Vizient
Manager, External Events
Chicago, IL 60607
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About the role
- Reporting to the Chief of Staff, this role will translate firm priorities into targeted events and external engagement opportunities.
Responsibilities
- I n partnership with the Thought L e adership sponsor and Talent team, maintain a roster of active speakers, expertise areas, and priority speaking topics to identify the strongest alignment between speakers, audiences, venues, and firm strategy.
- Partner with practice leaders and business development teams to define event objectives, target audiences, success measures, and desired follow-up.
- Manage relationships with conference organizers and other external partners
- Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop event messaging, promotional materials, invitations, speaker communications, social content, and post-event follow-up.
- Support executive and client engagement events that create meaningful opportunities for relationship-building and business development.
- Prepare briefing materials, run-of-show documents, speaker guidance, attendee lists, staffing plans, and other materials needed for successful execution.
- Manage event budgets, track expenses, process invoices, and provide regular reporting on costs, attendance, engagement, and outcomes.
- Maintain accurate records of event contacts, attendance, commitments, and follow-up activities in partnership with business development and marketing teams.
Requirements
- The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor's degree in event management, marketing, communications, business, hospitality, or a related field.
- 5 or more years of experience managing corporate, client, industry, or professional services events.
- Experience supporting executive-level, client-facing, or high-visibility events.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and event registration, project management, or collaboration tools.
- Ability to work in the Chicago office 3 days per week and travel or work occasional evenings and weekends as needed.
- Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodations
- Travel Required: Occasional 0-10%
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple events simultaneously from concept through completion.
- Strong project management, organizational, budgeting, and vendor-management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kaufman Hall (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in healthcare consulting, professional services, associations, or another relationship-driven business.
Nice to have
- Experience managing conference sponsorships, executive roundtables, client forums, or thought leadership events.
- Familiarity with CRM, marketing automation, event registration, and virtual event platforms.
- Experience using event performance data to inform strategy and improve future engagement.
- Strategic event and market engagement planning
- Business development alignment and client relationship strategy
- Project management and execution
- Executive and client engagement
- Vendor and budget management
Compensation
- We consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach.
- The current base salary range for this role is $ 95,000 - $1 2 5,000.
- We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all employment actions without regard to actual and also perceived or assumed protected group status as defined by law of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives.
- The current salary range for this role is $0.00 to $0.00.
- This position is also incentive eligible.
- Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances.
- Develop and manage an annual external events strategy and calendar aligned to firmwide business objectives, priority audiences, and growth opportunities.
Company info
- At Kaufman Hall, we believe that sustained success is never an accident.
Equal opportunity
- Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
- The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
- Kaufman Hall is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.
- Equal Opportunity Employer:
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kaufman Hall (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or a
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