, and the budget owner. You ensure that client needs are anticipated and exceeded by being a strategic consultant and providing sound recommendations, driving decisions to support event goals, acting as the central hub of communication for clarity across the team, and leading a collaborative team environment for innovation and creative execution. In this role you will be responsible for the success of the project by ensuring stakeholders, internal teams, vendors, and additional contributors understand what is expected of them and drive excellence. You are results oriented, calm under pressure, ever optimistic, and able to meet demanding deadlines and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. YOU SHOULD HAVE
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR We are looking for a Sr. Event Manager to be the Project Lead on events of 5,000 – 15,000 people and/or complex workstreams on events 15,000+ people. As the Project Lead you are the main point of contact for the client, the team leader, and the budget owner. You ensure that client needs are anticipated and exceeded by being a strategic consultant and providing sound recommendations, driving decisions to support event goals, acting as the central hub of communication for clarity across the team, and leading a collaborative team environment for innovation and creative execution. In this role you will be responsible for the success of the project by ensuring stakeholders, internal teams, vendors, and additional contributors understand what is expected of them and drive excellence. You are results oriented, calm under pressure, ever optimistic, and able to meet demanding deadlines and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. YOU SHOULD HAVE
- 5+ years of event management experience preferably within the event industry
- 2-3 years’ experience leading a team
- Experience managing complex workstreams or programs at a mid-scale to large scale (e.g., 3,000-10,000 attendees in person)
- Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) from four-year institution preferred
- Project Management
- Main point of contact for the client, the team leader, and the budget owner.
- Be the
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