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Senior Conference Producer
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 27/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
12/04/2026
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Job description
The Senior Conference Producer role in Dubai within the B2B exhibitions and events industry is responsible for leading the end-to-end development and delivery of high-quality conference programs within a fast-paced commercial events environment. The role focuses on designing and executing compelling content strategies that align with industry trends, market demand, and commercial objectives of exhibitions and conferences. The position involves researching and developing conference agendas, ensuring they are relevant, engaging, and aligned with evolving sector needs and audience expectations. A key responsibility includes identifying, securing, and managing high-profile speakers, industry leaders, and advisory board members to ensure content credibility and relevance. The role requires building and maintaining strong relationships with sponsors, partners, and stakeholders to ensure alignment between content strategy and commercial objectives. The Senior Conference Producer manages the full lifecycle of conference production, from concept development through to on-site execution, ensuring all project milestones are delivered on time and to a high standard. The role includes coordination across multiple internal functions such as sales, marketing, operations, and external partners to ensure seamless delivery of conference programs. The position also involves overseeing speaker management processes including briefing, onboarding, and on-site coordination to ensure smooth execution. In addition, the role requires monitoring budgets, tracking performance metrics, and optimizing return on investment for each event. The position includes conducting post-event analysis to evaluate performance, identify improvement areas, and inform future content and production strategies. The role requires strong commercial awareness, strategic thinking, and the ability to align content development with sponsorship and revenue opportunities while maintaining high production standards across all conference deliverables.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Research, design, and develop engaging conference agendas aligned with market trends, industry needs, and audience expectations
- Identify, secure, and manage high-profile speakers, industry leaders, and advisory board members for conference programs
- Build and maintain strong relationships with sponsors, partners, and stakeholders to ensure content relevance and commercial alignment
- Manage end-to-end conference production lifecycle from concept development to on-site execution ensuring timely delivery of milestones
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including sales, marketing, operations, and external partners for seamless conference delivery
- Oversee speaker management including briefing, onboarding, scheduling, and on-site coordination during events
- Ensure high-quality execution of conference programs within exhibitions while maintaining production standards and audience engagement
- Align conference content strategies with commercial objectives including sponsorship and revenue opportunities
- Monitor budgets, track performance metrics, and optimize ROI for each conference program
- Conduct post-event analysis to evaluate performance and inform future conference strategy and improvements
Experience & skills
- Demonstrate 5+ years of experience in conference production, content development, or event management within exhibitions or B2B events
- Possess strong understanding of the B2B conferences and exhibitions landscape
- Demonstrate proven ability to develop commercially viable and content-driven event programs
- Show strong project management and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across senior-level audiences
- Possess experience working with senior speakers, industry leaders, and advisory boards
- Demonstrate commercial awareness with ability to align content strategies to sponsorship and revenue goals
- Show strong attention to detail and execution excellence in event delivery
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
- Possess strong strategic thinking, content curation, and storytelling capabilities