Senior Manager, IDG WW Experiential Events

Are you passionate about technology, thrive on fast-paced environments, and enjoy engaging with customers and partners? Do you want to play a pivotal role in leading the success of the world's top PC company through exceptional and creative event experiences? If this sounds like you, we may have an opportunity for you on our global communications team.

The Role

Lenovo is a US$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #248 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world's largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo's continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Global Events Senior Manager to join us. As a key member of our global events team in the communications org, you will own planning, executing, and overseeing a diverse range of events, from large-scale conferences to smaller industry trade shows. The ideal candidate is a creative thinker with a proven track record in event and agency management, capable of translating business objectives into engaging and impactful online and offline experiences to support Lenovo's Intelligent Devices Group (IDG) business.

The Global Events Senior Manager will report into the Global Events Director within the IDG business unit. The role is based in Lenovo's Morrisville (Raleigh-Durham), U.S. headquarters. They will collaborate closely with teams across North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America with travel requirements.

Specifically, the role will focus on:

• Owning the process for select events end-to-end from driving strategic planning and creative ideation to execution of IDG's high-impact presence at key global industry trade shows, including coming up with creative new ways to maximize brand and portfolio awareness both in-person and virtually as well as seamless coordination to support business growth

• Collaborating closely with many stakeholders across business groups, verticals, and segments; local market teams; functional teams; external industry and agency partners to bring a strong, unified message to life at global events

• Developing and managing complex event budgets, negotiating favorable contracts, managing event partnerships and sponsorships, and ensuring optimal agency resource allocation and cost control while delivering premium experiences

• Implementing data-driven event measurement strategies, leveraging modern analytics tools to track key performance metrics and post-event evaluations and garner actionable insights to inform future business and event strategies

• Continuously evaluating and improving event processes and implementing changes where necessary to improve efficiency and effectiveness

Characteristics

The successful candidate must:

• Demonstrate communication, adaptability, and a knack for fostering collaboration and innovation to get the best results

• Demonstrate superb verbal and written communications (especially in PowerPoint)

• Have strong project management skills in multitasking multiple priorities and take end-to-end ownership of projects

• Be able to make strategic, prudent decisions (at times without full information), without leaning on agency support

• Be able to course-correct and influence stakeholders in a fast-paced environment against fast-breaking developments and timelines

• Be a creative thinker as well as a practical doer, comfortable with rolling up your sleeves to get things done with limited resources

• Constantly challenge the status quo and be entrepreneurial in pursuing new, creative event ideas and better ways of representing the Lenovo brand and portfolio - with a sharp eye for great creative and detail

• Be articulate, confident and tactful in interacting with internal and external senior leadership, from presenting an event plan to senior management to staffing event experiences

• Be flexible to travel domestically and internationally to key launches and meetings

• Be respectful and effective in communicating across cultures and flexible to accommodate working with teams across different time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management: Proven ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Strategic Thinker: Strong strategic and analytical mindset, able to effectively align events with broader company goals and measure their impact

• Creative: Knack for coming up with new solutions and approaches to experiential events, with the creativity to see possibilities that may have been missed before

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills (particularly in selling ideas and plans through PowerPoint decks), adept at collaborating with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders

• Tech-savvy: Comfortable with event/project management and budgeting tools and virtual conference platforms, and adept at leveraging new technology to enhance event experiences