Senior Specialist - Speaker Engagement

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

With oversight of manager, the Senior Specialist - Speaker Engagement manages meeting and event logistics, speaker coordination, and project execution—ensuring seamless delivery while contributing to continuous improvement across global programs.

This role partners with Global Events, Distribution, and Investment teams to deliver high-quality, consistent meeting and event experiences while leveraging data, insights, and best practices to enhance engagement and operational effectiveness.

• Work collaboratively within the Marketing Strategy and Activation, Strategy and Insights Group and broader MFS groups such as Distribution, Investments, Product, Compliance and Legal to achieve objectives.
• Coordinate speaker requests across Global Distribution channels, including scheduling, briefing support, and stakeholder communication.
• Collaborate with distribution and the investment team to evaluate and prioritize speaker opportunities, supporting alignment with strategic priorities and audience needs.

• Manage multiple concurrent meeting and event-related projects, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and priorities are effectively executed.
• Coordinate across teams to guide contributors, establish priorities, and ensure deadlines are met.
• Maintain and enhance processes across global meetings and events, identifying efficiencies and improving workflows.

• Maintain a centralized database of speaker engagements to track participation, feedback, and impact, ensuring a balanced and strategic allocation of investment team and executive resources.
• Update and ensure accuracy of data for speaker management database, reporting, and content-related Workfront management, and assists with other tasks.
• Provide reporting and insights to support decision-making and balanced allocation of investment and executive resources.
• Evaluate performance across meetings and events using available data and reporting to support continuous improvement.
• Identify trends and insights to enhance future execution and participant engagement.

• Support onboarding, training, and oversight of co-op or junior team members, providing guidance and mentorship.
• Exercise independent judgment in problem-solving and conflict resolution; elevate issues as appropriate.
• Stay informed on industry trends and recommend enhancements to delivery.
• Take on additional responsibilities to support evolving team and business needs.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 2-5+ years of professional experience. Financial Services event management experience preferred.
• Must be proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and experience of building PowerPoint slides) and able to develop proficiency in MFS systems as required to perform the duties of this position.
• Experience with virtual event platforms, knowledge of Cvent or similar event registration software is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team-working, collaboration, the ability to problem-solve and build solid professional relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with employees at all organizational levels.
• Hybrid office schedule requires a minimum of 3 days a week in the Boston office and the ability to work flexible, non-traditional hours as needed.

Base Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $ This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

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