LIMRA and LOMA is looking for a successful and enthusiastic Director of Convening Programming to build programming and conference storytelling with varied stakeholders through narratives, emotions, industry insights and experiences to create a cohesive and immersive event journey through building programming to captivate and connect conference experience with attendees through convening strategies. The Director of Convening Programming balances a range of responsibilities, including strategic convening, content production, and audience outreach and development: averaging 20-25 conferences and meetings annually.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Keep abreast of industry trends, topics, and ‘what is on our members’ minds’  in the financial services industry to support translating that detail into strategy and effective conference programming development.
  • Research innovative ways to deliver LIMRA and LOMA products and solutions through programming content
  • Maintain a strong knowledge of the financial industry headlines
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to have a clear understanding of each  Conference or Committee objective and goals.
• Collaborate and conduct discovery sessions with Senior Leaders and select Member Collaboration Groups to develop conference programming and shape attendee engagement that aligns with the objectives, identified audiences, programmatic priorities, and convening strategies.
• Work in partnership with the Head of Convening/LLG leadership and Conference Leads to develop and execute the overall convening programming strategy.
• Support speaker procurement and research. Help maintain strong relationship with approved list of speaker’s bureaus.
  • Oversees all efforts relating to contract execution for speakers and program talent.
• Oversee and champion demand generation tactics for ticket sales and partner with Marketing and Customer Service to develop and deliver appropriate solicitation.

• Provide regular updates to management on programming development status, and audience engagement through reporting.
• Manage audience growth, analysis and reporting for each conference/event.
• Track and manage expenses to budget and provide updated budget vs. actuals to management and finance.
• Help to establish programming metrics, effectiveness of programming for each conference, and conduct post-mortem analysis across functions to improve impact of event programming.
• Create blueprints and details of the script and develop the story elements to translate the creative vision into production, with a deep understanding of the target audience.
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the main stage production, from pre-production planning and AV vendor coordination to on-site execution and post-event debriefing.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree strongly preferred (preferably in, Financial Services, Research,  Marketing, Business, or Communications) or equivalent experience.
• Exceptional project management skills and experience, including managing multiple internal stakeholders
• Experience gaining trust and support from senior stakeholders. Ability to interact with people at all levels internally and externally, including association members and Board of Directors.  Experience in conducting research to get information and detail to create original ideas and content.
• Track record for meeting or exceeding performance goals and working within a budget.
• Skilled at group facilitation – creating and leading dialogues and workshops and discovery sessions.
• Project manage conference speakers, talent, presenters, and audio-visual production company on site to ensure all technical riders are managed, content is delivered at a high level and brand compliance is maintained.
• Ability to manage external vendor resources and relationships.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Candidate must learn or be able to communicate the company’s mission and products through conference programming in a way that commands attention, inspires actions and creates loyalty.
• Excellent time management
• Ability to work well under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Ability to work with autonomy and deal with the ambiguity inherent in reaching disparate audience segments across multiple channels to advance a nonprofit mission. Takes initiative and has willingness to take ownership for assigned work.
• Magnificent work ethic and sense of ownership and accountability while demonstrating elevated level of internal cross-functional partnership and collaboration.
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities and duties. Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-project, cross-functional team environment, producing quality outcomes while ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Suite, including Word, Excel, PDF, and PowerPoint
• Possess exceptional organizational and interpersonal communication (written and oral) skills.
• Initiative-taking, able to work both independently, and in a team environment.
• Proficiency in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to investigate issues, solve problems, and identify trends.
  • Ability to travel in the US and Canada approximately 40% of the time.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, medical condition, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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