Event Program Manager / Meeting Lead - Bloomfield, CT

Overview The Event Program Manager / Meeting Lead (Advisor) is a seasoned event and project management professional responsible for leading large-scale, complex, and highly visible events from initial concept through post-event evaluation. The individual will drive complex, high-profile events from concept to completion, applying expert project management skills to align cross-functional teams, manage timelines and budgets, mitigate risk, and deliver seamless, high-impact experiences that exceed stakeholder expectations. This role requires expertise in strategic planning, program management, stakeholder engagement, and event execution. The successful candidate will develop integrated project plans, establish governance structures, manage interdependencies, facilitate planning activities, and ensure accountability across multiple workstreams. The Event Program Manager / Meeting Lead must operate independently and effectively in a highly matrixed global organization, collaborating across multiple departments and levels of leadership. The role requires the ability to manage several large-scale initiatives simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and execution excellence.  This leader will also play an active role in shaping the future of enterprise event strategy by identifying opportunities to improve processes, modernize practices, drive efficiencies, and enhance the overall attendee and stakeholder experience.

Lead the strategic design, development, project management, and execution of assigned events and programs, both virtual and in-person, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations. Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, including workstreams, timelines, milestones, dependencies, stakeholder communications, risk management strategies, and delivery schedules. Drive complex, high-profile enterprise and executive events from concept through completion, ensuring seamless coordination across all phases of planning and execution. Support the development and execution of strategy for flagship enterprise events, executive leadership meetings, incentive programs, and unique experiences in partnership with Communications and the CEO's Office. Serve as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders, facilitating strategic discussions around event objectives, attendee engagement, content development, and experience design. Establish governance structures and facilitate planning meetings to ensure alignment, accountability, issue resolution, and successful delivery across multiple cross-functional teams. Develop integrated plans across Communications, Business Marketing, Branding, Human Resources, Production, Operations, and other business partners to ensure coordinated execution and achievement of business outcomes. Manage event budgets, forecasting, vendor relationships, contracts, and resource allocation while maintaining fiscal responsibility and maximizing return on investment. Identify risks, develop mitigation plans, anticipate challenges, and proactively resolve issues that could impact project success. Recommend innovative solutions, process improvements, and best practices to continually enhance event effectiveness, efficiency, and attendee experience. Measure event effectiveness through attendee feedback, business outcomes, ROI/ROO metrics, and executive reporting; develop actionable insights and recommendations for future events. Develop tools, templates, processes, and operational standards that elevate event planning and project management capabilities across the organization. Represent The Cigna Group with exceptional executive presence, professionalism, and credibility when engaging senior leadership, external stakeholders, agencies, vendors, and partners. Remain calm, adaptable, and solution-oriented in fast-paced environments, effectively managing shifting priorities and compressed timelines. Ideal candidates will offer