Event Manager (EMEA or APAC)

Own a high volume of client events from intake through post-event reconciliation, serving as a senior industry expert

Translate ambiguous or incomplete briefs into clear scopes, realistic budgets, and defensible venue and vendor recommendations

Source and negotiate with venues and suppliers - room blocks, F&B minimums, attrition and cancellation clauses, AV, and BEOs - protecting both client budget and Planned's margin

Anticipate and resolve risk before it reaches the client: supplier fall-through, date changes, headcount swings, permitting and compliance issues

Serve as the bridge between client experience and product - surface friction patterns to Product and Engineering, and help improve the playbooks and templates the wider team runs on

2+ years managing corporate or enterprise events end to end, ideally including programs of 100+ attendees and budgets in the six figures

Demonstrated venue and vendor negotiation experience - you've reviewed contracts, pushed back on terms, and know where the leverage is

Sound commercial judgment: you weigh client experience against budget and margin, and you can explain the tradeoff

Organized under a heavy load - you can manage a high volume of complex events without dropping details, and you thrive in fast-paced environments

Comfortable operating in a tech-forward environment and adopting new tools quickly - you're already using AI to remove the manual work from your day-to-day