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<html><head></head><body><div>Remote-first, with the Production Team getting together in our London office once a week, plus a whole-company team day in London once a month. Reporting to the COO and working closely with the events marketing, operations and sponsorship sales teams. The salary is £60,000 to £65,000 a year.</div>
<h2>About LeadDev</h2>
<p>LeadDev is the home for engineering leadership. Each year, more than 5,000 engineering leaders come to our three flagship conferences – LDX3 London, LDX3 New York, and LeadDev Berlin – to learn from each other and connect with their peers. Our Event Content team builds each of those agendas: we research the challenges engineering leaders face and turn them into talks, workshops, and activities with real depth – practical, valuable content they can put to work as soon as they’re back with their teams.</p>
<h2>The opportunity</h2>
<div>LeadDev is looking for someone to run all our in-person event content for twelve months while the Head of Event Content is on maternity leave. You will lead a team of Event Content Producers and hold the revenue and audience satisfaction targets for the event portfolio.&nbsp;<br><br></div>
<div>Reporting to the COO and working closely with the CEO, events marketing, operations, and sponsorship sales teams, the Head of Event Content plays an integral role in the strategic direction and commercial development of LeadDev’s global event portfolio.</div>
<h2>What you will own</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Strategy: </strong>an annual event content strategy, built from a review of how the content performed and fed into the company's business planning.</li>
<li><strong>Research:</strong> a yearly programme of audience research, including calls with attendees and vendors, round tables and advisory boards.</li>
<li><strong>Programming:</strong> the content of each in-person event, designed with the Event Content Producers.</li>
<li><strong>Products: p</strong>roduct creation and development to support delegate sales (ensuring topics are business critical) and sponsorship (creating inventory and ensuring valuable content).</li>
<li><strong>Budget: </strong>managing speaker, travel and activity budgets, and the tracking of commercial results.</li>
<li><strong>Team:</strong> line management of the Event Content Producers, and working relationships with colleagues in marketing, operations and sponsorship sales.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Who the role suits</h2>
<p>We are looking for someone with a proven track record in producing exceptional thought leadership events which drive great commercial results. You will be a brilliant communicator and relationship builder, able to make a success of a 12 month role which straddles relationships across the business and with a wide range of important stakeholders.</p>
<h2>Must haves</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Experience designing and running the content programme for B2B conferences or similar live events, including recruiting speakers</li>
<li>Experience leading a team and setting its goals, as a line manager or as a project lead</li>
<li>Experience using audience research to design events and drive commercial results</li>
<li>Experience managing budgets for speakers, travel and activities</li>
<li>An understanding of how sponsorship packages are sold and designing content packages for sponsors</li>
<li>Experience launching or developing a new event or product</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Nice-to-have</h2>
<ul>
<li>Experience working on international events&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
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<div>Remote-first, with the Production Team getting together in our London office once a week, plus a whole-company team day in London once a month. Reporting to the COO and working closely with the events marketing, operations and sponsorship sales teams. The salary is £60,000 to £65,000 a year.</div>
<h2>About LeadDev</h2>
<p>LeadDev is the home for engineering leadership. Each year, more than 5,000 engineering leaders come to our three flagship conferences – LDX3 London, LDX3 New York, and LeadDev Berlin – to learn from each other and connect with their peers. Our Event Content team builds each of those agendas: we research the challenges engineering leaders face and turn them into talks, workshops, and activities with real depth – practical, valuable content they can put to work as soon as they’re back with their teams.</p>
<h2>The opportunity</h2>
<div>LeadDev is looking for someone to run all our in-person event content for twelve months while the Head of Event Content is on maternity leave. You will lead a team of Event Content Producers and hold the revenue and audience satisfaction targets for the event portfolio. <br><br>
</div>
<div>Reporting to the COO and working closely with the CEO, events marketing, operations, and sponsorship sales teams, the Head of Event Content plays an integral role in the strategic direction and commercial development of LeadDev’s global event portfolio.</div>
<h2>What you will own</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Strategy: </strong>an annual event content strategy, built from a review of how the content performed and fed into the company's business planning.</li>
<li>
<strong>Research:</strong> a yearly programme of audience research, including calls with attendees and vendors, round tables and advisory boards.</li>
<li>
<strong>Programming:</strong> the content of each in-person event, designed with the Event Content Producers.</li>
<li>
<strong>Products: p</strong>roduct creation and development to support delegate sales (ensuring topics are business critical) and sponsorship (creating inventory and ensuring valuable content).</li>
<li>
<strong>Budget: </strong>managing speaker, travel and activity budgets, and the tracking of commercial results.</li>
<li>
<strong>Team:</strong> line management of the Event Content Producers, and working relationships with colleagues in marketing, operations and sponsorship sales.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Who the role suits</h2>
<p>We are looking for someone with a proven track record in producing exceptional thought leadership events which drive great commercial results. You will be a brilliant communicator and relationship builder, able to make a success of a 12 month role which straddles relationships across the business and with a wide range of important stakeholders.</p>
<h2>Must haves</h2>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Experience designing and running the content programme for B2B conferences or similar live events, including recruiting speakers</li>
<li>Experience leading a team and setting its goals, as a line manager or as a project lead</li>
<li>Experience using audience research to design events and drive commercial results</li>
<li>Experience managing budgets for speakers, travel and activities</li>
<li>An understanding of how sponsorship packages are sold and designing content packages for sponsors</li>
<li>Experience launching or developing a new event or product</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h2>Nice-to-have</h2>
<ul>
<li>Experience working on international events </li>
</ul>
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Head of Event Content (twelve-month maternity cover)

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