Events Manager

2 months ago

London Area, United Kingdom Oliver Wyman Full time

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.


Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com.


The Opportunity:


The Events Manager is an integral part of the overall OW Global Events Team. This role involves leading internal and OW branded client events across Europe, as well as developing and implementing a strategic, multi-faceted event program for the UKI market with a specific focus on events designed to deepen engagement and meet business objectives. For this purpose, the Events Manager collaborates closely with the UKI Market Leader, OW Forum Executive Team, and UK Marketing Head.


Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement an annual event plan for the UKI Market - events range from intimate dinners, roundtables, networking and alumni events, corporate hospitality, and multiday sponsored conferences.
  • Lead the planning of meetings and events, establishing the vision, and overseeing the ideation, planning, and execution process while in partnership with internal stakeholders (Business Impact Team, Marketing, DTP, EAs) and external vendors.
  • Manage all aspects of event logistics – venue contracting, travel management, invitation and registration, event setup and AV production.
  • Ownership of budgets and expenses for all managed events.
  • Provide consultancy services to business teams (support staff, partners, affiliated consultants, and specialists), advising on event planning and firm guidelines.
  • Work closely with the Marketing Team to understand and deliver on their marketing campaigns.
  • Support the Events Director on regional and global OW & cross-MMC initiatives across Europe as required.
  • Independent execution of several strategic projects in the UKI market as required.
  • Implement key innovation and trends in the industry to create compelling event designs and continually improve standards in our events offering.
  • Manage vendor relationship across multiple services from procurement to contract negotiation.
  • Manage 2 event planners and 1 events coordinator through performance management, training, and supervision of event projects.


Experience Required:

  • At least 7 years of international event management experience across a broad range of large-scale events e.g. conferences, group meetings, networking events, virtual broadcasts and webinars
  • Experience coaching team members and leading project teams.
  • Previous Events Management experience from the management consultancy, or professional/financial services sector will be preferable.
  • Bachelor’s Degree Preferred


Skills & Attributes:

  • Communicates in all forms a clear, inclusive, and respectful manner (English as the main business language)
  • Works with creativity, agility, and purpose to achieve the best results
  • Highly self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and able to work effectively and guide senior executives and stakeholders on event recommendations.
  • Maintain professional service level when dealing with senior internal and external clients
  • Maintain strong working relationships with senior stakeholders across the firm network
  • Adapts to various situations in a fast-paced, demanding environment
  • Prioritizes workload and project deliverables, is accountable for quality work and delivers impactful results
  • Risk mindful and takes pre-emptive measures to avoid issues
  • Focused on being proactive and solutions oriented
  • Responds positively to change and demonstrates resilience
  • A team player with the ability to function independently
  • An individual known to exhibit enthusiasm, integrity, and willingness to help whenever necessary
  • Adopts a learning mindset, open to feedback, seeks opportunities to learn and develop self and others
  • Recognized as key firm contributor
  • Enjoys travel as projects require.


Technical Skills

  • Advanced proficiency with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
  • Strong experience with meeting management software and technology platforms such as Cvent, Zoom, MS Teams


Why join us at Oliver Wyman?


At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us

  • We’re individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do
  • We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us
  • We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
  • We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
  • We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
  • We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.


Marsh & McLennan Companies and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.

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