Director Ecosystems & Entrepreneurship (m/w) 80 -100%

NZZ Connect, the conference division of the renowned «Neue Zürcher Zeitung» in Bern, is looking for you! With around 30 employees, we are behind nation-leading conferences such as the Swiss Economic Forum, the NZZ Real Estate Days and Open-i. Our commitment to entrepreneurial thinking and action drives us. Our mission is to bring entrepreneurial personalities together and to initiate new topics in dialogue with politics and science. Our platforms set new standards through inspiration and orientation.

Director Ecosystems & Entrepreneurship (m/w) 80 -100%

Do you love the dynamics of large-scale events, think in networks and combine operational excellence with genuine content curiosity? Do you enjoy taking responsibility for our conference business and the Start-up & Awards area? Then you are exactly the driving force we are looking for! Become our new [role] immediately or by arrangement

Your tasks

• You manage teams, processes and partners with a cool head while simultaneously shaping forward-looking conference content across various industries.
• You master sovereign event project management from A to Z – this includes budgeting, interface management, scheduling as well as troubleshooting on-site in live mode.
• With entrepreneurial foresight, you lead interdisciplinary project teams to peak performance and bear full P&L responsibility for your area.
• With your ecosystem mindset, you seamlessly link interfaces between speakers, sponsors, participants as well as partners and build content bridges.
• In addition, you use your intuition for business development to unlock growth opportunities, profitable partnerships and unused market potentials.

Your profile

• You have sound leadership experience and demonstrable success in the operational management of conferences, trade fairs or large events.
• As a charismatic team player, you take great pleasure in immersing yourself deeply in industry ecosystems such as entrepreneurship, innovation, real estate or healthcare and curating them in an attractive way content-wise.
• A strong network in the event industry as well as existing contacts to experts, associations or innovators in our core industries round off your profile.
• You possess distinct content and format competence for modern conference formats such as panel discussions, workshops and keynotes as well as a good sense of target group needs.
• Digital affinity with digital tools, especially in the area of event-tech solutions such as CRM, registration tools and hybrid event platforms, is a matter of course for you.
• You have stylish German language skills and business fluent English in spoken and written form.

Our offer

• A demanding, interesting activity awaits you in a varied and inspiring field of tasks with high individual responsibility and cross-departmental cooperation and a working environment that leaves room for innovative ideas and knowledge exchange.
• We offer a very pleasant working atmosphere in a highly motivated and committed team as well as a dynamic environment in which appreciation, respect, success and fun go hand in hand.
• You benefit from competitive compensation including 6 weeks of vacation as well as attractive fringe benefits.
• We support the compatibility of career, education and private life.
• Our office is centrally located in the Breitenrain district in Bern – in close proximity to various shopping facilities, restaurants and public transport connections.

Rico Grass, HR Business Partner
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