Meeting & Event Manager

About the role

Viatris Australia is looking for a Meeting & Event Manager based in Sydney. The role covers planning and managing internal and external events, including educational events, and acts as the subject matter expert for meetings and events in ANZ while supporting the global M&E team.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and manage internal and external events, including educational events, and present proposals and feedback to the leadership team
• Work with cross-functional teams (marketing, communications, training, digital, leadership, sales) to deliver successful events
• Manage a single event vendor, covering procurement, SLA, compliance training and ongoing management
• Maintain field force lead educational event compliance through the compliance system and coordinate internal approvals with sales, legal and compliance
• Maintain the event playbook and train sales on educational events
• Use Cvent for complex meetings, RFPs and meeting management, and allocate meetings and training through the Cvent lead
• Work with the global M&E team on training, policy and guidance, and partner with Business Excellence colleagues on solutions such as digitising event sign-in and meeting follow-up
• Prepare metrics for the Commercial Review Report and Educational Event Report, run monthly audits of the Veeva Medical Event Module and HIPPO Tool, pilot new technical resources and govern self-service travel

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or technical diploma preferred; tertiary qualification in Event Management, Project Management or a related discipline
• At least 2 years' experience in event and meeting management, including large-scale events (200+ attendees)
• Experience in a commercial environment, preferably pharmaceuticals, FMCG or another matrixed organisation
• Proven experience across cross-functional teams and with senior leadership
• Eligible to work in Australia (citizen or appropriate visa holder)

Required skills

• Cvent expertise desired but not essential
• Experience managing virtual and hybrid events with event technology platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication, project management, stakeholder management and learning agility

What we offer

• Recognition programs, health and financial wellness benefits, employee discount platform and annual wellness allowance
• Annual leave loading, paid volunteer leave and free flu vaccinations
• Additional paid parental leave and retirement savings plans
• Career and development planning, annual salary reviews and competitive compensation