Event Manager

Techleap for Scaleups is the largest, most connected, founder-focused community for tech Scaleup founders in the Netherlands. Events are one of the primary mechanisms through which we support Founders to connect with- and learn from each other. As a result, the Event Manager role is integral to Techleap’s mission of driving innovation, fostering growth, and building a robust tech ecosystem in the Netherlands. Your role is to make sure events are organised in detail, run smoothly and meet strategic objectives within budget. You will have a pivotal role in growing our network and delivering first-class experiences to enhance long-term success.

The role :

Your mission is to support and contribute to the successful execution of high-quality events that foster collaboration, innovation, and growth within the Dutch tech ecosystem. This role plays a vital part in helping Techleap advance its mission of driving forward the Dutch tech community by organizing impactful events that engage key stakeholders and facilitate meaningful connections between entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders. As some of our initiatives, like our partner programmes, are quite new this also brings an opportunity for you to be involved in the setup of its execution from an event management perspective. You can think of bigger events like MEET, State of Dutch Tech, Rise and Pole Position.

Key Responsibilities :

An Event Manager like yourself is used to working with internal teams and strict deadlines to ensure maximum alignment on programming, content, and partner involvement, making sure our sessions remain top notch. But next to that :

• You define objectives (timelines, milestones) and KPIs for events together with the Senior Event Manager for existing events (like Rise, MEET, and more);
• You prepare all events in detail. Think about venue scouting and bookings (including site visits), catering, AV setups, and other logistical needs;
• During events you are there to oversee attendee registration and communications. You ensure smooth operations by managing teams and troubleshooting issues;
• After the event you are responsible for gathering post-event feedback and analyzing this to improve future events;
• You regularly update stakeholders on progress and anticipated bottlenecks;
• You work with smaller and bigger budgets but always find ways to improve cost-efficiency of our events and programmes, including experimenting with new event ideas and executing on those.

Skills and Qualifications :

For this role, we look for around 2 to 4 years of experience in event management :

Note : we only consider people living and working in the Netherlands already. We can take over visa in some occasions.

Our ideal new colleague also has / knows a thing or two about :

Budgeting and financial management, problem-solving, stakeholder management, data-driven decision making, research and innovation, attention to detail, time management, adaptability and resilience, customer-centric approach, high energy and enthusiasm, positive mindset, speaker preparation and management experience, risk-taking and decision-making experience (when trying new event concepts or formats), commercial acumen.

This is what you get in return :

For this position within Techleap, we offer a salary between €3.200 and 4.200 gross per month based on full-time employment, 8% holiday allowance, 15% pension allowance for you to allocate, a great home and BYOD allowance, travel allowance, unlimited holidays, hybrid working setup (maximum 2 days WFH), and a full-time contract (32-40 hours per week).

As part of our mission, we build safe communities that foster diverse, inclusive, and equitable collaboration - and that includes our employees. We’re taking on exciting challenges for founders and Dutch society, and we only succeed with a team that represents an inclusive and diverse set of identities and backgrounds.

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