Vice President, Business Insider Live

Business Insider is hiring a VP of Business Insider Live to build and scale a world-class live journalism events business that brings our storytelling to life. This role sits on the Global Marketing Team.

Business Insider is for people who are driven, optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to improve their lives and the world with storytelling that is accessible, smart, sometimes unexpected, and always helpful. Our team members embody and uphold Business Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.

Our Global Marketing team is one of the most connected and collaborative groups as we work with every team across the company. We thrive on creativity, strategic thinking, and a passion for delivering results. With a culture rooted in innovation and excellence, we embrace challenges as opportunities to elevate our work and the work of our clients and drive impact. From innovative content partnership ideas to unforgettable events, we’re a team that works hard, supports each other, and celebrates success together. If you’re energized by ambitious goals, solutions mindset and a fast-paced environment, you’ll fit right in.

The Role & Team:

As VP of Business Insider Live, you will lead the next stage of growth for Insider’s live events business, scaling a dynamic portfolio of experiences that bring our journalism to life. You’ll evolve and expand our event concepts, deepen their impact, create sponsorable elements to help drive revenue and in collaboration with the newsroom, ensure every event production meets the highest standards of creativity, quality, ROI and operational excellence.

In this leadership role, you will be responsible for building and leading the internal events team that delivers on the  commercial and revenue goals of the Bi Live business. You’ll work cross-functionally with sales, sponsorship, marketing, and the newsroom to create world-class live experiences that inspire leaders across industries to think differently and act boldly.

The VP of Business Insider Live reports directly to the SVP, Global Marketing and Studios. This position is based in our New York City HQ with an in-office presence of at least 2–3 days per week and requires travel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop the strategy for Business Insider Live’s business, in partnership with the newsroom, sales, sponsorship, marketing, stakeholders that drives revenue, supports the goals of the newsroom, and engages our audience. 
• Supervise production and audience development for brand, newsroom, and sponsored events.
• Help project manage the internal team to meet all deliverable deadlines, achieve goals and strategize timelines. 
• Maintain overall event calendar to determine all staffing needs, and engage freelance consultants when necessary to support on project-by-project basis
• Reach revenue goals, define team roles, and ensure execution across cross-functional teams.
• Work with marketing to create event materials and support sponsorship packages, meeting revenue targets.
• Collaborate with operations to price and package events while maintaining margins.
• Collaborate with events sales to support  pre-sales efforts, responding to RFPs and delivering engaging live events 
• Manage the post-sales process ensuring excellent client service, flawless execution and renewal processes post-sale.
• Manage and report out events P&L, balancing revenue, costs, and profitability.

The Ideal Candidate Has:

• Proven experience managing and producing events, managing P&Ls and teams
• Exceptionally strong communication skills, able to communicate with executive stakeholders (C-level) in a sharp, efficient, and compelling manner 
• Proven experience managing within highly matrixed organizations and partnering cross-functionally to deliver on ambitious event calendars  
• Success building and delivering profitable events 
• Detail-oriented and able to manage competing priorities 
• Success pricing and packaging events and demonstrated partnership working with sales to sell into clients 
• A creative eye and a finger on the pulse of the industry and a hunger to bring that vision to life for Business Insider
• Strong ability to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term need; comfortable working with fluid timelines, budgets, and availabilities
• Passionate, relentless, and entrepreneurial; thrives in a fast-paced environment and is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to get the job done
• Has a sense of urgency, not afraid of change, is flexible and agile in navigating an ever-changing landscape while keeping an eye on the end goal
• Is decisive, firm, fair while holding high standards for themselves and the group at large
• Experience working harmoniously with an editorially independent newsroom. 

Salary & Benefits: 

• Total compensation: $210,000 - $235,000 base salary + performance bonus (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies)
• Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Matched and vested 401k plan
• Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reach out and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more 

Business Insider is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and, when making employment  decisions, does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality or national origin, religion, disability, familial status, and military or veteran status. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented groups to apply.

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