Senior Event Planner

About the role

BCD Meetings & Events is seeking an experienced Senior Event Planner to support our client’s Global Conferencing and Events function. In this client-dedicated role, you will manage the end-to-end planning and delivery of events and conferences while partnering closely with internal stakeholders, vendors, and support teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, service-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple programs in a fast-paced, regulated corporate environment.

You’re Good At

• Managing events from intake through reconciliation, including timelines, budgets, venues, vendors, attendee communications, production, onsite delivery, and post-event reporting.
• Building trusted relationships with event hosts and stakeholders, understanding their objectives, and translating them into clear, executable event plans.
• Bringing creativity and fresh thinking to event concepts, participant experiences, and solutions while working within brand, budget, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Managing multiple programs and priorities while proactively identifying risks, dependencies, decisions, and items requiring escalation.
• Partnering effectively with GCE support teams, including Attendee Data Management and Web Specialists, to ensure coordinated delivery and a consistent participant experience.
• Using Cvent and other event technology to support registration, communications, reporting, and event delivery.
• Following established processes, financial controls, compliance requirements, and service standards while maintaining accurate documentation in shared event folders.
• Providing calm, solutions-focused support during planning and onsite execution, adapting quickly when requirements change.

You Might Also Have

• 10+ years of demonstrated experience planning corporate meetings, conferences, leadership programs, or other complex events.
• Strong project management, organization, budgeting, negotiation, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience working within a financial services or similarly regulated environment.
• Proficiency with Cvent, Microsoft 365, and event reporting or project-tracking tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a polished and professional approach to senior stakeholders.
• A collaborative, accountable working style and the flexibility to support occasional travel, early mornings, evenings, or onsite event requirements.

You Should Know

This is an in-office position in New York, NY at least 4 days per week (M–Th). Occasional travel and onsite event management are required for this role.

Benefits

• Flexible working environment tailored to how you work best.
• Learning and development built into every role with room to grow.
• Every voice is heard, considered, and respected.
• Comprehensive healthcare, retirement plans, continued education support, diverse work locations, travel and hotel discounts, volunteer and sustainability opportunities, and a successful employee recognition program.
• Positive leadership that trusts people to do the right thing and provides support along the journey.

Travel

25% to 50%

Pay

The salary range for candidates in applicable jurisdictions in the US for the position of Senior Event Planner is between $95,000 – $120,000. The actual pay depends on your skills, qualifications, experience, geographical location, and project budget.