Events Lead

Our Global People Team plays a key part in the employee experience at Wise, through the employee life cycle, events and services. 

You are a skilled Events Manager responsible for managing and delivering our hybrid and live internal events, supporting all Wise offices across our global locations. 

Events include webinars, celebrations, team building off- sites, seminars and conferences.

You will be working closely with your stakeholders to plan and provide memorable, engaging and cost- effective experiences to our employees, whilst ensuring that all event requirements, deadlines, and budget are on track.

You're an enthusiastic hands- on professional, who understands negotiation and promotion techniques and excellent organisational and relationship building skills. You will be able to think, plan, innovate, and execute resourcefully.

Wise is helping to build a new world – a world without borders. Built by and for people who live global lives, we’re the fairest, easiest way to manage your money across borders.

• Lead global events (including associated travel and accommodation requirements) for Wise
• Project manage from end to end multiple virtual / hybrid and live events, involving internal and external audiences, as well as the Wise leadership team.
• Develop project plans and define project tasks, timelines and resource requirements as needed,
• Mitigate risks across the various events and locations, partnering cross team to solve issues as they arise
• Manage technical aspects of the virtual/hybrid events such as webinars, video conferences, live streams, online team buildings and celebrations with the internal teams and external partners
• Manage event vendors and budget, ensure cost control and reconcile project invoices and event final cost reporting.
• Source and manage suppliers. Review and negotiate contracts. Identify new preferred partners and cost- efficient opportunities.
• Provide expert direction throughout each project to meet event expectations and support stakeholders with event content production and copywriting whenever required.
• Assisting events on- site when required and possible
• Inspire excellence, drive innovation, create and promote a collaborative environment. You are expected to be an exemplar of our Wise values and to nourish them throughout our events.

A bit about you

• Substantial experience as a global  events project manager planning and executing hybrid and live events for over 1000 people
• Excellent understanding of event technology, live streaming and webcasting
• Creative thinker 
• Strong negotiation skills and experience with managing budgets over 500k GBP
• Ability to produce content for abstracts, presentations, copywriting
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely (written and verbal) – highly fluent in English, experience in internal comms
• Strong working knowledge of Google tools and Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, PPT, plus Photoshop/Illustrator.
• Familiar with travel requirements and travel registration tools
• Comfortable with ambiguity. Being adaptable to meet the changing needs of the business. Flexibility is a must.

Salary: 3,830 - 4,830 EUR per month

This is a global role working with our teams across AMER, EMEA and APAC regions. 

We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, where and what you studied isn't important to us. If you’ve got great experience, the right skills for the role and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.