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European Events Team · Early-career hire
Reports to - Head of European Events
Location - Europe (hybrid)
Team - European Marketing
Purpose of the RoleWe are seeking a driven, detail-oriented Project Manager to join our European Marketing Events team. The successful candidate will provide the operational backbone of the European events team — tracking every deliverable, timeline, contract and purchase order so that the Senior Event Manager and wider team can focus on delivery, with nothing missed or left to chance. It's an ideal launchpad role offering hands-on exposure across marketing, finance and procurement, with real scope to grow into bigger event responsibilities over time.
Key Responsibilities- Deliverables & timeline tracking: Maintain a single source of truth for all event deliverables and milestones across the European events, proactively flagging risks to deadlines and adjusting plans accordingly as the landscape changes
- Contracts & procurement: Track and manage contracts and purchase orders (POs) for venues, vendors and suppliers, ensuring approvals, renewals and payments happen on time.
- Key elements tracking: Keep a detailed record of the critical components of each event (budgets, run-of-show, staffing, shipments, sponsorship obligations, etc.), ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
- Team Support: Act as the organisational support behind the scenes for the Events team taking on administrative and coordination load so events run smoothly.
- Process & documentation: Help build and maintain simple, repeatable tracking tools/templates (e.g. dashboards, trackers) that bring structure and visibility to the team's operations. Willingness and appetite to use AI for these tasks essential.
- Cross-team coordination: Liaise with Finance, Legal/Procurement and vendors to keep contracts and POs moving without delay.
- Some experience or a strong interest in project support, events, marketing or operations
- Highly organised, with an eye for tracking multiple contracts, POs and deadlines at once
- Highly flexible – events and schedules can change regularly, the successful candidate must be willing to roll with it
- Good attention to detail and comfort working with budgets, contracts and procurement processes
- Willingness to learn project-tracking tools (e.g. spreadsheets, project management software, Claude)
- A calm, dependable team player who enjoys working behind the scenes to enable the team's success
- Good written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across internal teams and external vendors
- Eager to learn and grow within the role, taking on greater event responsibilities over time
At Trend Micro, we embrace change, empower people, and encourage innovation in a connected world. Our diversity and multicultural workforce are key contributing factors to our success across the globe. We like to have fun while taking our culture seriously. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to this regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, nationality, age, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or veteran status. We do not allow discrimination or harassment of any kind.
Skills Required
- Some experience or strong interest in project support, events, marketing or operations
- Highly organised with ability to track multiple contracts, POs and deadlines
- Flexible and adaptable to changing event schedules
- Attention to detail and comfort working with budgets, contracts and procurement processes
- Willingness to learn and use project-tracking tools (e.g., spreadsheets, project management software, Claude)
- Appetite to use AI for operational and tracking tasks
- Good written and verbal communication skills for internal and vendor coordination
- Ability to liaise with Finance, Legal/Procurement and vendors to manage contracts and POs
- Eager to learn and grow into greater event responsibilities over time
What We Do
We’re a global cybersecurity leader, helping to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, our platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. Our global threat research team delivers unparalleled intelligence and insights that power our cybersecurity platform and help protect organizations around the world from 100s of millions of threats daily. We have 7,000 employees across 65 countries, singularly focused on security and passionate about making the world a safer and better place. We enable organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. Trend Micro’s “Trenders” are passionate about doing the right thing to make the world a safer and better place.
