The Global Event Leadership team is seeking a highly collaborative professional to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of congress-related activities, exhibits, and B2B/B2C engagements.

Global Event Leadership (GEL) serves as a strategic partner in delivering capabilities that accelerate value to patients, while the Sr. Manager, Congress Planning (SMCP) provides centralized, compliant, end-to-end support for meetings and congresses across Corcept.

Within this structure, the SMCP is responsible for delivering high-quality congress exhibits and sponsorships that ensure seamless execution, strong alignment with business strategy, and a consistent customer experience.

This role partners closely with business units, therapeutic area teams, and external vendors to drive, operational excellence, compliance, and efficiency across all congress activities.

Responsibilities:

Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary congress liaison for assigned Business Units/therapeutic areas
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal stakeholders and vendor partners
• Attend key strategy meetings to ensure congress activities align with overall BU/brand strategy
• Partner with business teams to develop the annual congress plan, including:
• Congress selection
• Budget planning and forecasting
• Provide recommendations on congress participation based on business needs, brand lifecycle, attendee engagement, and market dynamics
• Help identify the optimal mix of congress activities to meet objectives while improving efficiency and reducing spend

Planning & Execution

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of congress exhibits, sponsorships, and related engagement activities
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (brand, medical, advocacy, compliance, legal, regulatory, finance, procurement, and vendors) to ensure successful delivery
• Define strategy, content, and ancillary tactics, including:
  • Product theaters
  • Symposia
  • Speaker programs
  • HCP dinner engagements
• Schedule and lead kick-off, status, and wrap-up meetings with stakeholders
• Create resource guides to support internal participation during pre-planning and onsite execution
• Ensure consistent brand messaging, customer experience, and flawless delivery across all congress activities

Budget & Vendor Management

• Own and manage congress budgets, forecasts, and booth strategies to ensure alignment with business priorities and financial targets
• Act as the primary Corcept contact for congress associations and vendor partners
• Drive timelines, deliverables, and exhibit readiness across the annual congress calendar
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, efficiencies, and process improvements while communicating budget considerations to stakeholders
• Travel onsite, as required, to support congress execution
• Provide training and guidance to booth staff, including compliance requirements
• Lead onsite booth walk-throughs with compliance, legal, and regulatory partners

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure all congress activities comply with global policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements
• Maintain audit readiness and support compliance-related requests
• Manage required documentation, including approvals, booth designs, and required system uploads

Operations & Process Improvement

• Support congress planning using enterprise systems and tools (e.g., Cvent, SAP, MS Office)
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and ways of working
• Promote consistency across brands and reduce duplication of effort
• Lead through influence in a cross-functional environment

Preferred Skills, Qualifications and Technical Proficiencies:

• Experience supporting brand or medical strategy execution
• Congress or event planning experience
• Budget management and business planning experience
• Working knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements
• Experience with tools such as MS Office 365, SAP, Cvent, and project management platforms

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5–7 years of experience in:
• Pharmaceutical industry, and/or
• Congress/event management, and/or strategic project management
• Travel: ~25% (including some weekends)

The pay range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this position is $130,230 - $172,350; the pay ultimately offered may vary based on legitimate considerations, including geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education.

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Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.