Project Manager

vFairs

$70K — $95K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
  • 2-3 years of project management experience
  • 2 years of experience with business stakeholders in cross-functional teams
  • Strong interpersonal skills to influence and drive change
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Decisive in resolving business problems and prioritizing tasks

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of events and plan delivery schedules
  • Own the full event life cycle from pre-sales to post-event closures
  • Lead the on-site project team to meet goals and project milestones
  • Coordinate with development teams for timely event customization
  • Report event success metrics and manage deployment activities
  • Employ project management practices for high-quality deliveries
  • Conduct post-event evaluations for feedback and process improvement

Benefits

  • Professional growth and leadership development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Engagement with diverse clients and high-impact projects
  • Work-life balance with flexible scheduling options
  • Opportunities for networking and relationship building within the industry
Full Job Description
Job Description
About the role

We are looking for a seasoned, experienced leader to step up and liaise between clients and our development hubs, organize our project activities, set client expectations, prioritize operations, and ensure quality delivery.

Job Requirements

  • Manage a portfolio of events at any given point in time and plan event delivery schedules
  • Full event life cycle ownership: successful event delivery will include full-service delivery from handover from pre-sales to post-event closure calls
  • Provide on-site leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
  • Work with development and event set-up teams to ensure event customization and client requests are delivered on time
  • Report on event success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
  • Employ project management practices and engineer processes to ensure the team can deliver high-quality results to each client to compel them for renewals
  • Prepare estimates and detailed project plans for all phases of the project
  • Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned time frames
  • Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chair the project management team meetings
  • Provide status reports regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues, communicating across leadership
  • Understand inter-dependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
  • Ensure technical accuracy, scalability, and quality of the event through collaboration with development teams
  • Measure and optimize processes to increase the renewal rate of customers and their satisfaction scores
  • Conduct post-event calls to collect candid feedback from customers, capture testimonials & create follow-up actions on each feedback item
  • Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, and key stakeholders
  • Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project and program team

Required Skills

  • Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Minimum 2-3 years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
  • Minimum 2years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional team
  • Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance
  • Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities

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