QS Quacquarelli Symonds was founded in 1990 and has established itself as the leading global provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions. At QS we want to ensure candidates have access to the best tools and the best independent expert information before making a decision.
Our activities span across 50 countries, working with over 2000 of the world's leading higher education institutions and over 12,000 employers. We provide services at each key career stage; first degree, Masters, PhD, MBA, and Executive-level.
The Role QS is seeking a product manager and strategic lead for its Conferences & Branding Solutions Portfolio based in Singapore. The role will be to manage a vital and experienced team as well as devise and implement strategy for a range of services delivered globally and comprising in excess of $5m in annual revenue. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in strategic management and will be able to demonstrate strong people management skills as well as a history of managing and scaling product. The role is in the professional services division of QS providing leading services to universities for branding, conferences, data analytics, evaluation tools and software. This role will report directly to the Senior Vice President, Professional Services.
Experience working with the HE sector could be useful but not essential and an experience in events management or publishing would be useful.
Responsibilities - Managing and development both the Singapore team and the global events and publications.
- Deliver, with the team, 10+ world class HE conferences worldwide
- Supporting regional and global colleagues for events and other needed activity.
- Development of annual strategic sales plan for publications and events.
- Interfacing with marketing and sales teams.
- Building and maintaining performance analytics on past, current and future event and publication performance
- Management and oversight of product and office budgets
- Idea gathering and sharing for product enhancement and or development.
- Project leadership for development of content and partnership community to develop engagement amongst delegates between events
- Will be educated to university degree level.
- Will have 5+ years proven management experience
- A background in event management or publishing
- Excellent English, both written and verbal
- Exposure to or an interest in higher education and universities
- A proven track record in the delivery of personal and team targets
- Motivational leader
- Strong presentation skills.
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills.
- A great team ethic with an international outlook.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a challenging and persuasive manner, to win and maintain the respect of your team.
The successful candidate will have most of the following:
- Will be educated to university degree level
- Will have 5+ years proven management experience
- A background in event management or publishing
- Excellent English, both written and verbal
- Exposure to or an interest in higher education and universities
- A proven track record in the delivery of personal and team targets
- Motivational leader
- Strong presentation skills.
- Excellent communication and collaborative skills.
- A great team ethic with an international outlook.
- Strong interpersonal skills with a challenging and persuasive manner, to win and maintain the respect of your team.
