Special Projects Manager - Events

About the role

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Focus on the Family has nearly 700 employees who work to achieve the mission of enriching the lives of families, engaging the culture, advocating for life, and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Special Projects Manager - Events position exists to provide strategy, management, and oversight of key project plans for the Events team.

Responsibilities

• Leads project management for large-scale projects and high-profile events, overseeing all phases from concept through execution with strong organization and clear stakeholder communication.

• Provides proactive and efficient oversight of budget, timelines, and deliverables throughout the life of the project.

• Led risk management and contingency planning efforts to mitigate potential challenges and ensure seamless execution of high-visibility events.

• Develops strategic event and project roadmaps, launch plans, and functional support plans to achieve measurable objectives.

• Defines event scope and objectives in collaboration with key stakeholders and event owners.

• Maintains up-to-date weekly communications and monthly reports of project status to internal teams and executive leadership.

• Conducts post-event evaluations, including project assessments, fundraising performance, lessons learned, and constituent/donor feedback, to identify opportunities for improvement and enhance future events.

• Researches and analyzes data related to project management to inform or improve best practices across the team.

• Oversees the execution of strategic fundraising events, in partnership with Family Advancement leadership, ensuring alignment with organization revenue goals and donor engagement strategies.

• Collaborates cross-functionally with ePMO, Marketing, Creative teams, and external partners, providing meeting coordination, project documentation, and ongoing communication.

• Builds and maintains strong collaborative relationships with clients, customers, donors, and strategic partners associated with event project efforts.

• Supervises, trains, and develops direct reports to ensure a high-level of excellence in all aspects of special projects and events.

• Aids Events Director in overseeing critical aspects of high-profile initiatives and helps execute additional corporate events as needed.

• Fosters a collaborative, servant-minded environment within the events team.

Qualifications

• Exemplifies Ephesians 5:1-2, “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children and walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us…”

• Pursues the Great Commission given by Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

• Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ; maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Focus; adheres to the Standard of Moral Conduct and Statement of Faith; upholds Focus on the Family's ministry in prayer.

• Engages in Christian ministry.

• Demonstrates behaviors aligned with FOF core values.

• Service-oriented, organized, detailed, quick-learner, respectfully assertive, problem-solver, resourceful, creative.

• Maintains positive relationships, shows sensitivity.

• Intrinsically motivated to achieve aggressive goals and objectives.

• Excellent interpersonal and partnership-building skills.

• Maintains a high degree of integrity and ethical behavior in all business activities and decisions.

• Coachable, able to redirect work priorities and assignments as requested.

• Adapts quickly to changing priorities.

• Strong leadership, organizational abilities, and high attention to detail.

• Skilled at organizing, prioritizing, and executing simultaneous projects and activities.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, writing and presentation skills.

• Strategic thinker.

• Ability to use appropriate judgment to solve moderately complex problems.

• Ability to translate broad vision into specific creative tasks.

• Good listening skills, with maturity and discretion in the handling of confidential and sensitive information.

• Strong ability to handle issues proactively.

• Competent in the use of computer hardware and software; advanced ability with Microsoft Office Suite.