whizz hr
Website:
whizzhr.com
Job details:
Whizz HR is hiring for Director of Event Management in Mumbai :
Key Responsibilities / Accountability
- Strategic Operational Leadership
- Oversee the end-to-end operations lifecycle—from manpower planning and vendor management to execution and post-event review—ensuring timely, high-quality, and cost-effective delivery.
- Financial & Commercial Oversight
- Manage project-wise P&L, budget forecasting, and vendor negotiations. Ensure adherence to board- approved margins, optimize cost-to-deliver ratios, and maintain financial discipline across the department.
- Vendor Network & Ecosystem Management
- Develop and strengthen a pan-India vendor ecosystem across production, technical, printing, hospitality, and compliance services for increased leverage and market agility.
- Team Building & Capability Development
- Mentor and lead a multidisciplinary team across functions such as production, technical, and permissions. Create a talent pipeline through structured hiring, hands-on training, and performance coaching.
- Cross-Functional Synergy
- Establish seamless coordination between operations, client servicing, finance, and creative teams to align deliverables with expectations and contractual commitments.
- Process, Compliance & SOP Governance
- Institutionalize checklists, MIS reviews, forecasting tools, and SOPs to elevate consistency, output quality, and risk mitigation across all touchpoints.
- Client Experience Management
- Address client escalations, ensure on-ground excellence, and uphold delivery reputation through solution-driven execution strategies and proactive engagement.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Required Skills & Competencies
- 10+ years of progressive experience in event operations, production, or project delivery within the marketing/events domain.
- Graduate/Postgraduate in Business, Marketing, or related field.
- Strong experience in leading high-impact project teams across regions.
- Proven track record of managing budgets, timelines, vendor negotiations, and stakeholder expectations.
- Exposure to B2B/corporate experiential marketing is preferred.
- Strong leadership and team management abilities.
- Commercial acumen with deep knowledge of cost structures and margins.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and troubleshooting skills.
- High adaptability to changing project dynamics, with a hands-on, agile approach.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project tracking tools.
- Ability to work under pressure and lead from the front during high-intensity event cycles.
Drivers for Excellence
Drive operational profitability by aligning cost structures with delivery models, enhancing vendor leverage, and implementing scalable budgeting frameworks.
Ensure rigorous financial discipline across all projects to maintain gross margins while enabling sustainable growth.
FINANCIAL
PEOPLE
Inspire, develop, and retain a high- performing operations team by fostering ownership, accountability, and cross- functional collaboration.
Build a resilient talent pipeline equipped to handle complexity, while fostering a high- performance mind-set and strong ownership across all levels of the operations team.
Drive a culture of executional excellence CUSTOMER by embedding proactive communication,
risk anticipation, and seamless on-ground
delivery.
Ensure every client interaction is marked by professionalism, reliability, and trust, reinforcing as a preferred experiential partner.
BUSINESS Lead transformation in operational strategy by developing SOPs, real-time tracking mechanisms, and agile workflows that respond to changing client needs and business landscapes.
Strengthen the company’s ability to scale through standardization, innovation, and executional consistency.
Write to us with your resume at hello@whizzhr.com
Warm regards,
WhizzHR
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