About the Role
The Event Marketing Manager will own the end-to-end delivery of the events lifecycle for a portfolio of events across EMEA, aligning event programs with business priorities and acting as a trusted meetings and events expert. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and global counterparts to deliver high-quality event experiences that position S&P Global Ratings events as top-of-class in the financial sector.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute EMEA event and event marketing strategy across hosted events, webinars, roadshows, and third-party industry programs, aligned to sector and business priorities.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and deliver high impact event programs that support brand, engagement, and pipeline objectives.
- Contribute to regional initiatives with occasional involvement in global event programs.
- Lead end-to-end event delivery from concept and planning through execution and post-event follow-up across live, virtual, and hybrid formats.
- Project manage EMEA roadshows, coordinating timelines, logistics, and cross-functional deliverables.
- Coordinate industry sponsorships and partnerships aligned to sector objectives and value delivery.
- Source, evaluate, and manage relationships with venues and suppliers including hotels, AV and production partners, service providers, and promotional item vendors.
- Negotiate and manage contracts with vendors and third-party partners, ensuring commercial value, risk mitigation, and clear communication of terms.
- Oversee internal and external speaker management, including preparation, briefing, and rehearsal to ensure high-quality delivery.
- Deliver integrated event marketing campaigns in partnership with campaign and product marketing teams, covering email, registration journeys, digital promotion, social media, and event collateral.
- Manage audience targeting, invitations, and registration data, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and brand alignment across all touchpoints.
- Measure and optimize performance against KPIs including registrations, attendance, engagement, and MQL generation, using insights to improve effectiveness and ROI.
- Produce clear post-event reporting on performance, engagement, and commercial impact for senior stakeholders.
- Track and analyze key metrics including attendance, pipeline influence, and MQL contribution where applicable.
- Use data and feedback to identify trends, assess effectiveness, and inform future event strategy and investment decisions.
- Manage events within approved budgets, maintaining accurate tracking and forecasting while delivering high-quality attendee experiences.
- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, insurance, health and safety, and internal governance requirements.
- Support portfolio administration, event calendars, and continuous improvement of event processes, tools, and best practices across EMEA.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of progressive experience in event planning and/or event marketing.
- Experience with Virtual, Hybrid and In-Person event planning, execution and reporting.
- Experience working in an Event Marketing role preferred.
- Experience working with third-party event providers, event sponsors and/or client relationships and fulfillment.
- A good understanding of financial markets and S&P’s business environment, including knowledge of Ratings’ analytical products and services is a plus.
- Experience in a regulated industry is desirable, e.g. Banking, Insurance, Fund Management.
- Must be able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team-oriented, global, and multi-cultural environment.
- The ideal candidate has a passion for events and event marketing, is highly organized, has a sense of urgency, and a strong customer service focus.
- Some travel will be required from time to time in Europe, and infrequently to wider EMEA destinations.
- All employees are required to work from the office a minimum of 2 days per week.
- Candidates who reach the final stage of the interview process must attend at least one in-person interview.
Skills
- Marketo
- On24
- Cvent
- GlobalMeet
- Adobe Suite (AEM)
- SalesForce
- Eloqua
- Pardot
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Turkish
- Arabic
Location
- EMEA
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5-7 years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or relevant experience
Benefits
- Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Generous time off.
- Access to resources for career growth and learning new skills.
- Competitive pay.
- Retirement planning.
- Continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution.
- Financial wellness programs.
- Perks for families.
- Retail discounts.
- Referral incentive awards.
About the Company
- At S&P Global Ratings, our analyst-driven credit ratings, research, and sustainable finance opinions provide critical insights that are essential to translating complexity into clarity so market participants can uncover opportunities and make decisions with conviction.
- By bringing transparency to the market through high-quality independent opinions on creditworthiness, we enable growth across a wide variety of organizations, including businesses, governments, and institutions.
- S&P Global Ratings is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI).
- S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.
- Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.
- We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective.
- Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.
- We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business.
- Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership.
- Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead.
Equal Opportunity
- S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.
- Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
- If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
- US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal.
