Event Director, LegalTechTalk US

About the role

The Event Director of LegalTechTalk USA leads both the event and its sales team, holding ultimate accountability for the brand’s performance and managing the P&L in line with brand strategy. Responsibilities fall into four areas: leading the core event sales team day‑to‑day, managing key stakeholder relationships, understanding the industry, and delivering the event. Up to 60% of time is spent as a sales leader, up to 30% managing internal and external stakeholder relationships, with the remainder focused on industry understanding and event delivery. The role reports directly to the founders of LegalTechTalk Europe, with a dotted line to the Head of Global Ventures, and oversees a dedicated global team that sells, markets and produces the event, while collaborating with regional operations and customer‑success functions for non‑sales services.

Responsibilities

• Leading on strategy, planning, delivery, industry positioning and ensuring financial budgets are achieved, including:
  • Leading weekly progress meetings and reporting up to the Senior Leadership Team.
  • Being accountable for the event’s overall performance targets, including the P&L.
  • Working side by side with the SVP or Partnerships to hit revenue targets and ensure accurate, timely trading updates.
  • Collaborating with Founders, Portfolio Heads and Hyve’s strategy team to develop the event’s value proposition and strategy, identifying innovation opportunities to keep the event fresh, relevant and a “must‑attend” year after year.
• Building and maintaining key relationships vital for the event’s success, such as trade associations, media and bellwether accounts.
• Coaching the global team to be goal‑oriented and work to their potential, contributing thoughtfully to overall strategy as part of the Event Leadership team and modeling company culture and values.
• Displaying thoroughness and detail orientation about customer experience from prospect through to event execution; staying constantly curious, informed on industry trends and engaged with the larger event industry.
• Understanding and monitoring changes in the industry, its value chain, the needs of participants, customers, sponsors and investors, and ensuring this understanding feeds into the event’s value proposition, strategy, plan, sales strategy, key messages and tactics.

Skills

• Proven experience in event management or an adjacent industry, with strong project delivery experience.
• Commercially minded and results‑driven, with experience managing multi‑million‑pound budgets and forecasts.
• Experienced leader of multidisciplinary teams, able