Senior Event Planner

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Joining Global Marketing & Communications (GMC) means contributing to the company's customer-centric growth engine by helping customers live more confident futures. Whether driving external or internal marketing and communications, you'll be fostering engagement and alignment with MetLife's purpose and values that enable positive customer experiences. Become part of a dynamic team that harnesses an agile and data-driven approach across paid, owned, and earned channels to deliver meaningful and measurable outcomes for MetLife's key stakeholders: associates, communities, customers, and shareholders.
The Opportunity
The Senior Event Planner is responsible for leading the planning and execution of complex, high-visibility events that support MetLife's global business objectives and enhance our brand presence around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to own end to end event delivery for large-scale programs, working with senior stakeholders while bringing creativity and operational excellence to every detail. You will play a key role in translating strategy into impactful, well-executed experiences that connect audiences, elevate engagement and deliver measurable outcomes.
Success in this role requires strong organizational discipline and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and cultures. The Senior Event Planner is responsible for delivering seamless execution and driving consistency across events. You'll collaborate closely across all businesses and external vendors in a highly team-oriented environment.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of global events, executive meetings, client programs, and sponsorship activations
• Oversee event logistics, including venue coordination, program flow and on-site execution as well as leading a team onsite - while at other times operating as onsite support to colleagues
• Manage budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships, ensuring efficient delivery and strong financial oversight
• Apply emerging tools, including AI-enabled solutions, to enhance planning efficiency and improve event delivery

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in corporate planning or hospitality field
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%
• High level of ownership, adaptability, and accountability in high-profile environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using event technology platforms, such as Cvent, for venue sourcing, supplier management and financial tracking/ reporting
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously, and meet deadlines
• Foreign language skills are a plus

The expected salary range for this position is $107,300 - $142,900 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
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