Meetings and Congresses Lead

Company: Integrated Resources, Inc.
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

Meetings and Congresses Lead in Cambridge, MA at Integrated Resources, Inc Job DescriptionThe Meetings and Congress Lead has responsibility for leading Meetings & Congress Operations and across all brands globally. This role will monitor and manage the groups effectiveness, provide counsel, promote cost savings initiatives, and ensure programs follow consistency and standardization while adhering to controls & compliance guidelines.



This position reports to the Director, Marketing Operations and interacts globally with the Marketing, Sales, Finance, IT, Medical, and Compliance. The role is ideal for someone who thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment and has demonstrated ability handling diverse live event projects in support of multiple brand teams and wants to help build something innovative.



This is an exciting time to join Client as we launch our COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA 1273) globally to hundreds of millions of patients and experience acceleration in our pipeline and late phase development, thereby poising Client for substantial growth in the upcoming years. This role will be a key contributor and will have the opportunity to make critical contributions to Clients future success in making a transformative impact to patients through our vaccines and therapeutics using our mRNA platform.



Heres What Youll Be Doing:



Establish and maintain business plans and develop positive business relationships with sales and marketing, and other senior management to ensure the plans align with the Commercial Organizations goals and objectives



Lead and facilitate business process assessments, making recommendations, socializing, and facilitating implementation of changes



Forecasts costs and manages budget, negotiate favorable pricing with a wide variety of vendors and ensure timely payment of invoices and billing reconciliation, including accruals with Finance



Create and execute detailed plans for events that include a mix of Client and external personnel as well as booths, meeting rooms, symposia and/or other activities



Ensure Client sponsorships of Congresses properly align with the overall Commercial strategy.



Partner with internal stakeholders including medical, competitive intelligence, publications, research etc. to ensure a seamless congress presence



Manage vendor activities for fulfillment of conference booths, room blocks, symposia execution, etc.



Direct and lead the day-to-day activities of Meetings & Congresses



Evaluate, develop/update and implement department SOPs and processes as needed



Heres What Youll Bring to the Table:



Ability to influence without authority and interact with all levels of internal and external personnel regarding every aspect of Meeting & Congress Management



Strong organizational and project management skills (multi-tasking is a must)



Continuous Improvement and/or Change Management skills



Solid business acumen



Excellent diplomacy and facilitation skills; ability to influence without authority



Strong communication and presentation skills



Ability to travel domestically and International



Minimum Education and Experience:



Bachelors degree preferred



8+ years relevant experience in Commercial and/or congress, conference, or events management.



Strong analytical ability to solve problems and make recommendations



Excellent interpersonal skills to build and leverage relationships by interfacing with and influencing key stakeholders to produce optimal results and impact



Comfort with ambiguity (e.g., comfortable in the gray)



Experience working with management and consulting with key business stakeholders, including an ability to influence for greater outcomes.



Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.



Demonstrated a high degree of competence in all elements of the role listed above



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