Head of Events & Partnerships

The Role

• Define and execute the firm’s integrated events and partnerships vision, strategy, and KPIs • Align conferences, client events, and internal experiences with business growth priorities and brand positioning • Prioritise event investments based on strategic value, relationship impact, and return on engagement • Ensure a coherent and differentiated presence across all internal and external engagements • Monitor competitive presence and industry trends across engagement platforms Lead conference and external platform strategy • Drive the firm’s participation in conferences and external platforms, ensuring alignment with priority geographies/growth markets, sector focus areas, and business development objectives • Guide selection, prioritisation, and activation of conferences to maximise visibility and relationship-building impact • Identify opportunities to expand the firm’s footprint across priority sectors, territories, and stakeholder communities • Ensure conferences and external engagements contribute to measurable lead generation and relationship-building outcomes • Partner with the CRM team to integrate event participation data into pipeline tracking and follow-up processes Drive brand relationships and strategic partnerships • Cultivate and manage high-impact external partnerships with influencers, conference organisers,government bodies, universities, and industry forums • Drive knowledge partnerships, curated speaking roles, and co-created thought leadership opportunities • Advise senior stakeholders on relationship management strategies and external engagement priorities • Serve as a strategic connector across Recruiting, Social Impact, Learning & Development, and other functions to maximise partnership value • Partner with Recruiting to build relationships with diverse institutions and talent organisations to support attraction objectives Elevate client event strategy and experience • Plan client-facing events and define differentiated client engagement formats - including webinars, executive roundtables, conference-hosted side events - aligned to stages of the decision-making funnel • Ensure client-facing events strengthen relationships, support pipeline objectives and long-term account development goals, and reflect high standards of brand and experience Define, design, and elevate the firm’s internal event experience • Define the strategy, standards, and ambition for internal events across the firm, ensuring experiences are purposeful, differentiated, and reflective of the firm's culture and priorities • Set the experience bar for office, practice, leadership, and community events, ensuring moments feel intentional, connected, and worth attending • Guide the events team in shaping coherent internal experiences that reinforce belonging, alignment, and shared identity • Develop and maintain a playbook for curating and organizing engaging internal events • Ensure internal events are sequenced strategically across the year to build momentum rather than operate as isolated moments • Align internal experiences with broader people storytelling and firm-wide narratives in partnership with the Community Engagement team Govern budgets and vendor ecosystem • Oversee events budgets across conferences, client events, and internal engagements • Ensure financial discipline and alignment between investment and strategic outcomes • Manage and evaluate vendor partners across event production, sponsorships, venues, and external platforms • Identify opportunities to scale impact through partnerships and operational efficiencies

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in events strategy, partnerships, brand engagement, or related roles • Demonstrated experience leading conference strategy, sponsorship programs, client engagement initiatives, and internal event portfolios • Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and vendor ecosystems • Experience working closely with senior leadership and external stakeholders • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field

About the company
RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster. Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs. What we do: Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them. We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved.