The Corporate Executive Board enables superior business outcomes by delivering authoritative data and tools, best practice research, and peer insight to the leaders of the world's great enterprises.

With more than 300,000 corporate best practices, 1,500 benchmarking datasets, and 11,500 analytical tools, all powered by the world's preeminent executive network, the Corporate Executive Board serves senior-most executives across the Human Resources, Legal, Finance, Information Technology, and Sales and Marketing functions, their management teams, and their professional staffs within the world's top corporations, financial services institutions, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations.

Founded in 1983, the Corporate Executive Board is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Our 2,000 staff, located around the world, directly serves over 120,000 professionals, in more than 5,100 of the world's best companies.


Director of Conferences

Director of Conferences
Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD)
www.EXBD.com
 
The Corporate Executive Board Company drives faster, more effective decision-making among the world’s leading executives and business professionals. As the premier, network-based knowledge resource, it provides them with the authoritative and timely guidance needed to excel in their roles, take decisive action and improve company performance. Powered by a member network that spans over 50 countries and represents more than 80% of the world’s Fortune 500 companies, The Corporate Executive Board offers unique research insights along with an integrated suite of members-only tools and resources that enable the world’s most successful organizations to deliver superior business outcomes.  Based in Arlington, Virginia, the Company employs more than 2,000 professionals in ten offices around the world. For more information on our company, please visit www.exbd.com and to learn more about our research, check out our award winning article, “When Growth Stalls”, in the Harvard Business Review.

 
Director of Conferences
 
Position Summary:
The Conferences Team is responsible for the coordination and development of large-scale and complex conferences with attendance of 400-500 each. The Director of Conferences is responsible for developing, implementing and managing Corporate Executive Board’s overall conference planning function, oversees sponsorship sales strategy, and ensures the success of the conferences.
 
Responsibilities:

  • Develop, implement and manage CEB’s overall conference planning and sponsorship function
  • Oversee the successful execution of overall sponsorship sales
  • Support practice GMs/EDs in the development of the conference agenda
  • Oversee all pre-conference, on-site and post-conference management
  • Manage the site selection process for conferences to ensure CEB-calibre experience for attendees.
  • Manage contract review process to ensure appropriate financial and legal protections are in place.
  • Develop and oversee event budgets, including the allocation of funds, projection of revenue and expenses, invoicing of sponsors and partners, etc.
  • Support Marketing department in the branding and communication of conference events.
  • Conduct year-end performance review of all conference suppliers and vendors
  • Manage the team responsible for sales and event planning
  • Achieve profit margin target
 


Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree in hotel management, liberal arts, or similar field
  • Minimum 5-7 years of event planning experience, with demonstrated success in managing  complex events
  • Experience in conducting complex vendor and supplier negotiations
  • Track record of managing across multiple matrices, constituencies, and stakeholder populations
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including superior editing and proofreading abilities
  • Project management proficiency, including experience in managing and prioritizing multiple activities at once
  • Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time

Interested applicants should apply online at www.exbd.com.




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