Events Development Manager

Events Development Manager

Location: Hybrid - London
Salary: £45k+ DoE + Bonus
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
What We Can Offer You: 25 Days Annual Leave (Pro-Rata for Part-time and Fixed-Term Roles), Additional Holiday Purchase, Hybrid Working, Performance-Related Bonus, Life Assurance, Vitality Private Healthcare, Subsidised Gym Memberships, Cycle to Work scheme, Discount Vouchers and Access to Wellbeing Resources

Why Do We Want You

We re looking for someone who enjoys creating meaningful events and wants the chance to take full ownership of a portfolio they can truly shape.

In this role, you ll manage the entire event portfolio for International Compliance Association (part of Wilmington plc), a leading name in the financial crime and compliance world.

From their flagship conference to their awards, you ll set the direction, develop the content, bring in the speakers and steer how these events grow year after year!

If you're excited by the idea of owning a leading event portfolio and scaling it with fresh ideas, we'd love to hear from you!

Please note: To complete your application, you will be redirected to Wilmington plc s career site.

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Our Events Development Manager manages and produces the flagship conference and awards for the International Compliance Association (ICA), important events within the Financial Crime and compliance sector.

This is a role primarily focused on scaling existing events, with the opportunity to play a key role in the expansion of the events portfolio internationally and into new verticals.

As our Event Development Manager, you will:

Own & Scale the ICA Event Portfolio:

• Take end to end ownership of ICA s flagship conference and awards, overseeing content, research, speaker acquisition, timelines and programme quality.
• Play a key role in scaling existing events and identifying opportunities to grow the portfolio internationally and into new verticals.
• Conduct high quality telephone-based research to uncover trends, challenges and opportunities ( interviews per event).
• Develop commercially compelling agendas, award categories and new formats based on real market insight.

Lead on Commercial Conference Production:

• Source, invite and confirm senior-level speakers and judges that align with ICA s brand and global community.
• Identify new opportunities for partnerships, product extensions and SPEX inventory to support revenue growth.
• Monitor competitor activity and market shifts to inform decisions and maintain competitive edge.
• Provide datasets, personas and research insights that support sales, marketing and ICA stakeholder alignment.

Collaborate Across the Business:

• Create clear, insight driven briefing documents for internal teams across marketing, sponsorship and delegate sales.
• Produce promotional copy that reflects ICA s market language and drives engagement.
• Work closely with ICA subject matter experts to ensure accuracy, relevance and alignment with ICA s thought leadership.
• Coordinate with operations teams to ensure seamless onsite delivery, speaker experience and content flow.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement:

• Monitor KPIs such as delegate engagement, session attendance and speaker satisfaction to shape future strategies.
• Contribute to debriefs, sponsor feedback loops and continuous refinement of processes.
• Support the Events Director in driving innovation, including how AI and new methodologies can improve production workflow.

Event Delivery Oversight:

• Attend live events to oversee programme flow, content quality and speaker management.
• Provide on the day leadership on stage management, session timings and stakeholder experience.

What s the Best Thing About This Role

This is a role where you will fully own the ICA event portfolio, playing a central part in bringing an ambitious three year growth plan to life.

You ll work closely with a global community in a fast growing sector, where innovation is not just welcomed but expected, giving you the freedom to explore new product ideas and launch fresh event concepts.

You'll be joining a collaborative team where your expertise is valued and your ideas genuinely help shape the future direction of ICA's events!

What s the Most Challenging Thing About This Role

You ll be handling a high profile portfolio with ambitious growth goals, so you ll need to be a confident multi tasker, comfortable with deadlines, shifting priorities and senior level stakeholder management.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• A solid background in commercial conference production (including agenda creation, market research, speaker acquisition, timelines).
• Strong research and interviewing skills, with the ability to extract insights that drive commercial outcomes.
• Experience collaborating with marketing, sponsorship and sales teams.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines.
• Clear, confident communication skills and strong stakeholder management.
• A proactive, growth oriented mindset with pride in delivering high quality event products.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

To be successful in this role, it would be great if you have:

• Experience in Governance, Risk & Compliance or related sectors.
• Degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• Experience working with a CRM.

We know it s not a skill, but the successful candidate must have permission to work in the role s location by the start of their employment.

About Us

Wilmington Events, part of Wilmington plc, is a specialist provider of events in the global Governance, Risk, and Compliance sector.

With an ambitious three-year growth plan, we re expanding our portfolio of conferences, awards, and webinars, delivering impactful experiences in locations such as London, Miami, Singapore, and New York.

Join us and do Work That Means Something

At Wilmington plc, we help global customers to do the right business in the right way - providing trusted data, insights, and education to navigate the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) landscape.

When you join us, you ll not only make a real difference for our customers, you ll also enjoy flexibility through hybrid working and benefit from a wide range of learning, career, and development opportunities.

Whether you're just starting out, returning to work after a break, or looking to take your next step, you ll be doing work with meaning.

Join us and make a real difference. Click on APPLY today!