Associate Director, Events at Eurasia Group – New York, New York

About Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Eurasia Group is the world's leading global research and advisory firm. We help clients understand, anticipate, and respond to instability and opportunities everywhere they do business.

Together with GZERO Media—the go-to source of first insight into geopolitics—and our full-fledged events team, the Eurasia Group umbrella provides a complete political risk solution.

Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Washington, London, São Paulo, Brasilia, Tokyo, Singapore, and San Francisco, as well as on-the-ground experts in more than a hundred countries in every region of the world.

We are committed to analysis that is free of political bias and the influence of private interests.

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Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced and highly-organized Events Associate Director, based in either New York or London, to project-manage events and convenings across Eurasia Group’s key markets. This is a hands-on role, responsible for seamless coordination among project team members, partners, and sponsors, requiring senior stakeholder management skills, exceptional project management capabilities, and experience with large-scale, complex events and summits.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the point of coordination and project lead for a subset of Eurasia Group's events portfolio, ensuring project milestones are met for successful, on-time event delivery.
• Liaise with and foster relationships at the highest levels with government stakeholders, partners, and C-level executives.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams including GZERO Media editorial, content, events, corporates and global markets practices, and marketing staff, as well as sponsors, partners, and government agencies.
• Track project schedules, develop and maintain comprehensive project management documentation, and ensure all deliverables are met in accordance with predetermined timelines.
• Prepare, proofread, and edit summit communications and event materials to the highest professional standard.
• Support the Head of Events in decision-making and align all activities with overall objectives; escalate major decisions for approval.
• Support high-level reporting activities including budget tracking and expense reporting (financial operations are managed centrally).
• Maintain high standards in event participant experience and post-event satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ demonstrated experience managing large-scale events and/or complex, multifaceted projects.
• Extensive experience working with policymakers, C-suite business leaders, and experts across academia, multilateral organizations, and and civil society groups.
• Superior project management, organizational, and relationship management skills; demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and to tight deadlines.
• Impeccable English communication skills, including copywriting and editing.
• Proficiency with MS Office suite.
• Understanding and interest in politics/geopolitics strongly preferred.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating with limited autonomy in a structured approval environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $80,000 - $95,000

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, and education. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

At Eurasia Group, our mission is to provide the tools and understanding needed in a world where politics drives disruption. We put politics first for our clients, and we aspire to be the leading place people come to find out about the world. This requires us to maintain a company culture that puts people first. We are committed to fostering an environment that is empowering and globally minded. We firmly believe that bringing people with a variety of ideas and perspectives to the table makes our analysis stronger for our clients and creates a better workplace. Our leadership team is dedicated to embedding this approach into everything we do and how we lead because we care deeply about our work and our people.