Meetings and Congress Associate

CK Group is recruiting for a Meetings and Congress Associate to join a global pharmaceutical company on a contract basis until the end of March 2027.

Salary:

£14.93 – £19.91 per hour PAYE

Meetings and Congress Associate Role:

• Manage local meeting programs, partnering with Meeting Owners and Thought Leader Relationship Owners to ensure successful delivery.
• Act as a consultant by providing strategic project management expertise and direction across meetings and congress activities.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with Marketing, Medical, Sales, Compliance, Finance, Procurement and other cross-functional teams.
• Lead and collaborate with external vendors and meeting planning companies to deliver high quality, compliant end-to-end meeting execution.
• Oversee logistics planning, contracting, finance administration, vendor management and on-site execution support.
• Ensure compliance with Global Standards and all relevant company policies, maintaining audit readiness at all times.
• Support meeting programs through systems and tools including meeting planning and contracting platforms.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives across processes, systems and teams to optimise meeting delivery.
• Deliver education and guidance to meeting owners on policies, systems and planning requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant working experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience within the pharmaceutical industry and/or meetings and events environment.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Fluent English with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using MS Office 365 and SAP (Cvent and Salesforce desirable).
• Ability to analyse and resolve both standard and non-standard operational issues.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions and geographies.
• High level of adaptability and ability to work within a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Customer-focused mindset with strong attention to compliance and detail.

Our client is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, focused on discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help people live longer, healthier and more active lives.

Location:

This role is based at our client’s site in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Apply: For more information, or to apply for this Meetings and Congress Associate position, please contact the Key Accounts Team on 01438 870011 or email pharmacontracts@ckagroup.co.uk. Please quote reference 175438.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.

Please note: This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.