Director, Conference

The Director of Conference manages the in-person conference experience: programming, run-of-show, venue logistics, and attendee flow. This role ensures SCMC’s conference feels like a professional capital markets event, not a student meetup, while making the weekend seamless for competitors, judges, sponsors, and attendees. 

• Build the conference operating plan: schedule, run-of-show, staffing plan, and contingency playbooks 

• Manage logistics: rooms, A/V, catering, signage, check-in, transportation, and speaker readiness 

• Coordinate competitor + judge experience on-site (briefings, timing, transitions, green rooms) 

• Lead volunteer coordination for conference weekend execution 

• Partner with Marketing on attendee communications and with External on speaker/sponsor needs 

• Own post-event debrief and process improvement 

• Strong project management and calm under pressure 

• Excellent attention to detail (timelines, logistics, dependencies) 

• Clear communicator who can coordinate across multiple teams 

• Experience running events/conferences is an asset 

• Comfortable making fast decisions during live execution 

• Event leadership experience at a professional standard 

• Strong operational planning, delegation, and crisis management 

• Cross-functional coordination and stakeholder service mindset