Job Description

About the Role

We are looking for a strategic and commercially focused event leader to own the vision, performance, and growth of a portfolio of events.

You will be responsible for leading high-performing teams, delivering strong commercial outcomes, and creating exceptional experiences for customers, exhibitors, and attendees. Working across a matrix organisation, you will drive innovation, business growth, customer engagement, and operational excellence while ensuring the successful delivery of events onsite.

Responsibilities

• Drive individual and team performance to create high performing show teams.
• Own and communicate the event vision and strategy, aligning team objectives with the wider RX business vision and strategy.
• Lead effectively within a matrix structure, ensuring appropriate support and resources are in place to deliver strategic goals and onsite execution.
• Take full responsibility for event P&L performance, budgeting, forecasting, pricing strategies, and revenue growth.
• Develop and deliver show strategies, sales and marketing plans, and new revenue streams using customer insights and market intelligence.
• Build and maintain strong industry relationships, acting as the face of the events and representing RX within the market.
• Drive product development initiatives, identify customer needs, and encourage continuous innovation and improvement.
• Ensure exemplary onsite event delivery, including ownership of Health and Safety standards.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing teams in a collaborative environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, forecasting, pricing, and profit & loss accountability.
• Ability to create and execute strategic growth plans and deliver against revenue objectives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience working successfully within matrix organisations.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create clarity, influence stakeholders, and build business cases.
• Experience leveraging customer insights, market analysis, and competitive intelligence to drive business decisions.
• Ability to foster psychological safety, promote diversity of thought, and encourage open communication.
• Strong operational focus with experience delivering complex projects or events to a high standard.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

About the Business

RX is a global leader in events and exhibitions, leveraging industry expertise, data, and technology to build businesses for individuals, communities, and organisations. With a presence in 25 countries across 41 industry sectors, RX hosts approximately 350 events annually. RX is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our people. RX empowers businesses to thrive by leveraging data-driven insights and digital solutions. RX is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. For more information, visit

Critical to success will be a high level of emotional intelligence and organisational awareness to allow you to collaborate and leverage the expertise of colleagues across the company on innovative and strategic initiatives.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process.

If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions. Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.

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