Associate Director, Global Events

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Job Description

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and a commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.

Oxford Nanopore's sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-long read lengths. Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere!

We are looking for a highly motivated Associate Director of Global Events to join the Marketing Operations team at Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The AD, Global Events, will lead our exceptional events team across all regions (EMEAI, APAC and AMR), and be responsible for the strategic overview, execution, and budgeting of Oxford Nanopore's global event programme. Working with the VP Marketing Operations, you will personally be responsible for the coordination of Oxford Nanopore's flagship event, London Calling.

The Details...

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Event vision, planning & coordination:

• Driving a comprehensive event strategy that aligns with Oxford Nanopore's commercial goals.
• Planning and driving our year-round global conference schedule; identifying and driving objectives and targets.
• Setting, communicating and maintaining timelines and priorities on multiple projects.
• Supervising event set-up and Oxford Nanopore's presence onsite at events.
• Creative mindset, both from a solutions perspective and also through maintaining Oxford Nanopore's brand and tone across all aspects of events, including, but not limited to, booth design, merchandise, collateral, promotional materials.
• Supporting Oxford Nanopore's Sales team with sales events through tools, process implementation and other such support as required.

Marketing and promotion:

• Developing and cascading external communications to promote company events and conference attendance.
• Assisting with internal communications.

Budget Management:

• Collaborating with internal collaborators to define event budgets, timelines and deliverables.
• Oversee the global events' budget, ensuring that spending is in line with forecasts.

Evaluation and reporting:

• Analysing event data and metrics, such as attendance, lead generation, and conversion rates, to assess return on investment and make data-driven recommendations.
• Continuously improve the Event team's processes and best practices based on feedback and lessons learned.

Team management:

• Management and development of the events team, providing guidance on project management and execution.
• Oversee the performance of the team to ensure targets are met and development goals achieved.
• Responsible for their day-to-day management/HR/pastoral care/career progression.
• Cultivate a collaborative team environment to encourage innovation and efficiency.

Stakeholder engagement:

• Working closely with external stakeholders to negotiate contracts, ensure the smooth planning and execution of all events; and to maintain strong relationships.
• Working closely with the wider Marketing, Sales, Product Management and R&D teams to create an events program that best addresses the needs of each market and reach our sales target
• Build and maintain relationships with sponsors, partners, and participants.

Any other duties, as might be required within the remit and responsibilities of the post.

What We're Looking For...

We're looking for someone with several years' experience in event management and leading a team. We'll expect you to have a consistent record in coordinating logistics or events in your current role and a proven track record of working proficiently with external contractors and internal partners, as this is key to ensuring that Oxford Nanopore's presence is both strong and innovative. You'll be able to demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills with the ability to problem solve, work independently and have a good eye for detail. You will have previous experience in both brand management and design. The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience - ideally, you'll hold a relevant degree in either Life Sciences, Business or Marketing with knowledge of the life sciences sector.

This role will suit someone who works well under pressure in a fast-paced environment and who can work proactively with multi-disciplinary teams across the business to achieve conference goals. We are looking for someone with phenomenal time management and multi-tasking skills who can adapt easily. The ideal candidate will thrive when working in a fast-paced environment; be extremely detail orientated; and have excellent interpersonal and project management skills.

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary. Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of which make for a wonderful working environment.

If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today!

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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About Us

Oxford Nanopore's goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology enabling the real-time, high-performance, accessible and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA. The technology is used in more than 100 countries to understand the biology of humans and diseases, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses and whole environments.

Oxford Nanopore was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford and now employs over 1000 employees around the world.