Senior Event Producer

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.

Job Description 

A new opportunity has arisen for an exceptional individual to lead event production across a range of tech events. 

The role will involve the end-to-end production of a global programme of tech events, managing relationships with relevant stakeholders and ambassadors, developing a comprehensive and strategic annual event programme, and, ultimately, contributing to and executing on our vision across the Founders Forum Group. 

You will have the opportunity to design and deliver community-driven events and get embedded into the tech ecosystem, liaising with top-tier speakers such as previous FF guests Eric Schmidt (Google); Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Evan Spiegel (Snap), Whitney Wolfe Herd (Bumble), James Corden (Actor), Greg Peters (Netflix), Demis Hassabis (DeepMind), Emily Weiss (Glossier), Al Gore (Generation Investment Management)... the list goes on! 

This fast-paced role will require ambition, strong analytical research and project management skills, a strong commercial focus, the ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures, and the ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities.

Key areas of responsibility:

End-to-end production of a series of technology events, including: 

• Project Management: Lead your events from conception through to on-site delivery, collaborating with the wider team to ensure seamless execution  
• Research: Follow the latest trends and innovations, and seek out new speakers with a diversity of through, geographies and sectors 
• Programme Curation: Craft and develop relevant and impactful agendas, integrating new and creative content formats to keep our community engaged 
• Partner & Stakeholder Management: Support the partnership team to integrate sponsors into your programmes, host advisory board meetings, and manage relationships with event co-hosts 
• Relationship Management: Engage with the FF ecosystem throughout the year, keeping in touch with key teams and founders, identifying how the FF team can add value 

Requirements

Experience and qualifications:

Required:

• In-depth knowledge and experience of the B2B event world, with 3+ years in a similar role 
• Experience of successfully delivering large-scale, multi-track 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
• 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
• Passionate about the tech and startup world and keen to learn more 

Desirable 

• Experience with typical sales and marketing tools (Salesforce & Swoogo) 

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Ambition and strategic vision
• A positive, can-do attitude
• Strong analytical research skills
• Effective communication with strong interpersonal skills capable of building relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders 
• Strong commercial awareness
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
• Ability to think critically and flexibly 
• Ability to craft propositions that fit well with the Founders Forum and Tech Nation brands

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 birthday and leave between Christmas and New Years Day
• The option to work remotely anywhere in the world for 3 weeks/year (1 week at Easter and 2 weeks during July and August) 
• AXA Health insurance, with the option to add dependents
• Life Insurance
• AIG Smart Health access including online GP access and mental health support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Competitive pension provision
• Perkbox membership with generous monthly allocation of points for day to day purchases
• Learning and development annual allowance
• Cycle to work scheme
• 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 currently have a hybrid working model with 4 days spent in the office and 1 day with the option to work from home. 

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.