Meetings Management, Congress & HCP Operations Lead

VARITE is looking for qualified Meetings Management, Congress & HCP Operations Lead in Ridgefield, CT 06877 (Hybrid).

A global, research-driven pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing innovative medicines in areas such as human pharmaceuticals, animal health, and biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing.

Established in the Year 2000, VARITE is an award-winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting & staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE is committed to delivering excellence to its customers by leveraging its global experience and expertise in providing comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non-technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.

• The Operations Lead supports Congress & Meeting Management operations, including congresses, HCP meetings, internal BI Client employee meetings, meeting intake, event timelines, registration and attendee data, meeting materials, budget tracking, procurement/payment support, vendor coordination, meeting-card administration, and closeout documentation.
• This role manages related systems, reporting, dashboards, and process improvements to support compliant, efficient meeting execution, with secondary support for Speaker Bureau, HCP engagement, and contracting activities that intersect with meeting operations.

• Manage CMM meeting workflows, platforms, calendars, request intake, timelines, assignments, access needs, documentation, training reminders, and process controls.
• Support meeting setup, approvals, registration, attendee records, leadership commitments, event materials, print needs, communications, meeting cards, vendor documentation, reconciliation, and closeout.
• Track purchase orders, invoices, payments, budgets, forecasts, accruals, vendor follow-up, and finance/procurement actions for congresses, HCP meetings, internal meetings, and meeting-related vendors.
• Provide limited support for Speaker Bureau, HCP engagement, advisory board, and contracting workflows when tied to meeting setup, documentation, approvals, attendee needs, vendor activity, or closeout.
• Create dashboards, reports, and leadership summaries using meeting volume, registration, calendar, budget, vendor, survey, inquiry, attendee, reconciliation, and platform data.
• Identify process gaps, data issues, payment concerns, service trends, and compliance risks; support remediation, standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with CMM, meeting leads, internal stakeholders, vendors, meeting partners, technology teams, print procurement, security, finance, procurement, compliance, and administrators.
• Drive process improvements and operational procedures in partnership with CMM and HCP teams to enhance ways of working, strengthen vendor accountability, and support consistent execution.
• Coordinate vendor and stakeholder deliverables, timelines, and dependencies to ensure execution remains on track and accountability is maintained.
• Learns and understands the current state of the industry, including knowledge of tools, techniques, strategies, and processes that can be utilized to improve process efficiency and performance

• Relevant experience in meeting operations, congress management, event operations, project management, procurement, vendor coordination, budget tracking, reporting, or compliance-driven operational support.
• Experience supporting high-volume, deadline-driven meetings or congresses across stakeholders, vendors, systems, budgets, timelines, and work streams in a regulated environment.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, financial tracking, customer service, communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Experience with Cvent, Spot Me, CAR Form, BICC, Power Apps, Power BI, Invoice Track, We Buy, Lectrona, Scope Manager, Veeva Vault, meeting-card processes, contracting workflows, or related meeting/engagement tools preferred.
• Background in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, life sciences, events, congress management, meeting operations, or another regulated industry.
• Experience with process improvement, dashboards, automation, meeting documentation, vendor…