Collaboration Solutions Events Lead

Collaboration Solutions Events Lead Description
-HP Collaboration Solutions are pivotal in ensuring work among distributed teams is natural and effortless, enabling people to be present, collaborate and do their best work. The Events Lead is crucial to bringing these solutions to life at a broad range of industry and HP-led events. As part of the Collaboration Solutions business unit you will be responsible for the strategic planning that brings maximum awareness to HP’s collaboration solutions through our events presence, as well as tactical execution and project management.

You will be the lead on some events, while coordinating with other teams on larger events to ensure our collaboration solutions are strongly represented with high impact demos and narratives.

Responsibilities Lead overall event strategy and execution for the HP Collaboration Solutions business unit:

Maintain an in-depth knowledge of the Collaboration Solutions products portfolio-wide, including key benefits, capabilities and use cases

Understand the business strategy, solutions and roadmap to ensure the event strategy is aligned

Coordinate with product leads to understand new launches and announcements and strategize on how to maximize impact at launch events

Provide product recommendations in strategic projects, including global customer welcome centers and additional showcase experiences

Manage event logistics and operational execution, including inventory management, product sourcing, shipping coordination and fulfillment

Drive the Collaboration Solutions presence at pan-HP events industry, partner and launch events:

Champion the Collaboration Solutions presence, ensuring our solutions are prominently and accurately positioned within the broader HP story and event strategy, and coordinating with broader events team

Work with GBU product marketing team to define key demos, story lines and narratives

Plan and execute on logistics of products to and from event

Lead breakout session planning to drive content development and reviews with presenters and leadership

Partner with broader events team for execution of larger flagship collaboration events:

Work with WW Marketing events manager on large industry events with a collaboration focus

Identify the essential demos and solutions in the booth with key stakeholders

Ensure booth demo experiences amplify our differentiated story and overall HP narrative

Identify product sourcing and assist with shipments

Coordinate with other business units to source demos and products that bring the broader HP story to life Organize and lead the Collaboration Solutions strategy and plan for a broad range of other internal and external events:

Lead the workstream calls, content planning, rehearsals for general sessions and breakout sessions where needed

Lead product showcase coordination to identify the right scope of demos and solutions depending on the strategic focus of that specific event

Onsite support for presentation sessions, showcases and product demo areas

For focused GBU-led events, also driving broader event planning, venue and hotel sourcing, budgeting and overall logistics

Education & Experience Recommended Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications or a related field3+ years experience running event strategy and logistics

Exceptional project management and communication skills

Previous tech industry experience is ideal, especially tech hardware and devices

Highly organized with strong project management skills, able to multi-task and keep multiple projects and events with concurrent deadlines moving forward in parallel

Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across functional teams and at various organizational levels.

Comfort working in fast-paced,…