This job posting is for a current vacancy with our client.

Our client, a leading professional services organization, is seeking a Marketing Manager, Strategic Partnerships & Events to join their Canadian marketing team. This opportunity is ideal for a well-rounded marketing professional who brings together strategic partnership management, end-to-end event ownership, and strong relationship-building skills.

This is a highly team-oriented and visible role supporting national and regional partnerships, sponsorship activations, executive programs, client events, webinars, and third-party conferences. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership, internal marketing teams, business leaders, external partners, associations, and vendors to bring strategic programs and experiences to life.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage and support strategic partnerships and sponsorships, including partner relationships, deliverables, activations, renewals, and ongoing opportunities.
- Plan and execute national and regional events, including executive programs, client appreciation events, webinars, conferences, and sponsorship activations.
- Own events from initial planning and strategy through logistics, execution, post-event follow-up, and reporting.
- Coordinate venues, vendors, catering, registration, audiovisual requirements, signage, speakers, production schedules, and onsite execution.
- Partner with senior leaders and internal stakeholders to establish event objectives, target audiences, programming, and broader business priorities.
- Coordinate integrated marketing assets across email, social media, registration pages, event collateral, sales enablement materials, and post-event communications.
- Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, invoices, contracts, and multiple stakeholders across concurrent initiatives.
- Track event and partnership performance, including attendance, engagement, stakeholder feedback, and key learnings.

What They're Looking For

- 5-8 years of progressive experience across marketing,



strategic partnerships, event marketing, sponsorships, or experiential marketing.
- Strong hands-on experience taking ownership of B2B or professional events from strategy and planning through execution and measurement.
- Experience managing strategic partners, sponsors, vendors, budgets, contracts, timelines, and event logistics.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to connect events and partnerships back to broader marketing and business objectives.
- Confidence and professionalism working directly with senior executives and external partners.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and presentation skills with strong attention to detail.
- Professional services, financial services, or broader B2B marketing experience is a strong asset.
- English/French bilingualism, Western Canadian partnership/event experience, and Canva experience are considered assets.

Non-Negotiables

- Proven end-to-end ownership and accountability for events and strategic event planning.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to foster meaningful relationships with external partners and alliances.
- Comfortable working with senior executives with confidence, professionalism, and sound judgment.
- Entrepreneurial and solutions-oriented, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, shifting priorities, and projects that aren't always linear.
- Collaborative, dynamic, detail-oriented, and comfortable working cross-functionally across multiple teams.
- Able to balance hands-on execution with strategic and big-picture thinking around the value events and partnerships bring to the business.
- Interested in a long-term opportunity to grow and develop within the organization.
- Comfortable with a hybrid work model in downtown Toronto, with Tuesdays and Thursdays in office.

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