Director, Events
RWJBarnabas HealthReq #: 0000269005 Category: Marketing / Public Relations Status: Full-Time Shift: Day Facility: RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services Department: Content Studio Pay Range: $145,000.00 - $195,000.00 per year Location: 95 Old Short Hills Road, West Orange, NJ 07052 Job Title: Director Location: SBC Corporation Department Name: Content Studio Req #: 0000269005 Status: Salaried Shift: Day Pay Range: $145,000.00 - $195,000.00 per year Pay Transparency: The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey. The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience. A Typical Day The Director, Events directs the comprehensive operational planning, budget management, brand activation, and execution of large-scale corporate activations, clinical forums, and executive events exceeding the system's 400+ attendee threshold. Operating as a critical component of the centralized Content Studio model, this role transforms strategic brand objectives and system-wide initiatives into immersive physical and virtual event environments.The Lead manages a centralized team of events specialists and directly oversees massive venue procurement contracts, technical production partners, and vendor matrix networks.Partnering with executive leadership, the CMO, and the EVP of Corporate Affairs, this role ensures all high-visibility enterprise events reflect an uncompromised brand identity, satisfy rigorous financial containment boundaries, and map to the Integrated System Calendar. Formulate, implement, and govern the enterprise-wide large-scale event management model, experiential design standards, and execution guidelines for events exceeding 400+ attendees Provide direct leadership, administrative oversight, and professional development to the centralized team of event specialists and logistics coordinators Partner with Executive Leadership, the CEO's office, and Corporate Affairs to design and execute high-profile leadership retreats, physician summits, and enterprise celebrations Oversee the comprehensive vendor procurement ecosystem, managing complex negotiations for venues, technical production teams, staging layouts, and catering assets Govern the strict allocation of event budgets with rigorous financial discipline, managing master contract compliance and ensuring all programming tracks remain budget-neutral Collaborate with the Director, Intake and Operations and Director, Artistic/Creative Direction to integrate custom brand environmental graphics, video content, and written run-of-show collateral into event layouts Map all enterprise-level corporate events onto the Integrated System Calendar, ensuring proper sequencing and preventing programmatic cross-scheduling conflicts Enforce strict governance rules regarding the event threshold scale, systematically re-routing low-scale local social updates or minor departmental celebrations back to regional autonomy tracks Direct on-site event operations, staging logistics, executive coordination, and emergency response frameworks to guarantee flawless execution under high stress Establish, analyze, and present post-event sentiment metrics, attendee engagement statistics, and comprehensive event financial reconciliations to studio leadership, This Role Might Be For You If .. Expert-level knowledge of high-scale event management, experiential brand activation, hospitality economics, corement, and event production technology Exceptional leadership and people-management skills, with a proven ability to lead, coordinate, and organize multidisciplinary operations teams during live activations Advanced mastery of venue contract negotiation, legal risk indemnification clauses, and high-volume corporate budgeting frameworks Superior interpersonal and collaborative skills, with a demonstrated capability to serve as a trusted advisor to C-s…