Associate Director, Meeting Planning and Event Technology

About the role

The Associate Director, Meeting Planning and Event Technology oversees corporate meetings, event technology, and the FINRA Strategic Meeting Management Program (SMMP). This role ensures that enterprise-wide meetings and events align with the company's mission, strategy, and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage all cross-departmental integrations into the Cvent technology system(s).

• Facilitate productive operations to share information and processes efficiently through multiple system sources such as: Single Sign On, Workday, Deem Travel, Conference Virtual Platforms, mobile apps, HTTP Post, and URL Branding.

• Develop and maintain best practices to improve fiscal transparency, standards, and practices.

• Lead the implementation, productivity, and efficiency measures for FINRA’s meeting planning technology software, tools, and resources.

• Provide the direction necessary to continue the development and growth of SMMP.

• Develop and implement the meeting technology roadmap to initiate new processes, create efficiencies, and collaborate across FINRA lines of business.

• Serve as the Virtual Technology Specialist for revenue-generating conferences that use virtual and mobile applications.

• Manage the supplier network and leverage strategic vendor and technology contracts to drive higher cost/benefit ratios and positive financial results for FINRA.

• Manage and support team in their day-to-day responsibilities to execute the goals and priorities of the program.

• Manage and develop ongoing training and materials for key users of meetings technology.

• Manage the execution of marketing materials to support meetings, including presentations, customized signage, session collateral, and media scripts.

• Strategically develop meeting goals, objectives, and programs with key stakeholders.

• Interact with internal key stakeholders, invited guests, and management committees during events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Technology, or other related field plus a minimum of eight (8) years of meetings management, event management, project management, hospitality experience and/or IT-related roles, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

• Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) required. Cvent Certification required.

• Expertise in technologies and software, including Microsoft Office Suite and Cvent, with proven aptitude for learning new technologies.

• Advance Verbal and Written Communication Skills.

• Previous experience using Cvent to manage a strategic meetings management program of similar scale of up to 3,000 person events and exhibits.

• Experience managing or leading a team preferred.