Head of Global Events
$188k - $283k • Remote • New York • FullTime
Posted 9d ago
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
Harvey is seeking a Head of Global Events to own and scale its owned global events strategy, primarily focusing on the "FORUM" conference series. This role is crucial for shaping how critical knowledge work is done by bringing together legal professionals to explore AI's impact. You will define the vision, strategy, and execution for FORUM, ensuring it aligns with Harvey's brand and go-to-market objectives. This position sits at the intersection of brand, go-to-market, and executive engagement, aiming to drive sales acceleration and enhance the experience for customers, prospects, and the legal community. Success requires strong leadership, programming instincts, executive presence, and the ability to build and develop a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end strategy for FORUM, including vision, positioning, geographic scope, format, and a multi-year scaling roadmap.
- Build, manage, and develop the FORUM team across production, content, programming, marketing, and enablement.
- Collaborate with Brand and Product Marketing to ensure FORUM amplifies brand campaigns and product launches.
- Maintain the content, programming, and creative standards for FORUM, including themes, session formats, speaker selection, narrative, and overall experiential design.
- Manage the invite and registration strategy, including target audience, invite lists, RSVP funnel, and the customer/prospect journey.
- Drive sales acceleration and GTM enablement through FORUM by partnering with Sales, Customer Success, and Demand Gen.
- Design the complete attendee experience from invitation to post-event follow-up, ensuring all touchpoints are exceptional.
- Develop FORUM's partner strategy by identifying and cultivating ecosystem partners and collaborators.
- Serve as the executive-facing leader for FORUM, working directly with the CEO, CMO, and GTM leadership.
- Manage the FORUM P&L, including budget planning, allocation, and ROI tracking.
- Shape agency and vendor strategy with the Event Production Lead, including RFP processes.
- Create systems, documentation, and playbooks to ensure FORUM scales globally with consistent quality.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in events, with a proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale flagship owned events.
- Demonstrated depth in executive engagement and integrated brand activations.
- Proven experience building, managing, and developing high-performing events teams, including hiring, coaching, and retention.
- Experience owning content and programming for large events, including themes, session design, and speaker curation.
- Experience designing and managing invite and registration strategies for high-consideration audiences.
- Experience partnering with Sales and CS to translate events into pipeline and sales acceleration outcomes.
- Experience building and executing partner strategies for large-scale events.
- Strong business acumen and financial discipline, with experience managing and optimizing event budgets for ROI.
- Strategic thinking and strong change management skills, with the ability to navigate evolving priorities.
- Strong executive presence and comfort partnering with C-suite and senior GTM leaders.
- Experience managing external agencies, production partners, and creative vendors.
- Comfort operating in fast-moving environments and making sound judgment calls under ambiguity.