EW FS Tax Campaigns and Events PMO-Assistant Director

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EW FS Tax Campaigns & Events PMO Senior Manager

The Opportunity

The EW FS Tax Campaigns & Events PMO Senior Manager will provide strategic leadership and oversight across the Europe West Financial Services Tax go-to-market agenda. Working in close partnership with Tax leadership and senior stakeholders across Business Development, Markets and BMC, the role will shape portfolio priorities and ensure that campaigns, events, webcasts, thought leadership and market-facing initiatives are aligned to the firm’s growth ambitions and executed to a consistently high standard.

The successful candidate will operate as the senior integrator for the EW FS Tax campaigns and events portfolio, establishing clear governance, influencing stakeholders across a complex matrix and driving disciplined delivery. The role will bring transparency to investment and performance, enabling leadership to make informed decisions and maximise market impact, pipeline contribution and return on investment.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign & Events Portfolio Management

• Own and continuously enhance the governance framework for the EW FS Tax campaigns, events and go-to-market portfolio.
• Set and maintain an integrated regional portfolio and calendar of priority campaigns, events, webcasts, sponsorships and market-facing activity.
• Lead portfolio planning, prioritisation and resource alignment, managing milestones, dependencies and delivery requirements across multiple workstreams.
• Provide leadership with a clear view of progress, performance, risks and decisions required, intervening where necessary to maintain momentum and outcomes.

Programme Governance & Reporting

• Embed rigorous programme management disciplines, governance standards and clear accountabilities across all campaign and event activity.
• Own executive-level dashboards and reporting that provide insight into activity, performance, budget utilisation, pipeline impact and ROI.
• Translate data and portfolio intelligence into clear recommendations that support leadership decisions and investment choices.
• Anticipate cross-portfolio risks, issues and interdependencies, escalating appropriately and ensuring timely mitigation and resolution.

Senior Stakeholder Leadership

• Act as a trusted adviser and principal point of coordination for Tax leadership, country teams, BMC, Markets, Business Development and relevant external stakeholders.
• Build alignment across countries and the wider Europe West region, leveraging scale, sharing best practice and eliminating duplication.
• Influence senior stakeholders to secure agreement on priorities, investment, ownership, timelines and intended business outcomes.

Campaign & Event Execution

• Provide senior oversight of the end-to-end delivery of campaigns, events, roundtables, webcasts and leadership engagement activity.
• Challenge and support business sponsors and campaign leads to develop robust plans, maintain accountability and deliver against agreed outcomes.
• Partner with BMC to strengthen positioning, promotion, audience engagement and market reach.

Budget & Performance Management

• Oversee campaign and events budgets, challenging investment choices and ensuring resources are directed towards the highest strategic and commercial priorities.
• Define and monitor meaningful performance measures, connecting activity to audience engagement, pipeline progression and broader business outcomes.
• Champion continuous improvement across the portfolio by applying lessons learned, scaling best practice and raising standards of execution.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Advanced programme and portfolio leadership capabilities, with a strong record of translating strategy into delivery.
• Exceptional organisational judgement and the ability to prioritise across a complex, fast-moving portfolio.
• A strong focus on execution, underpinned by sound judgement, attention to detail and personal accountability.
• Highly developed analytical skills, with the ability to convert data into concise executive insight and recommendations.
• Credibility and presence to influence senior stakeholders, navigate differing priorities and build trusted relationships across a matrix organisation.
• A proactive, resilient and solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to operate independently and exercise sound judgement.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate with clarity and impact.
• An inclusive, collaborative leadership style that enables effective teaming across functions, countries and levels of seniority.
• Composure and adaptability when managing ambiguity, competing demands and high-profile deliverables.

To Qualify for the Role You Must Have

• Substantial experience leading campaigns, events or strategic initiatives within a professional services or corporate environment.
• A proven record of influencing senior stakeholders and delivering outcomes across multiple functions, geographies and levels of the organisation.
• Deep expertise in programme planning, portfolio governance, executive reporting and performance management.
• Demonstrated accountability for budgets, resources, timelines, risk and delivery against strategic and commercial objectives.
• Outstanding presentation, communication and facilitation skills, including experience engaging senior leadership audiences.

Ideally, You'll Also Have

• Experience within Financial Services, Tax or a comparable professional services environment.
• Experience shaping or leading go-to-market events and  programmes, business development activity or integrated marketing initiatives.
• Advanced capability in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, with experience producing high-quality executive materials.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

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