Senior Event Director - Africa Tech Festival

Informa Festivals marks an exciting new chapter in B2B events, bringing some of the world's most influential creative, technology and business festivals together. We’re combining prestigious brands like Cannes Lions, Black Hat, Money20/20, London Tech Week, Africa Tech Festival, and Asia Tech x Singapore with cutting-edge marketing intelligence platforms and advisory services to deliver unmissable experiences and insights.

Our festival-led approach reimagines traditional B2B events, creating powerful, immersive experiences that drive innovation and industry advancement. Building on decades of expertise and powered by Informa's international reach, we're shaping the next generation of business festivals.

This role is based in Blackfriars, London

We are on the hunt for a best-in-class, visionary Senior Event Director to lead Africa Tech Festival and supercharge its next phase of growth. This is a uniquely entrepreneurial role with huge opportunity to make a personal impact on the future of Africa’s premier tech event. Our ambition is to make Africa Tech Festival the most sought-after African tech event in the world. If you have big ambition and think you can help us realise this vision, we want to hear from you.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Own and deliver the strategic vision and 3-year growth plan for Africa Tech Festival
• The overall design, delivery, and commercial success of Africa Tech Festival
• Delivering accelerated revenue growth
• Delivering an exceptional experience for Africa Tech Festival attendees and clients
• Stakeholder management with key industry and government representatives
• Leading a high-performing cross-functional team, ensuring seamless collaboration across Content, Marketing, Sales, and Operations
• Leading the development of our Connecting Africa media brand
• Being the figurehead for Africa’s largest and most influential tech gathering

You will demonstrate:

• Big ambition and strategic vision
• Passion to make an impact
• Entrepreneurial gumption with a go-getter attitude
• A positive, can-do mindset
• Strong commercial awareness
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to build relationships with senior industry and government figures
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing priorities
• Excellent internal and external stakeholder management
• Excellent networking abilities
• Resilience and flexibility

Also, you will have:

• Experience of successfully delivering large-scale, multi-track events in a fast-paced commercially-focused organisation
• In-depth knowledge and experience of the B2B event world
• Commercially astute with proven experience as a practical deliverer
• Experience of managing large-scale event budgets
• Extensive event project management experience
• Demonstrable experience of the ability to forge positive relationships with multiple different internal and external stakeholders
• Passion for technology and the tech start-up ecosystem
• Embodies humility with a genuine willingness to share knowledge, listen actively, and collaborate with others
• Experience working in or with African tech markets, or with emerging tech ecosystems, is an advantage

We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding, supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Here’s some of what you can expect when you join us. But don’t just take our word for it – see what our colleagues have to say at LifeAt.Informa.com.

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks 
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: annual leave plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year 
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes 
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information. See how Informa handles your personal data when you apply for a job here.