Director, Education & Events

Director, Education & Events

Location: Remote (U.S.) | Occasional Travel
Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Role Overview

The Director, Education & Events will lead the strategy, development, and execution of Opus Regulatory’ s external marketing, education and thought-leadership platform. This role is responsible for designing and delivering high-impact conferences, webinars, training programs and executive forums that elevate the Opus brand, deepen client relationships, support commercial growth and offer revenue generation opportunities.

This is a highly visible, externally focused leadership role that blends content strategy, event execution, faculty management, and brand storytelling in a fast-growing, consulting environment serving pharmaceutical and biotech clients.

Key Responsibilities

Thought Leadership & Education Strategy

• Develop and own Opus’s external education and events strategy aligned with Opus’ sales, pipeline and commercial growth objectives 
• Ensure marketing investments are prioritized based on strategic impact, ROI, and alignment with practice-level growth goals
• Identify priority regulatory topics, emerging industry trends, and audience needs to inform event and training content
• Partner with Practice Leaders and senior consultants to translate expertise into scalable, market-ready education offerings

External Events & Training Programs

• Design and manage an annual marketing and events calendar, including industry conference participation, Opus-hosted and branded events, and the publication of thought-leadership content (e.g., whitepapers, research reports, post-event insights) that will raise brand awareness while also presenting revenue generation opportunities 
• Curate conference programming and speaking opportunities that enable Practice Leaders to generate actionable commercial, relationship-building, and hiring opportunities
• Oversee end-to-end execution, including concept development, budgeting, speaker curation, timelines, logistics, and post-event evaluation
• Types of events to include: 
• Client and public training programs (virtual and in-person)
• Webinars, workshops, and executive roundtables
• Sponsored or co-hosted industry events
• Industry conferences and summits

Brand, Marketing & Promotion

• Promote events and trainings through campaigns, social channels, partnerships, and client outreach.
• Develop a thought leadership strategy to raise brand awareness with clients and external stakeholders, partnering with practice leaders and consultants (e.g., LinkedIn Lives, white papers, post-event insights).
• Recruit, prepare, and support internal subject-matter experts and external speakers 
• Ensure content is high-quality, current, compliant, and aligned with the Opus brand standards.
• Establish repeatable frameworks for course development, speaker prep, and content reuse (e.g., recordings, toolkits, follow-on materials).

Commercial Impact & Performance

• Support revenue growth through fee-based trainings, sponsorships, and event-driven pipeline opportunities.
• Track and report on KPIs including attendance, engagement, client or consultant conversion, satisfaction, and ROI.
• Continuously refine offerings based on data, feedback, and market demand.

Team & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing Education & Events function.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Practice Leadership, HR & Recruiting, Sales and Client Services.
• Establish scalable processes and infrastructure to support rapid growth and increased volume.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in education, events, marketing, or professional services (consulting, life sciences, or regulated industries preferred).
• Proven track record leading external events, conferences, and/or training programs on a small to large scale.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate subject-matter expertise into compelling, marketable offerings.
• Exceptional communication, project management, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience working with senior executives, subject-matter experts, and external partners.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.