Event Manager

About Us

Reporting To The Head Of Marketing, Responsibilities Will Include

• Own the annual events roadmap, including scientific conferences, industry partnering events, webinars, symposiums, and sponsorship opportunities.
• Evaluate event relevance, audience fit, and ROI potential in alignment with commercial goals.
• Work with leadership and BD teams to define event themes, objectives, and messaging.
  

End-to-End Event Management

• Manage all event logistics including registrations, travel, booth/stand design, collateral production, and onsite support.
• Oversee vendor sourcing, budget management, contract negotiation, and production requirements (AV, staging, signage, etc.)
• Coordinate partner meetings, scheduling of introductions, and onsite BD appointment management.
• Execute both in person and virtual event formats with precision.
  

• Develop integrated promotional campaigns for each event, including LinkedIn, email campaigns, website updates, and paid digital when applicable.
• Ensure event pages on the website are accurate, timely, and optimised for engagement.
• Supply the Digital Marketing Manager with necessary content—speaker details, agendas, visuals, booth information, and post event highlights.
  

• Strategize and track event generated opportunities, warm leads, partner meetings, and BD follow-ups
• Measure sponsorship ROI, booth engagement, attendee traffic, and campaign performance
• Provide structured reports on outcomes, insights, and recommendations to strengthen future activity
• Maintain strong alignment with BD to ensure events contribute meaningfully to pipeline growth
  

To be successful in the role, we're looking for candidates with:

• A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or business
• A minimum of 4 years of event management, including at least 2 within a CRO environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex conference and partnering events from strategy through to logistics
• Strong organisational and project management skills with impeccable attention to detail
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with webinar platforms, CRM systems, and event management tools
  

Why Southern Star?

• Join a passionate team committed to our shared purpose to create brighter futures, one study at a time.
• Exciting growth phase, creating ongoing career development opportunities for our teams
• Competitive remuneration
• Flexible work environment
• STAR DAY - one extra day off per year for you to recharge.
  

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