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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading live events and experiential production, with a strong focus on budgeting, cross-functional team leadership, and operational excellence. Capable of managing complex, high-visibility projects while ensuring compliance and enhancing guest experiences.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Live Events ManagementBudgeting And Financial ReconciliationCross-Functional Team LeadershipContract Negotiation And SourcingExecutive-Level Communication
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Event ProductionBudget ManagementContractingSchedulingFinancial ForecastingOperational PlanningRisk ManagementVendor ManagementChange ControlProduction Documentation
Soft Skills
LeadershipCreative InstinctsProblem SolvingJudgmentCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Registration PlatformsCRM SystemsProject Management SystemsFinancial Tools
Industry Keywords
Experiential ProductionBrand ActivationsConferencesAgency ProductionMulti-Vendor Productions
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead planning and delivery of DCAC USA, DCAC Europe, On Tour, VIP programs, dinners, golf, partner activations, and special experiences from concept through closeout
- Establish the annual operating calendar, planning cadence, decision structure, documentation, approval gates, and cross-functional workflows
- Build event budgets and forecasts; manage cash flow, procurement, bids, change controls, and reconciliations; protect margins while investing in the guest or sponsor experience
- Lead and develop operations and production staff; clarify ownership, set expectations, balance workloads, and identify capability gaps
- Lead sourcing, negotiation, contracting, scopes of work, schedules, venue relationships, and supplier performance
- Turn content vision into a workable run of show and coordinate speakers, sponsors, creative, marketing, registration, hospitality, and production
- Own production readiness, safety planning, insurance and compliance coordination, contingency plans, escalation paths, and go/no-go criteria
- Resolve routine operating matters independently and bring the President decisions with context, options, financial impact, recommendations, and deadlines
- Lead after-action reviews, financial closeout, partner and attendee feedback, vendor scorecards, and follow-through on lessons learned
- Build and run the operating engine behind DCAC so the President can focus on industry vision, strategic relationships, major partnerships, and other high-value work
Requirements
What you’ll need- 10+ years in live events, experiential production, brand activations, conferences, entertainment, agency production, or a related field, including meaningful leadership experience
- Experience owning complex, high-visibility, multi-vendor productions and multimillion-dollar or similarly complex budgets
- Strong command of budgeting, bidding, scopes of work, contracts, scheduling, staffing, production documents, and financial reconciliation
- Demonstrated ability to build operating systems and lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity, compressed timelines, and changing priorities
- Executive-level communication and judgment, including the ability to challenge ideas constructively
- Strong creative and experiential instincts; this is not a conventional conference operations role
- Multi-city or international experience strongly preferred
- Familiarity with registration platforms, CRM and sponsorship workflows, project management systems, and financial tools is helpful
Benefits
Comp & perks- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance available