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Join Founders Forum Group's dynamic team to lead groundbreaking global longevity events and shape the future of health tech innovation.
Overview
Salary No salary declared 😔
Location London United Kingdom
Nomad Friendly? Hybrid (In-person ~2 days / week)- London United Kingdom
Expires Expires at anytime
Founders Forum Group, a hub for innovative entrepreneurs, is seeking an exceptional content lead or event portfolio manager to spearhead a series of influential global longevity events. Since 2005, Founders Forum has been at the epicenter of technology and entrepreneurship, hosting exclusive forums and partnering with organizations like Informa Tech and Tech Nation to celebrate and unite the UK tech scene. At Founders Forum, you'll be part of a community that values collaboration, entrepreneurial spirit, and a shared passion for the future of tech.
Role Summary:
- Produce and manage global longevity events, focusing on content, partnerships, and guest experiences.
- Lead market research and agenda development in the longevity sector.
- Network with key industry stakeholders and startups.
- Oversee the event production schedule and coordinate with content contributors.
- Secure commercial partnerships to fund events.
- Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and manage advisory board meetings.
- Align event content with other Founders Forum and Tech Nation initiatives.
Role Requirements:
- Proven experience in event management and community engagement.
- Track record of delivering successful events in a commercial setting.
- Expertise in conference production, speaker acquisition, and project management.
- Commercially savvy with a knack for developing practical solutions.
- Ability to forge positive relationships with diverse stakeholders.
- Passion for health technology, longevity, and the tech startup ecosystem.
- Familiarity with sales and marketing tools like Salesforce & Hubspot.
Application Process Details:
- Demonstrate ambition, strategic vision, and strong analytical research skills.
- Showcase strong communication, commercial awareness, and relationship-building abilities.
- Exhibit the capacity to manage priorities and maintain excellent stakeholder management.
- Align with Founders Forum's mission and brand values.
Success in this role is measured by personal and team revenue targets, stakeholder relationship management, new business revenue, forecasting accuracy, and sponsor relations. Enjoy benefits like flexible annual leave, mental health days, development stipends, weekly lunches, team activities, and a hybrid working model. Seize this opportunity to work within an expansive network of businesses and tech leaders, and make a lasting impact in the tech ecosystem.
About Founders Forum:
Founders Forum Group is an event-powered community and family of businesses supporting innovative entrepreneurs at every stage of their journeys. Founded in 2005, our invite-only forums unite founders, investors, corporate and government leaders to tackle era-defining questions in iconic locations across the globe. Since 2019, Founders Forum has partnered with Informa Tech to celebrate the strength and diversity of UK tech through London Tech Week
In 2023, Founders Forum acquired Tech Nation. The transfer will see FF Group continue to execute against Tech Nation's mission to empower tech entrepreneurs, scale innovative startups, and provide a united platform for UK tech founders.
Founders Forum Group's Values:
- Community first: More than just fellow founders. Everything we offer is centred around the founders we work alongside.
- Entrepreneurial to our core: Preserving our startup mentality is the key to being able to empathise with and fully support our growing community.
- Founding the future: We are forward thinkers. Always at the forefront of innovation.
- Excellence without ego: We don't take ourselves too seriously, but are proud of what we do. We work together, recognising the expertise of those around us, and understand the value in differing points of view. We are committed to excellence and always hold ourselves to the highest standard.
Job Description
A new opportunity has arisen for an exceptional content lead or event portfolio manager to lead a series of global longevity events.
The role will involve producing and project managing these global events, across content, partnerships and guests and including managing relationships with stakeholders.
This fast-paced role will require ambition, strong analytical research skills, a strong commercial focus, the ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures, the ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities and excellent internal and external stakeholder management.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Producing several global longevity events
- Leading market research and agenda development and identifying and developing new themes and discussion points
- Conduct active networking with stakeholders and startups in the longevity space
- Setting the production schedule of each event and managing input from key content contributors
- Sourcing and closing commercial partnerships to fund the events
- Managing stakeholder and ambassador relations and hosting advisory board meetings
- Managing internal and external stakeholders and aligning content with other Founders Forum or Tech Nation events
Requirements
Experience and qualifications:
- Knowledge and experience of events and how to manage a community
- Experience of successfully delivering events in a fast-paced commercial organisation
- Extensive conference production experience: market research, agenda development, speaker acquisition, successful onsite delivery
- Extensive event project management experience and ability to close and manage commercial partnerships
- Commercially astute with proven experience as a practical deliverer
- Demonstrable experience of the ability to forge positive relationships with multiple different internal and external stakeholders
- Interest in health technology, longevity and the tech start-up ecosystem
- You have experience with typical sales and marketing tools (Salesforce & Hubspot).
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Ambition and strategic vision
- A positive, can-do attitude
- Strong analytical research skills
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Strong commercial awareness
- Ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures
- Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
- Excellent internal and external stakeholder management
- Excellent communication skills and networking abilities
- Resilience, flexibility, and ability to work autonomously
- Ability to craft propositions that fit well with the Founders Forum and Tech Nation brands.
Measurements of success will involve:
- Personal and team revenue targets.
- Relationship management with key stakeholders at the most senior level.
- New business revenue against target/KPIs.
- Forecasting accuracy.
- Sponsor conversion, retention, and growth.
Benefits
We offer a range of flexible, discretionary benefits to our team. These currently include:
- 25 days contractual annual leave.
- Enhanced discretionary leave provision, including an additional day off for your mental health, wellbeing, and learning and development stipends.
- Lunch 1x/week, office snacks, and regular team drinks.
- Quarterly team activities and annual team trip/day out.
- Access to the Founders Forum Group network of businesses and wider tech ecosystem.
We have a hybrid working model with 4 days spent in the office and 1 day with the option to work remotely/from home
