Senior Conference Producer

Senior Conference Producer — Wellness & Longevity

Build Something Extraordinary

Full-Time Contract Through June 2027 | Potential Permanent Opportunity | Fully Remote | Travel Required for Live Event

Help Shape the Conversation Around the Future of Health and Longevity

Strategy Institute is launching an ambitious new consumer wellness and longevity event in Toronto, June 18–20, 2027.

Bringing together leading researchers, physicians, scientists, academics, influential thinkers and premium wellness brands, the event will combine evidence-informed education, inspiring conversations, immersive experiences and discovery.

Our ambition is to create something fundamentally different from a conventional conference or wellness exhibition: a destination where people come to discover how to live healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives.

We're looking for an intellectually curious, commercially minded Senior Conference Producer to help take this exciting project to the next level.

The event is already well underway. We've established the programme strategy, researched the key topics, developed the content framework and begun recruiting an exciting lineup of speakers.

Your opportunity is to build on this foundation: recruit outstanding speakers, engage intelligently with their research, develop compelling sessions and help create an exceptional three-day programme.

This is not a traditional wellness festival production role.

We're looking for someone who loves ideas, asks excellent questions, recognizes emerging trends and can hold their own in conversations with accomplished experts.

Someone equally comfortable discussing longevity research with a university professor, challenging the substance of a proposed session, and identifying the compelling consumer story that makes people want to attend.

What You'll Do

Speaker Recruitment & Relationship Development

Your immediate priority will be accelerating the recruitment of exceptional speakers across the programme.

• Take ownership of the existing speaker pipeline and drive recruitment towards clear confirmation targets.
• Identify, approach and secure respected researchers, academics, physicians, scientists, authors, practitioners and influential thought leaders.
• Conduct intelligent, substantive conversations with prospective speakers to understand their research, expertise and potential contribution.
• Build strong relaionships with speakers, academic institutions, publishers and relevant organizations.
• Negotiate speaker participation, honoraria, travel arrangements and promotional commitments.
• Develop creative approaches to securing outstanding contributors within a carefully managed speaker budget.
• Maintain a structured recruitment pipeline with clear priorities, deadlines and weekly progress reporting.
• Manage speaker relationships from initial invitation through to successful on-site delivery.

Programme & Editorial Development

Working from an established programme strategy and researched content framework, you'll collaborate directly with speakers to develop exceptional sessions.

• Translate complex scientific and technical subjects into accessible, thought-provoking and compelling consumer-facing content.
• Develop engaging session concepts, titles, descriptions and practical takeaways.
• Challenge and refine proposed presentations to ensure they deliver genuine value to the audience.
• Distinguish credible, evidence-informed ideas from unsupported claims, marketing hype and pseudoscience.
• Identify emerging research, important developments and opportunities to strengthen the programme.
• Develop a dynamic mix of expert talks, interviews, panel discussions, debates, masterclasses and interactive sessions.
• Collaborate with the sponsorship team to integrate appropriate partner-led content while maintaining editorial credibility.
• Work closely with event management to coordinate the programme and deliver an outstanding speaker experience.

Content Creation & Marketing Collaboration

We believe the value of our relationships with leading experts should extend well beyond their appearance on stage.

Alongside your core production responsibilities, you'll help identify opportunities to turn speaker conversations and research into original, engaging content.

This may include:

• Conducting short interviews with confirmed speakers.
• Identifying compelling research findings, expert perspectives and emerging trends.
• Developing interview questions, article ideas and social media content angles.
• Capturing interesting quotes, practical advice and insights for consumers.
• Collaborating with marketing on speaker announcements, newsletters, educational content and promotional videos.
• Identifying opportunities for podcasts, webinars and other content that extends the event's influence throughout the year.

Our marketing team will manage most editing, design, publishing and distribution. Your contribution will be the expert relationships, editorial insight and original material that make these activities valuable.

Speaker recruitment and programme development will remain your primary responsibilities.

The Person We're Looking For

We're seeking a highly capable conference producer with exceptional intellectual curiosity, strong editorial judgment and the ability to deliver results.

You'll bring:

• Proven experience researching complex subjects and transforming them into compelling conference programmes.
• Exceptional analytical ability, intellectual curiosity and research skills.
• Strong editorial judgment, including the ability to distinguish substantive, evidence-informed ideas from trends, marketing claims and pseudoscience.
• Confidence interviewing and developing content with senior academics, researchers, clinicians and recognized subject-matter experts.
• The ability to quickly understand unfamiliar scientific and technical subjects, identify their significance and translate them into accessible consumer-facing sessions.
• A demonstrated track record of independently recruiting outstanding speakers and developing strong professional relationships.
• Excellent writing skills, particularly in developing compelling session titles, descriptions and promotional content.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of what makes content sufficiently interesting and valuable that people will pay to attend.
• Strong negotiation skills and the resourcefulness to secure exceptional speakers without relying on substantial speaking fees.
• High personal standards, initiative, intellectual independence and the ability to deliver at pace.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple speaker relationships and deadlines simultaneously.

Experience producing conferences in healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, science, technology or other intellectually demanding sectors would be particularly relevant.

A background in wellness is advantageous but not essential. Strong research, editorial and conference production capabilities are considerably more important.

Why Strategy Institute?

For more than 30 years, Strategy Institute has created industry-leading conferences across North America, connecting executives, innovators and decision-makers.

This role offers the opportunity to help launch an entirely new flagship consumer event with significant long-term potential.

You'll inherit an established programme strategy, researched content framework and active speaker pipeline, allowing you to make an immediate impact rather than spend months developing a concept from scratch.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Work directly with senior leadership and have meaningful ownership of the programme.
• Develop relationships with leading scientists, researchers and influential thinkers.
• Shape compelling conversations around some of the most important developments in health and longevity.
• Contribute to original educational and thought-leadership content beyond the live event.
• Help establish a distinctive new event with ambitions to become a leading platform in its market.

If you're someone who enjoys discovering important ideas, interviewing fascinating people, asking challenging questions and turning complex subjects into outstanding live experiences, we'd love to meet you.

Contract Details

• Full-time, fixed-term contract commencing as soon as possible and continuing through June 30, 2027.
• Fully remote working arrangement, with travel to Toronto required for event delivery.
• Potential for extension or permanent employment as the event and broader content platform develop.
• Compensation commensurate with experience.

Apply Today

Please send your CV and a brief description of an event programme you have personally developed, including examples of speakers you successfully recruited.

We'd be particularly interested in seeing examples of how you've taken a complex subject and developed it into a compelling conference session.

Send applications to: Josue@strategyinstitute.com