Senior Conferences and Events Lead - London, United Kingdom - DeepMind

Description

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We're seeking a trailblazing senior events professional to harness their strategic and creative skills and expertise to lead the events and experiences program team for one of the most innovative organisations today

This is a great opportunity to design and deliver a program of both external events that help build trust and advocacy in our work with external audiences and internal events that enable connection, collaboration and knowledge sharing across Google DeepMind.

We're a dedicated scientific community, committed to "solving intelligence" and ensuring our technology is used for widespread public benefit.

From excellent office facilities through to extensive manager support, we strive to support our people and their needs as effectively as possible.

We are looking for an experienced senior events professional to help lead and evolve our Events & Experiences programs team at an important stage of GDM's journey and the wider AI sector.

Our internal events program plays a key role in enabling our work and mission and building our culture for 2500 Google DeepMinders located across multiple locations, time zones and disciplines.

The program may include GDM-wide conferences, town halls and hackathons alongside team offsites, social events, celebrations and DEI events.

Our external-facing program of events are where we engage with the wider AI community of academia, research and science, as well as industry, government, press and the general public to showcase and build trust and advocacy for our work and mission.

The program may include conferences, education outreach events, exhibitions, dinners, networking events and public policy summits.

We are entering uncharted territory in AI development and this is an exciting opportunity to create unique experiences that demonstrate the benefits of AI to society.

Event formats are a mix of in person, hybrid and virtual events and may take place in our Google DeepMind offices or offsite at suitable external venues.

The Events & Experiences Programs Lead will report into and partner with the Global Head of Events and Experiences and lead a team of 5 event managers/producers.

They will collaborate closely with the Events & Experiences Operations Lead and with teams across Google DeepMind (and Google) including Marcomms, Research, Workplace and Education.

Develop, design and deliver Google DeepMind's global events programs
Cultivate trusted relationships with senior internal stakeholders and external partners and provide expert partnership and thought leadership to teams across Google DeepMind
Develop creative and innovative event design proposals
Employ best practice in event project management to ensure flawless delivery
Maintain curiosity in the AI community, industry and events landscape using insights to inform our event engagement strategy
People management and development of 5 event managers/producers
Agency/Vendor sourcing and management
Budget management
On site event management including international travel as needed
Ensure events are compliant with all health and safety, regulatory, security and other governance

You'll be motivated and excited by the opportunity to work for a mission driven organisation where events play an integral role.

Extensive senior level events experience including in house role (s)
Technology events background with good understanding and interest in the AI landscape
Demonstrable experience of developing events strategy and designing and leading events programs with events of varying scope, scale and audiences
Exceptional project management skills
Creative approach with track record of developing innovative complex events from concept to execution
An experienced leader of high performing teams with recent people management and team development experience
Ability to build and nurture influential relationships with senior stakeholders and partners
Curiosity regarding latest event industry trends and the wider AI landscape
Agency/Vendor hiring and management experience with a network of contacts
Budget management skills
Knowledge of health and safety, security, protocols and regulatory requirements
Flexibility to travel as needed
Competitive salary applies