About the Role
Clarion Events is undergoing a digital and technology transformation, investing in platforms, products, data capabilities, and operational improvements. This role within the Central Technology function will support a diverse roadmap across customer-facing digital products, business systems, data and analytics platforms, automation, and technology enablement programs.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain robust project plans, governance, RAID logs, dependencies, milestones, and success measures.
- Provide accurate, timely reporting on project progress, risks, decisions, and delivery confidence.
- Drive accountability across project teams, proactively identifying issues, removing blockers, and escalating risks.
- Ensure projects remain aligned to agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and success criteria.
- Maintain high standards of project hygiene and operational excellence using tools such as Jira, Confluence, and portfolio reporting frameworks.
- Act as the bridge between business and technology teams, translating requirements and technical concepts.
- Coordinate activities across engineering, data, architecture, infrastructure, product, security, and third-party delivery partners.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across functions including Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, and Operations.
- Facilitate effective decision-making by bringing together stakeholders and surfacing trade-offs.
- Continuously monitor project health, delivery momentum, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Partner with business sponsors and stakeholders to define success criteria, measurable outcomes, and business value.
- Coordinate business readiness activities ahead of key releases and go-lives.
- Connect with business sponsors on adoption post roll out, run project retros, and track/report on success criteria completion.
- Work with operational teams to identify gaps, risks, or additional requirements before transitioning into BAU.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering complex technology projects within digital transformation, technology transformation, and/or technology-enabled business transformation environments.
- Strong technical foundation with experience working across business applications, digital products, data platforms, integrations, infrastructure, and enterprise technology environments.
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycles, modern technology architecture, and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Experience working across cross-functional teams including technical and business stakeholders.
- Highly organised with strong operational and PMO discipline, including planning, governance, dependency management, risk management, and delivery tracking using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Commercially minded with a strong understanding of how technology supports business processes, operational efficiency, and measurable business value.
- Strong understanding of business readiness, adoption, and change management.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable language for non-technical audiences.
Skills
- Project Governance
- Delivery Management
- RAID logs
- Jira
- Confluence
- Stakeholder Management
- Business Readiness
- Adoption
- Change Management
- Agile methodologies
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Benefits
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- End of year wellbeing shutdown
- Extra day of leave for celebrations
- Summer Hours in August (3pm finish on Fridays)
- Helping Our World (HOW) Days – one paid day per quarter for charity work
- Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Wellbeing Library (MYNDUP)
- Mentoring Programme
- Season Ticket Loan
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Free on-site gym and shower facilities
- Free eyesight tests
- Free flu vaccination
About the Company
- Clarion Events is one of the world’s leading event organisers, producing and delivering innovative and market-leading events since 1947.
- Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do.
- Clarion is private equity backed and owned by Blackstone.
- Our purpose is to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and experiences, by making every connection count.
- Our vision is we want every one of our products to be a market leader in customer satisfaction and delight.
Equal Opportunity
- Clarion Events embrace diversity and equal opportunities in all that we do.
- We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.
- The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
- We encourage employees to be open and confident and recognise that every member of the team makes a vital contribution.
- Clarion embraces equality, diversity and inclusion and seeks to promote these principles in all of our business activities.
- When recruiting new employees or providing opportunities for promotion, we will recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of background, and make the best use of their talents.
- Ensure that no person is unlawfully discriminated against.
- Select the best person for the role based on their skills, qualifications and abilities.
