Description:
Director, Education & Events
Location: Remote (U.S.) | Occasional Travel
Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Role Overview
The Director, Education & Events will lead the strategy, development, and execution of Opus Regulatoryโ s external marketing, education and thought-leadership platform. This role is responsible for designing and delivering high-impact conferences, webinars, training programs and executive forums that elevate the Opus brand, deepen client relationships, support commercial growth and offer revenue generation opportunities.
This is a highly visible, externally focused leadership role that blends content strategy, event execution, faculty management, and brand storytelling in a fast-growing, consulting environment serving pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
Key Responsibilities
Thought Leadership & Education Strategy
- Develop and own Opusโs external education and events strategy aligned with Opusโ sales, pipeline and commercial growth objectives
- Ensure marketing investments are prioritized based on strategic impact, ROI, and alignment with practice-level growth goals
- Identify priority regulatory topics, emerging industry trends, and audience needs to inform event and training content
- Partner with Practice Leaders and senior consultants to translate expertise into scalable, market-ready education offerings
External Events & Training Programs
- Design and manage an annual marketing and events calendar, including industry conference participation, Opus-hosted and branded events, and the publication of thought-leadership content (e.g., whitepapers, research reports, post-event insights) that will raise brand awareness while also presenting revenue generation opportunities
- Curate conference programming and speaking opportunities that enable Practice Leaders to generate actionable commercial, relationship-building, and hiring opportunities
- Oversee end-to-end execution, including concept development, budgeting, speaker curation, timelines, logistics, and post-event evaluation
- Types of events to include:
- Client and public training programs (virtual and in-person)
- Webinars, workshops, and executive roundtables
- Sponsored or co-hosted industry events
- Industry conferences and summits
Brand, Marketing & Promotion
- Promote events and trainings through campaigns, social channels, partnerships, and client outreach.
- Develop a thought leadership strategy to raise brand awareness with clients and external stakeholders, partnering with practice leaders and consultants (e.g., LinkedIn Lives, white papers, post-event insights).
- Recruit, prepare, and support internal subject-matter experts and external speakers
- Ensure content is high-quality, current, compliant, and aligned with the Opus brand standards.
- Establish repeatable frameworks for course development, speaker prep, and content reuse (e.g., recordings, toolkits, follow-on materials).
Commercial Impact & Performance
- Support revenue growth through fee-based trainings, sponsorships, and event-driven pipeline opportunities.
- Track and report on KPIs including attendance, engagement, client or consultant conversion, satisfaction, and ROI.
- Continuously refine offerings based on data, feedback, and market demand.
Team & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Build and lead a high-performing Education & Events function.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Practice Leadership, HR & Recruiting, Sales and Client Services.
- Establish scalable processes and infrastructure to support rapid growth and increased volume.
Requirements:
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in education, events, marketing, or professional services (consulting, life sciences, or regulated industries preferred).
- Proven track record leading external events, conferences, and/or training programs on a small to large scale.
- Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate subject-matter expertise into compelling, marketable offerings.
- Exceptional communication, project management, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience working with senior executives, subject-matter experts, and external partners.
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.