Sr Conference & Events Planner

Sr Conference & Events Planner Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.   Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support. Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:   Why Syneos Health • We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. • We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.  • We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

JOB SUMMARY The Global Corporate Communications & Marketing (GCC&M) team is seeking a Sr. Conferences, Meetings & Events Planner to manage events from concept through completion. Reporting to the Executive Director, Conferences, Meetings & Events, this role will support the Go-To-Market (GTM) team by planning and executing conference, meeting and event logistics across the region. This full-time role requires strong project management, organization and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple events, tight timelines and shifting priorities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative and able to lead initiatives accurately while working with GCC&M Centers of Excellence and business stakeholders.

Lead end-to-end planning for conferences, meetings and events, including stakeholder coordination, planning materials, calls, sponsorships, hotel blocks, collateral and promotional items. Manage external vendors, including exhibit, promotional and printing partners, to deliver business needs within budget. Coordinate event promotion with Content Strategy, Digital Analytics and External Communications, including emails, landing pages and social media. Support customer-facing teams with attendee lists, CRM campaigns and meeting scheduler training. Negotiate contracts with hotels, convention centers, conference associations, speakers and other service providers. Develop programs, agendas, budgets and services that meet host requirements and budget targets. Build Cvent registration sites and manage registration, attendee communications and related updates. Maintain event records and financial details, including final bill review, spend approval and vendor payments. Project manage GCC&M Centers of Excellence to support conference and event strategy, goals and objectives. Coordinate audio-visual, transportation, displays and other event requirements. Evaluate and select service providers based on event requirements. Develop and distribute event reports to participants, vendors and other stakeholders as needed. Provide post-event analysis, budget recaps and participant feedback to improve future events. Plan internal team meetings and events, both in person and virtual, as needed. Manage financial