Associate Manager - Corporate Events Europe

About the role

Veeva Systems, a life sciences industry cloud company, is looking for an Associate Manager for its European Corporate Events team in Barcelona. This is a hands-on role for an events professional with project management experience who wants to grow in a fast-moving team. The person focuses on event execution, contributes to day-to-day operations, helps manage budgets and works closely with sales, marketing and cross-functional teams. The position is full-time.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and execute Veeva's major customer conferences and internal field kickoffs across Europe, working with sales, marketing and cross-functional teams.
• Support planning and execution of key components of large-scale conferences.
• Manage and run major event workstreams end to end, such as hotels, food and beverage, registration, welcome receptions, evening events and meetings.
• Deliver all event components and materials with high quality and on time.
• Evaluate and manage third-party vendors and agencies alongside senior team members.
• Drive cross-functional workstreams independently, keeping timelines, priorities and stakeholders aligned.
• Review vendor contracts, identify gaps and draft proposed edits with senior team members and Veeva's legal team.
• Manage budgets, procurement and invoice reconciliation, including year-over-year cost-per-head analysis.
• Build and maintain spreadsheets, forms, project plans and presentations for event planning.

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience in mid- to large-scale corporate event logistics and production.
• Proven experience managing event program elements from start to finish with minimal supervision.
• Experience managing event or project budgets.
• Ability to travel 15%.
• Nice to have: experience in enterprise software, SaaS or life sciences.

Required skills

• Strong project and time management skills.
• Very organized with strong attention to detail.
• Adaptable, flexible and able to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

What we offer

• Total compensation of 40,000 to 70,000 EUR, which may include variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
• Flexible work arrangement, with the option to work from home or in the office.