Senior Events Manager

About the role

The Senior Events Manager will lead event programs and projects for the Dean’s Office at the School of Medicine at Stanford University. This role requires strategic thinking and hands-on execution in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage staff in the day-to-day operations for functional area(s) of responsibility.
• Responsible for hiring and retaining staff, career coaching, personal development for direct reports and accountable for the performance of employees.
• Ensure work completion within schedule and constraints.
• Provide strategic leadership for the creation, development, and execution of events.
• Build effective and focused event planning teams; create strong morale and team spirit.
• Oversee the management of event teams and/or production consultants to produce quality, multi-faceted events and productions.
• Work cross-departmentally to prepare and manage complex program budgets and ROI proposals.
• Delegate both routine and important tasks and decisions, while assuming final responsibility for event logistics through effective team management.
• Frequently interact with subordinate supervisors, customers, and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas or other schools, departments/units.
• Analyze successes and failures and implement improvements; marshal resources to accomplish goals.
• Scope the length and difficulty of tasks, projects, and events; help team break down work into process steps.
• Identify opportunities for synergy and integration.
• Develop on-going relationships with internal and external partners.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated history in creating innovative event planning strategies and successful event collaborations.
• Excellent judgment and decisiveness, high integrity, enthusiasm, diplomacy, and tact.
• A collaborative leader who engages and empowers an organized team of event planning professionals, fostering a strong, cohesive team environment.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Skilled at developing a staff of professionals and support personnel. Includes selection, motivation, and leadership of staff, as well as evaluation and development.
• Demonstrated competency in budget management, cost accounting and vendor contract relationships.
• Exceptional customer service skills with the ability to cultivate professional business partnerships.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently stand/walk, sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, and use a telephone.
• Occasionally kneel/crawl, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, and grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 21-40 pounds.
• Drive vehicle day and/or night with non-commercial license.

Working Conditions

• May require some travel and working evenings and weekends.

Stanford University is an Equal Opportunity Employer