Project & Operations Manager

Job description

Are you passionate about the Events’ sector? Do you want to expand your expertise and join an innovative and fast-changing industry? Joining Novaspace means integrating an innovative and fast-growing international consulting group specialized in the space sector. Novaspace is currently seeking an Events’ project manager to contribute to its growth in the space industry. ### About the position We are seeking **an****experienced Project & Operations Manager** reporting to our Events Director to support our events activities and help manage the team’s day-to-day operations. Responsibilities include: - **Creating and organizing events and projects of all scales**, lead project teams and follow a 360-degree organization approach, including leadership of complex, multi-stakeholder events, - Supporting existing events: **support the team during & before the event with communications**, onsite logistics, manage onsite schedules & providers, - **Handling the team processes, budgets** and relationship with admin team at local and group level (HR, Finance), - Lead weekly individual check-ins and coordinate project and team meetings, - **Developing and running new or existing events** including: - - Coordination of the content & support the conference program management - - Follow-up on sales (liaise with the sales team to support with the sales documents, follow the objectives on Salesforce, capacity to prepare proposals and manage the client when the event involves a co-organizer or a customer) - - Management of all logistics (venue, F&B, registration platform) - - Work collaboratively with other functions including Sales, Content and Operations to provide updates on production status - - Coordination support on the identification of target audience & potential guests/attendees, logistics support on invitations and confirmations. - - Coordination with communication team for communication plan and promotional material when needed. ### Your Profile **Qualification & experience requested** - Master’s degree or equivalent in Marketing, Communications, Economics - **Minimum 8 years’ experience****organizing international conferences,** congresses, forums, dealing with public (institutions) and private stakeholders - Proven track record with international conferences, congresses, forums, and association events, preferably in agency settings Strategic problem-solver who excels in high-pressure environments. - Strong organizational skills and knowledge of digital tools (MS Office, Monday, Salesforce, Swapcard, Adobe Suite is a plus) - Team and suppliers management - **Languages:****fluency in English is mandatory** (spoken and written). Knowledge of French and additional languages is a plus **Personal skills** - Ability to work effectively in an international and multicultural environment - Highly organized, autonomous, and proactive - Adaptable, flexible, and capable of managing changing priorities - Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills - Team player with a collaborative mindset - Ability to work under pressure - Committed to delivering high-quality results and maintaining attention to detail ### What - **Profit-sharing bonus** - **Bonus** based on performance - Remote work : 2 days/week - Meal vouchers : 11€ / working day Not to forget the following : - Learning opportunities in a dynamic team with an outstanding network of sector experts - International work environment - Intellectual challenges paired with work-life balance and limited travel