Vice President of Events

The role

The Vice President of Events will translate organizational priorities into an audience-centered event strategy. This person will provide strategic oversight of the entire event portfolio and serve as the executive producer for flagship events.

What you will do

• Oversee ADF's complete portfolio of events as one strategic investment.
• Partner with executive leadership to prioritize events based on mission impact and capacity.
• Establish the structure, roles, and decision rights of the Events Team.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top producers and specialists.
• Serve as executive producer for major events and the final decision-maker for the audience experience.
• Own the overall agenda, story arc, session sequence, and audience journey.
• Direct the Creative Director, Event Producer and production partners toward one event vision.
• Serve as the senior liaison between Events, executive leadership, and other business units.
• Establish the ADF event-planning methodology and ensure consistent use.
• Oversee event portfolio budgets, staffing and resource allocation.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
• 12+ years of event management experience
• Experience in overseeing live AV production
• Demonstrated experience supervising and developing teams
• Hands-on experience with event technology platforms (e.g., registration, AV/production, or analytics tools)
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to travel frequently for events, including periodic international travel

Nice to have

• Demonstrated experience in executive-level decision-making authority
• Experience owning event strategy and audience-experience design for large-scale events (500+ attendees)
• Experience programming keynote-level content, story arcs, or show flow for a senior/executive audience
• Experience owning a departmental or event-portfolio budget of $1M+, including forecasting and vendor negotiation
• Direct experience directing creative and production teams toward a unified vision

Benefits

• 100% covered medical and dental insurance
• medical and dependent care reimbursement
• paid disability
• long-term care
• life insurance
• 401(k) plan with a 4% company match
• paid time off
• 12 paid holidays each year

Before you apply

• Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you

About the company

Alliance Defending Freedom protects religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights.