Senior Manager, Events

Who We Are

Robert Half, one of FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies and a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For is hiring for a Senior Manager, Events to join the Marketing department.

The Senior Manager, Events reports to the Director, Regional Marketing, Events & Partnerships and leads the centralized Events function responsible for advising on, planning, and executing Robert Half’s national, partnership, and regional events. This role combines event strategy and portfolio judgment with strong operational leadership across a high-volume portfolio of approximately 800 annual events.

The Senior Manager leads two Event Managers and one Event Specialist and owns event feasibility, format, service level, planning standards, full tactical execution, vendors, venues, registration, staffing coordination, materials, shipping, technology, production, and event reporting inputs. Regional Marketing and Partnerships own the business objectives and broader programs that events support; the Events team owns the event plan and delivery.

What You'll Do

Event Portfolio Strategy, Intake & Service Model

• Establish and manage a coordinated national and local event portfolio aligned to target audience, partnership, market, and revenue goals.
• Advise program owners on whether an event is the right solution and recommend format, scope, timing, service level, budget, and measurement approach.
• Implement strategic, standard, and self-service event levels to align support with business value and complexity.
• Manage event intake, prioritization, calendar visibility, production capacity, and resource allocation in partnership with Operations & Measurement.
• Identify duplication, portfolio gaps, repeatable formats, and events to expand, change, consolidate, or stop.

Full Event Planning & Tactical Execution

• Own end-to-end planning and execution for approved national, partnership, and regional events.
• Manage research, registration, contracting, venues, vendors, show organizers, production partners, timelines, and detailed workplans.
• Coordinate field staffing, schedules, preparation calls, speakers, attendees, calendars, travel-related logistics, and stakeholder communications.
• Manage booths, displays, signage, marketing materials, premiums, inventory, shipping, storage, and on-site setup requirements.
• Oversee event technology, registration platforms, virtual and hybrid delivery, lead capture, and other event systems.
• Coordinate pre-event promotion requirements and post-event follow-up with program owners and enterprise marketing teams.
• Provide on-site or virtual production leadership for strategic events and ensure consistent execution standards across the portfolio.

Vendor, Budget, Risk & Operational Excellence

• Develop preferred vendor, venue, production, and service partner strategies that improve quality, speed, pricing, and consistency.
• Manage event expenses/estimates, invoices, commitments, and cost controls in partnership with Operations & Measurement.
• Establish event playbooks, checklists, templates, service standards, contingency plans, and risk-management practices.
• Ensure events comply with contractual, safety, privacy, accessibility, brand, and operational requirements.
• Use technology, automation, and AI-enabled workflows to simplify event production and improve capacity.

Measurement, Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead, coach, and develop two Event Managers and one Event Specialist.
• Define event data and feedback requirements with Operations & Measurement, including attendance, engagement, cost, operational quality, and field follow-up.
• Provide event reporting inputs and recommendations to program owners for repeat, change, or stop decisions.
• Build consistent event-management capabilities, cross-training, and career development across the team.
• Monitor stakeholder experience, production performance, cycle times, and capacity to improve the service model.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field required.
• 10+ years of progressive event marketing, event production, conference, trade show, or live/virtual program experience.
• 5+ years leading event teams or complex, high-volume event portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience with national and local events, conferences, sponsorship events, job fairs, webinars, roundtables, and hybrid programs.
• Experience managing vendors, venues, contracts, budgets, logistics, technology, production, and on-site delivery.
• Experience implementing event standards, service models, and process improvements.
• B2B, professional services, staffing, consulting, association, or multi-location business experience preferred.

Competencies / Abilities

• Event portfolio strategy.

• Event planning and production.
• High-volume operations and capacity management.
• Vendor, budget, and contract management.
• Event technology and lead capture.
• Risk, contingency, and quality management.
• Measurement and continuous improvement.
• People leadership and coaching.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management.

Interpersonal Skills

• Calm, decisive leadership in complex and time-sensitive situations.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and problem solving.
• Strong written, verbal, and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to set clear expectations, negotiate tradeoffs, and manage competing priorities.
• Strong service orientation balanced with disciplined prioritization.

Minimum Required Technical Skills

• Event management, registration, virtual-event, and lead-capture platforms.
• Project management, workflow, budget, and reporting tools.
• Microsoft Office Suite and Copilot.
• Ability to use AI, automation, and event technology to improve planning, delivery, and reporting.

The typical annual salary range for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.

We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental), FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, and short/long term disability. Robert Half provides paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) our people receive varies based on their years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year. Our people also receive up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year. We also offer the opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees. Learn more at https://roberthalfbenefits.com.

Robert Half Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran

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