Events Management, Project Manager - Corporate Affairs

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

The Role:

The Event Management objective is to ensure that every conference and event, internal or external, demonstrates the highest level of quality, cost efficiency and control, while liaising with each business unit and host(s) as a strategic partnership. The Events team project manager leads global initiatives tailored to key audiences: Limited Partners, portfolio company C-suites, financial advisors, and business elites.

Responsibilities:

Planning

• Design and manage project plans for firm high priority programs; spearhead working teams to deliver within timeline and budget

• Break down key initiatives into actionable tasks, assign responsibilities across working teams, and track progress across all stakeholders

• Lead calls and track execution progress to drive priority initiatives; synthesize complex problems and communicate to broad range of stakeholders

• Identify KPIs and design post-event feedback surveys; build event recaps using data-driven insights to drive actionable next steps

• Mitigate risks, roadblocks and dependencies throughout event planning lifecycle; anticipate strategy adjustments, recommend creative solutions to influence business decisions

• Communicate regularly on project status ensuring transparency across the Marketing team, drive coordination across front and back office support functions

• Spearhead development of presentation materials to executive level audiences, outline event strategy, onsite customer experience and content activation plans

• Collaborate with Digital Strategy team to ensure event-based content is promoted across Blackstone’s digital channels including social, web and email

• Ensure consistent messaging and brand alignment across event collateral; provide quality control with context (e.g., review event site, agenda and emails to attendees)

• Draft communications to internal attendees, develop event brief connecting event significance to firm’s fundraising and community building efforts

Operations

• Build, implement and evolve key event processes to deliver consistent global scale and facilitate team growth  

• Develop and manage relationships with key marketing partners across Design, Production, Content and Digital Strategy teams; ensure consistent prioritization and goal alignment 

• Support department planning, maintain marquee event roadmap; scope team roles/responsibilities, oversee meeting governance and resource allocation  

• Meet regularly with cross-functional marketing partners to understand bandwidth; share insights and problem solve

• Represent Event team in Marketing department project management meetings; active member on strategic-cross divisional initiatives

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

• 5+ years of professional work experience

• Experience as a project manager in a dynamic environment with proven track record of successfully executing multiple projects simultaneously

• Possess a strong work ethic and professional integrity, a team player

• Excellent time management skills and highly orga