Event Manager, Contractor Position with Google

Event Manager, Contractor Position with Google

Position: MENA Event Manager (fixed term contract)

Duration: 12 months contract with employment agency (extendable for additional 12 month periods)

Location: Dubai, UAE (Remote or in Offices of Digital Future Middle East FZ-LLC)

Employer: Employment with Digital Future Middle East FZ-LLC, working directly as consultant / contractor with Google FZ-LLC.

As an Event Manager, you will play a critical role in the ongoing support, planning and execution of Google's highest priority external events. You are a flexible team player with the ability to adapt to a dynamic environment with changing requirements. You understand the fundamentals of event production and have experience dealing with event organizers, event agencies, and different levels of management.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Google cross-functional teams (Marketing, Sales, PR, etc.), external vendors, and agencies to drive excellent event execution.
• Use stellar technical judgment and previous operations experience to execute the entire project life-cycle: proposal, requirements, project and resource planning, expectation setting, communication, budgets, pilot, build, and closeout.
• Provide operations support to deliver successful events.
• Develop and implement scalable processes and internal policies for supporting events.
• Liaise with stakeholders responsible for mission critical events that may involve Google Executives, Product Launches, Developer Conferences, and other events that are highly visible to the media.

Minimum Qualifications (MQs)

• Minimum 3-5 years work experience in business function (marketing, sales, PR)
• Event management experience at client or agency side
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience
• Strong communication skills in written and verbal English