Senior Event Planner

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At BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E), we provide more than meeting and event planning services: we create connections that inspire, motivate and change behavior for our customers. As the world’s most trusted and innovative meetings and events agency, BCD M&E cultivates a culture of people, passion and purpose to drive business forward.

Headquartered in Chicago, with locations in 60+ countries across the world, BCD M&E’s team of 2,000+ people are committed to sustainability and driving success for our customers, our business and ourselves. Our values are at the heart of everything we do, and we look for people that want to be a part of something special, can rise to our standards and love to bring their unique perspective to the table.

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BCD Meetings & Events is seeking an experienced Senior Event Planner to support our client’s Global Conferencing and Events function. In this client-dedicated role, you will manage the end-to-end planning and delivery of events and conferences while partnering closely with internal stakeholders, vendors, and support teams. The ideal candidate is highly organized, service-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple programs in a fast-paced, regulated corporate environment.

• Managing events from intake through reconciliation, including timelines, budgets, venues, vendors, attendee communications, production, onsite delivery, and post-event reporting.
• Building trusted relationships with event hosts and stakeholders, understanding their objectives, and translating them into clear, executable event plans.
• Bringing creativity and fresh thinking to event concepts, participant experiences, and solutions while working within brand, budget, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Managing multiple programs and priorities while proactively identifying risks, dependencies, decisions, and items requiring escalation.
• Partnering effectively with GCE support teams, including Attendee Data Management and Web Specialists, to ensure coordinated delivery and a consistent participant experience.
• Using Cvent and other event technology to support registration, communications, reporting, and event delivery.
• Following established processes, financial controls, compliance requirements, and service standards while maintaining accurate documentation in shared event folders.
• Providing calm, solutions-focused support during planning and onsite execution, adapting quickly when requirements change.

• 10+ years of demonstrated experience planning corporate meetings, conferences, leadership programs, or other complex events.
• Strong project management, organization, budgeting, negotiation, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Experience working within a financial services or similarly regulated environment.
• Proficiency with Cvent, Microsoft 365, and event reporting or project-tracking tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a polished and professional approach to senior stakeholders.
• A collaborative, accountable working style and the flexibility to support occasional travel, early mornings, evenings, or onsite event requirements.

• This is an in-office position in New York, NY at least 4 days per week (M-Th).
• Occasional travel and onsite event management are required for this role.

We believe that a flexible working environment is key to getting the best out of our teams. We will support you to work where you need to and when you need to,…