Event Manager

at  COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Extensive experience delivering end to end programs and event management within B2B financial or professional services.
• Creative and visionary thinker, who has a passion for customer experience.
• Strong communicator with an eye for connecting event programs with broader marketing and content opportunities.
• Strong project management skills and ability to build project plans to deliver to timing, objectives and budget.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and with the ability to influence and drive results
• Proven ability to work collaboratively to achieve an outcome.
• Capability to manage supplier and third-party relationships.
• Knowledge in Event Management methodologies, IP and tools.
• Experience working with event and creative agencies.
• Risk Mindset - All CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify and understand, openly discuss and act on current and future risks.

• Develop program concepts and deliver end to end event management on a wide variety of strategic programs that support growth objectives and business goals.
• Support the development of existing business partnerships and execute on a variety of third-party partnership events to maximize leverage of new and existing relationships.
• Build and manage project plans and lead small to medium sized working groups to ensure the delivery of programs of work to deadline and the highest quality.
• Proactively manage and foster strong relationships to effectively influence complex senior stakeholders groups and deliver successful partnership and event programs.
• Steer enhancements to key event technology platforms to improve data management, integration and manage risk and compliance.
• Identify and implement improvements (process, value for money, contract negotiations etc.) to drive greater efficiencies and effectiveness for event team.
• Supplier governance - work in conjunction with compliance, procurement and event team members to manage interactions with suppliers & maximise relationship.
• Develop, maintain, and improve relationships with agencies and external suppliers.