Events Program Leads – Special Events and Virtual Programs

The role

The Special Events Lead designs and produces small, high-stakes convenings for people shaping effective altruism. The Virtual Program Lead owns the virtual events portfolio, treating events as products to be designed, tested, and iterated.

What you will do

• Own a program end to end from decision to reporting
• Combine strategic thinking with strong execution
• Work with a high degree of independence
• Hire and manage team members as programs grow
• Identify where new events add value and propose them
• Set goals, attendee lists, and content for convenings
• Serve as main point of contact for attendees and partners
• Own logistics end-to-end including venues, vendors, and budgets
• Develop views on virtual products and how they fit the portfolio
• Oversee end-to-end execution of large virtual events

Required qualifications

• Own a program end to end
• Combine strategic thinking with strong execution
• Work with a high degree of independence
• Sprint when it counts
• Ability to work between US Pacific Time and CET
• Meaningful overlap with UK working hours

Nice to have

• Designed and produced events
• Know the EA community
• Think about impact, not just execution
• Manage complex projects well
• Have management experience
• Communicate clearly and credibly
• Deep EA context
• The ability to represent CEA to senior people
• A "get it right the first time" approach
• Strategic and product thinking

Benefits

• Private health insurance
• Flexible work hours
• $6,000 annual professional development allowance
• $6,000 mental health support allowance
• Extended parental leave
• Ergonomic equipment
• 25 days of paid vacation

Before you apply

• Application
• Test task 1
• Short interview
• Test task 2
• Final interviews (3–4)

About the company

The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) stewards the movement of people putting effective altruism principles into practice to solve the world's most pressing problems.