Associate Vice President, Event Marketing

The Company is seeking an Associate Vice President, Event Marketing to lead the planning and delivery of client, leadership, and strategic-partnership events across a regional market, while contributing to global initiatives. Responsibilities include managing events from initial strategy through execution and post-event evaluation; aligning objectives, audiences, and success measures with stakeholders; and coordinating project plans, budgets, venues, agencies, suppliers, and the full guest experience. The role also involves overseeing onsite delivery, reporting on attendance and engagement, and turning feedback and results into recommendations. The successful candidate will coordinate with relevant business and control functions to ensure events meet applicable governance, regulatory, security, and records-management requirements. Candidates should have a graduate degree and at least seven years of relevant experience in event management, luxury hospitality, corporate events, or another client-focused field. Strong project management, stakeholder communication, commercial judgment, budgeting, supplier negotiation, and organizational skills are required, along with knowledge of the UAE and wider GCC market. Applicants should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently and collaboratively. Experience using AI tools responsibly to improve productivity and workflows is also required.