Job Description

Events Manager - Sports/Executive Hospitality

Department: Demand Generation

Employment Type: Contract

Location: UK

Description

Location

• London - hybrid 2/3 times a week

Contract Length & Working Hours

• Contract length: 12 months - potential to extend
• Full-time: 40 hours per week

Algomarketing partners with leading global organisations including Google, Cisco, Zoom, Stripe, OpenAI, and other enterprise technology brands to deliver marketing, sales, and go-to-market support with AI enabled talent across EMEA, NORAM, APAC and beyond.

• Algomarketing is seeking a results-driven and highly motivated EMEA Events Marketing Manager to support a Global Enterprise SaaS organisation.
• You will create event experiences that delight, inspire and educate audiences, bring the organisation’s brand to life, and expand its reach across EMEA.
• This is a business-critical role responsible for developing and executing strategic event marketing plans aligned with wider EMEA marketing and go-to-market objectives.
• You will manage both first-party and third-party events, often running multiple projects concurrently from initial planning through to post-event reporting and recommendations.
• Event & Project Management: Develop and execute end-to-end events and experiences across pre-event, live-event and post-event stages, including project plans, workback schedules and delivery management.
• Manage multiple events and workstreams concurrently, ensuring projects remain organised, on schedule and aligned with business objectives.
• Agency & Vendor Management: Coordinate with external agencies, vendors, venues, third-party event organisers and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality in-person experiences.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Field Marketing, Sales, Communications, Design and other teams across different markets and functions.
• Event Administration: Manage event-related administration, including processing contracts, raising purchase orders and maintaining stakeholder reporting documentation.
• Measurement & Reporting: Measure event performance and ROI, produce post-event reporting and recommend improvements for future programmes.
• Event Strategy & Innovation: Develop new event concepts, formats, processes and experiences while maintaining consistency and creativity across all audience touchpoints.
• Support a varied EMEA event portfolio that may include trade shows, roadshows, executive dinners, roundtables, workshops and larger audience events.
• 5+ years of full-time experience planning and delivering a range of events across EMEA for multiple audiences in a fast-paced environment, ideally within the technology sector.
• Demonstrable experience across event formats including trade shows, roadshows, CXO or executive dinners, roundtables and workshops.
• Good understanding of major technology conferences across EMEA and experience partnering with marketing and sales teams to coordinate and execute events.
• Strong knowledge of venues across EMEA suitable for a variety of event formats and audience sizes.
• Good understanding of the events agency landscape, including sourcing, managing and negotiating with agency partners.
• Strong event project management and administrative capabilities.
• Excellent organisational skills with a strong focus on detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership and operate with a high level of motivation.

Preferred Skills

• Experience owning and executing roadshows and/or user conferences with 500+ attendees.
• Experience marketing to audiences in the UK, France and/or Germany.
• French or German language skills are advantageous.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and cross-border teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying solutions and achieving targets.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work effectively against tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working within a high-growth technology or payments environment.