Senior Event Manager

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

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Job Description

Visa is seeking a highly motivated Senior Event Manager to drive planning and execution of Visa’s Commercial and Money Movement Solutions (CMS) events.  The CMS Senior Events Manager will lead event strategy and operational support for CMS’s internal events and external client and partner conferences. This role will work closely with CMS marketing, communications, and sales teams and require a customer-centric focus and a strategic mindset while managing the planning, execution, onsite management, and post-event activities to accelerate sales and deepen client/partner relationships.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the planning, production, and execution of CMS internal and external events

• Plan and facilitate logistics for all events including contract negotiations, venue selection and preparation, presentation materials, sales and client activities, catering, and entertainment

• Develop event project plans including strategy, goals, timeline and roles and responsibilities

• Facilitate attendee communications and guest experience touch points including event attendee logistics and registration

• Lead communication and manage relationship with vendors and suppliers throughout the event planning cycle

• Invoice and budget tracking. Escalating unforeseen changes to necessary stakeholders

• Event design and audience experience development, working with stakeholders to determine needs and desired outcomes for event audience

• Act as the project lead, ensuring all partners and stakeholders are informed of due dates and communicating around them as needed

• Attendee communications, registration management and mailbox management

• Manage the event concept development and execution according to client and project goals including overall event activation

• Post event activities, surveys and reporting on outcomes event success

• Source and manage vendors and adeptly control contract negotiations

• Manage project budget throughout, providing client with updates and strategic recommendations

​This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:
• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD
• In-depth understanding of how events engagement bolsters brand, drives regional and global business strategy, supports business objectives, and aligns with the overall marketing and communications strategy of a global organization
• Strong project management, organization and planning skills applied in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment
• Experience developing creative event concepts with a desire to constantly innovate and improve all event aspects
• Excellent communication, nego