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About the Role

This role leads the strategy, planning, and execution of high-quality events and convenings that bring together participants, partners, funders, alumni, staff, and community members across Venture for Canada's national programs. These convenings range from large-scale conferences and summits to smaller roundtables, community meetups, and internal retreats. The Events and Experiences Manager will oversee the full event lifecycle, from early strategy and project planning through to venue sourcing, vendor negotiation, guest experience, onsite execution, budget management, and post-event closeout. This person will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure each convening is well-planned, inclusive, mission-aligned, and professionally executed. The ideal candidate is an experienced events leader, people manager, and cross-functional project manager who can think strategically about how convenings support community-building, outreach, partnerships, recruitment, learning, and stakeholder engagement. They are highly organized, independent, and able to build the systems, documentation, and team alignment needed to make complex events repeatable, high-quality, and impactful.

Responsibilities

Lead the design of high-quality, inclusive, and mission-aligned convenings, including conferences, summits, roundtables, community meetups, program events, and employee retreats
Design thoughtful guest experience journeys, from registration and pre-event communications through onsite participation, accessibility, engagement, follow-up, and offboarding
Apply a strategic lens to how Venture for Canada convenes people, ensuring events are not only well-run, but meaningful, useful, and aligned with organizational goals
Own the full planning lifecycle for events and convenings, from early design and project planning through execution, closeout, and post-event learning
Lead cross-functional project teams that may include Program, Learning, Development, Admissions, Marketing, Operations, Partnerships, IT, and external vendors
Build and maintain clear project management infrastructure, including workback plans, project trackers, timelines, decision logs, risk registers, run-of-show documents, and closeout tools
Oversee major event planning elements, including venue sourcing, vendor coordination, contract negotiation, risk management, accessibility planning, onsite execution, and post-event wrap-up
Manage event budgets across convenings of varying size and complexity, including estimating costs, tracking expenses, monitoring risks, and identifying cost-saving opportunities
Collaborate with internal teams to ensure events support Venture for Canada's broader community, recruitment, funder, alumni, participant, and partnership goals
Support community development strategies by designing and delivering convenings that build connection, trust, and engagement across Venture for Canada's networks
Help strengthen Venture for Canada's approach to national convening, including new formats, expansion opportunities, accessibility best practices, and scalable planning models
Manage, coach, and support direct reports, including team members focused on logistics
Create a team environment where people feel clear, supported, accountable, and able to do strong work

Requirements

5+ years of experience project managing complex events and convenings, including large-scale conferences, revenue generating events, summits, roundtables, meetups, retreats, or community gatherings
5+ years of experience managing people
Experience leading events from early strategy and design through planning, execution, closeout, and post-event learning
Experience managing cross-functional projects with multiple internal teams
Strong project management skills, including the ability to create workback plans, project trackers, run-of-show documents, risk logs, decision logs, and other planning tools that keep complex work organized
Strong budget management experience, including estimating event costs, tracking expenses, managing budget risks, and identifying cost-saving opportunities
Experience sourcing venues and negotiating with vendors
Experience supporting or leading community-building initiatives, convenings, or stakeholder engagement experiences
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada at the time of application; we are unable to provide employment sponsorship or support work permit applications for this position.

Skills

Strategic thinking
Project management
People management
Cross-functional leadership
Event strategy
Guest experience design
Budget management
Vendor negotiation
Community building
Stakeholder engagement
Inclusion
Accessibility
Resourcefulness

Location

Remote (Canada)
Greater Toronto Area (preferred for occasional in-person collaboration)

Work Type

Remote
Contract (12 months)
Full-time

Experience Level

Events leader
People manager
Cross-functional project manager

About the Company

Venture for Canada is a national registered charity equipping talent across Canada with the entrepreneurial skills, mindset, and opportunities to succeed in a 21st-century economy increasingly shaped by rapid change and emerging technology.
We believe that to be entrepreneurial is to act upon opportunities to create value for others.
The resourcefulness and creativity of people across Canada are essential to addressing our country’s greatest challenges.
Venture for Canada serves as a catalyst by empowering individuals to create a more prosperous, inclusive, and innovative society.
Venture for Canada is a remote-first organization with offices based in Toronto and Vancouver.

Equal Opportunity

Venture for Canada is dedicated to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace.
We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.
Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
Venture for Canada may use artificial intelligence-enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by our talent acquisition stakeholders.
In accordance with applicable laws, candidates who are interviewed will be notified of the hiring decision within 45 days of their final interview.