Group Exhibition Director
Are you keen to take ownership of a high‑profile exhibition portfolio shaping strategy, driving commercial growth?
Are you adept at leading teams and partnerships that define must‑attend events?
About the Team
RX BITEC is part of RX, a global leader in exhibitions and events, connecting businesses and communities across industries. We create market‑leading events that drive growth, innovation, and meaningful face‑to‑face connections.
We are now seeking an experienced Group Exhibition Director to lead the commercial success of a portfolio of exhibitions in Thailand. This is a senior leadership role with full accountability for revenue delivery, sales performance, people leadership, and cross‑functional collaboration.
About the role
The Group Exhibition Director is responsible for the overall strategic management, direction, development, and growth of an exhibition portfolio. A key challenge of the role is delivering sustainable growth through portfolio expansion, new event launches, new show sectors, and enhanced features.
The role works closely with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and other enabling functions to deliver strong commercial outcomes, high‑quality events, and compelling value propositions for exhibitors and visitors.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for an exhibition portfolio, driving sustainable growth through new launches, portfolio expansion, and enhanced show features.
- Own the commercial performance of the portfolio, including budget planning, revenue delivery, cost control, and forecasting.
- Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to deliver strong value propositions, effective go‑to‑market strategies, and high‑quality event execution.
- Build deep industry knowledge and stakeholder relationships to strengthen show positioning, retention, and long‑term relevance.
- Lead and develop direct reports through clear objectives, coaching, performance management, and capability building.
- Identify and evaluate new business opportunities, including adjacency events, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
- Act as a role model for collaboration, innovation, and adoption of company systems, processes, and best practices.
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. Business, Marketing, or similar).
- Extensive experience (10+ years) in project, portfolio, or event management.
- Proven experience managing budgets and full P&L responsibility, including forecasting and reforecasting.
- Strong strategic business development background with successful product or event launches.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management capability.
- Experience in sales, key account management, marketing, and brand management.
- Strong analytical, commercial, and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly organised, proactive, and commercially minded.
- Excellent communicator with a customer‑centric mindset.
- Collaborative leader with a positive attitude and ability to influence across functions.
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Skills Required
- Tertiary qualification (Business, Marketing, or similar)
- 10+ years experience in project, portfolio, or event management
- Proven experience managing budgets and full P&L responsibility
- Forecasting and reforecasting experience
- Track record in strategic business development and product/event launches
- Demonstrated leadership and people management capability
- Experience in sales, key account management, marketing, and brand management
- Strong analytical and commercial skills
- Stakeholder management skills and ability to build industry relationships
- Highly organised, proactive, customer-centric communicator with collaborative leadership ability
RELX Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, alongside other financial protections such as life and disability coverage. Tuition reimbursement and share purchase access further broaden the financial value of the package beyond base salary.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous vacation allowances, mental health days, and options like sabbaticals and tiered PTO by tenure. Parental and caregiving leaves are described in detail, reinforcing time-away benefits as a standout component of the overall package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits are supported by offerings such as mental health support (e.g., app access), EAP resources, gym-related perks, and wellness incentives. Flexible working hours and related work-life supports add to the perceived day-to-day value of benefits.
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What We Do
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customers across industries. We help scientists make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients and lawyers win cases. We prevent online fraud and money laundering, and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Our events enable customers to learn about markets, source products and complete transactions. In short, we enable our customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. We do this by leveraging a deep understanding of our customers to create innovative solutions which combine content and data with analytics and technology in global platforms. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom almost half are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions.
