Head of Program Directorate (Event) at VINCI Agency

VINCI Agency is hiring a Head of Program Directorate to develop conference programs, manage speakers, and coordinate teams. Full-time, office in Moscow, with bonuses and benefits.

Responsibilities: • Develop the concept, thematic directions, and architecture of the event program. • Form the program grid. • Define key themes, storylines, and desired outcomes for each program block. • Analyze industry agenda, trends, audience needs, and competitor programs. • Find, evaluate, and attract speakers, moderators, experts, and program partners. • Conduct negotiations with program participants and agree on their participation terms. • Develop session scenarios, discussion questions, briefs, and methodological materials. • Prepare speakers and moderators: conduct briefings, orientation meetings, and rehearsals. • Coordinate the program team, distribute tasks, and monitor deadlines. • Interact with production, marketing, commercial, PR, technical, and organizational teams. • Manage changes operationally: speaker replacements, adjusting topics, formats, and timing. • Monitor on-site program execution. • Analyze feedback and event results, and prepare recommendations for future projects. • Build and develop a database of speakers, experts, moderators, and industry partners.

• Experience in the Event industry. • Experience developing programs for large conferences, forums, festivals, or other large-scale events. • Ability to create a program from scratch: from overall concept to detailed grid and session scenarios. • Broad knowledge and understanding of current business, industry, and social agenda. • Skills in finding and evaluating experts, speakers, and moderators. • Proven experience in negotiations with company executives, industry leaders, and public experts. • Ability to manage multiple program tracks and a large number of participants simultaneously. • Systematic approach, high speed of work, attention to detail, and readiness to make decisions under changes and tight deadlines. • English proficiency is a plus.

• Fixed monthly salary plus bonus. • Work schedule 5/2 from 11:00 to 19:00. • Office in central Moscow (7-10 minutes from Mendeleevskaya or Belorusskaya metro). • Health insurance (DMS). • Corporate events and team activities.