We are currently seeking an experienced and dynamic Event Manager, ideally from a Financial Services background, to join our exciting and rewarding CIB Events team.

Job Description:

The Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) Events team partners with business stakeholders to ensure the strategic positioning and flawless execution of events, deliver consistent and best-in-class relationship and business development opportunities for our clients and ultimate impact to bottom line revenue. This role will focus on supporting our cross-asset Markets business working with regional sales and marketing, as well as product teams to deliver a number of key investor conferences and events both within the UK and Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the organisation of conferences and events, from concept to completion to support J.P. Morgan activity throughout EMEA and working across the firm at all levels
• Ability to be the sole planner on some events working with line of business partners on a day to day basis
• Work closely with other team members on larger events
• Understand and apply complex internal processes and controls to adhere with company policies and industry regulations
• Aggressively manage a budget and stay within strict parameters, negotiating costs with suppliers
• Manage and instruct internal and external vendors and suppliers, ensuring quality and value standards are maintained
• Ability to think strategically, execute quality output under tight deadlines and work extra hours as needed

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in event management or event marketing, ideally in a global Financial Services environment
• Strong analysis and project management skills
• Superior oral and written communications and analytical skills
• Able to deliver messages clearly and succinctly; help to respond to senior management
• Demonstrate solid leadership skills and attributes, has a high level of energy and integrity, demonstrates respect for a diversity of opinions and styles, and is not afraid of accountability and responsibility
• Highly motivated, flexible, enthusiastic, innovative and creative with required determination to achieve results through initiative and common sense
• Ability to work in a fast-pace environment with dynamic priorities
• Languages would be beneficial, particularly French
• A successful team player with proven capability of reaching proposed targets and supporting team members with their events, as necessary
• Comfortable with, and an advocate for, ongoing change
• Comfortable working in a matrix management organisation structure
• Ability to travel 10-25% of the time within Europe