Description
The Corporate Events Meeting Lead, Project Management & Execution Advisor is a seasoned event and project management professional responsible for leading large-scale, complex, and highly visible events from initial concept through post-event evaluation.
The individual will drive complex, high-profile events from concept to completion, applying expert project management skills to align cross-functional teams, manage timelines and budgets, mitigate risk, and deliver seamless, high-impact experiences that exceed stakeholder expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the strategic design, development, project management, and execution of assigned events and programs, both virtual and in-person, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations.
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, including workstreams, timelines, milestones, dependencies, stakeholder communications, risk management strategies, and delivery schedules.
- Drive complex, high-profile enterprise and executive events from concept through completion, ensuring seamless coordination across all phases of planning and execution.
- Support the development and execution of strategy for flagship enterprise events, executive leadership meetings, incentive programs, and unique experiences in partnership with Communications and the CEO's Office.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders, facilitating strategic discussions around event objectives, attendee engagement, content development, and experience design.
- Establish governance structures and facilitate planning meetings to ensure alignment, accountability, issue resolution, and successful delivery across multiple cross-functional teams.
- Develop integrated plans across Communications, Business Marketing, Branding, Human Resources, Production, Operations, and other business partners to ensure coordinated execution and achievement of business outcomes.
- Manage event budgets, forecasting, vendor relationships, contracts, and resource allocation while maintaining fiscal responsibility and maximizing return on investment.
- Identify risks, develop mitigation plans, anticipate challenges, and proactively resolve issues that could impact project success.
- Recommend innovative solutions, process improvements, and best practices to continually enhance event effectiveness, efficiency, and attendee experience.
- Measure event effectiveness through attendee feedback, business outcomes, ROI/ROO metrics, and executive reporting; develop actionable insights and recommendations for future events.
- Develop tools, templates, processes, and operational standards that elevate event planning and project management capabilities across the organization.
- Represent The Cigna Group with exceptional executive presence, professionalism, and credibility when engaging senior leadership, external stakeholders, agencies, vendors, and partners.
- Remain calm, adaptable, and solution-oriented in fast-paced environments, effectively managing shifting priorities and compressed timelines.
Ideal candidates will offer:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in corporate event management, program management, project management, or a related field.
- Demonstrated success managing complex, high-visibility events, executive meetings, leadership forums, and enterprise programs from concept through execution.
- Strong expertise in project management disciplines, including project planning, timeline management, risk mitigation, stakeholder management, governance, and cross-functional coordination.
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while balancing competing priorities and meeting critical deadlines.
- Strong financial acumen and experience developing, managing, and forecasting event and program budgets.
- Exceptional executive presence, communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
- Experience influencing and collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
- Strong critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently and drive results with limited direction.
- Experience supporting CEO, executive, and senior leadership events.
- Healthcare industry experience.
- Knowledge of event production, destination management, hotel operations, registration platforms, virtual event technologies, and innovative event delivery methodologies.
- Familiarity with event measurement frameworks, attendee engagement strategies, and ROI/ROO evaluation methodologies.
- Ability to travel approximately 35% annually, including occasional nights and weekends.
- Ability to work from a The Cigna Group office at least three days per week or travel to other company locations based on business and event needs.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive range of benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs.
- 401(k), company-paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year, paid holidays, and leaves of absence.