Content & Programming Senior Manager, Global Events

Harvey • San Francisco, CA

7d • $114,500 - $171,700

About The Position

The Content & Programming Senior Manager owns the on-stage experience for Harvey’s global events, especially FORUM, a conference series focused on how AI, new operating models, and changing talent dynamics are reshaping legal work. The role determines the executive narrative, speaker lineup, session design, and editorial standards for each event.

The position balances editorial decisions and drafting with hands-on execution and project management. It oversees programming from initial concept through the final run-of-show, including the Harvey Product Keynote, speaker recruitment and preparation, content coordination across teams, and event deadlines. The role partners across content, product marketing, executive engagement, production, marketing, creative, and enablement, and uses post-event data and feedback to improve future programming.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in events, content, or programming roles.
• Strong project management skills and experience running multiple concurrent workstreams for a high-visibility event with a fixed deadline and large speaker roster.
• Experience developing content for large in-person events, including themes, session design, and speaker curation.
• Experience managing speakers directly, including outreach, scheduling, rehearsals, and day-of support.
• Strong storytelling skills, including the ability to turn complex business and product priorities into narratives for senior stakeholders and attendees.
• Ability to process varied information quickly, make and communicate decisions, and create plans and processes from scratch.
• Process-first approach and comfort building trackers, playbooks, and documentation.
• Ability to partner cross-functionally with Product, Product Marketing, Creative/Design, and Leadership, including executives, while meeting tight timelines.
• High ownership, professionalism, tact, and judgment, and ability to work under ambiguity.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with an eye for removing jargon and filler from session copy and talk tracks.
• Curiosity about people and their work, including the ability to learn about customers and identify stories suited to the stage.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to flagship or high-visibility conferences.

Responsibilities

• Own event programming from initial concept through the final run-of-show, managing concurrent workstreams against fixed event dates.
• Project manage the Harvey Product Keynote end to end with Product and Product Marketing, determining what is showcased and how, and driving content, rehearsals, and approvals to deadline.
• Source, schedule, and manage 30 or more speakers per event, from initial outreach through rehearsal and day-of support, including shaping talking points and conducting preparation calls.
• Build and maintain programming trackers, playbooks, timelines, session trackers, and run-of-show documents to support events across editions and geographies.
• Curate the full agenda, including session descriptions, breakout talk tracks, and content across multiple stages, ensuring sessions support event goals.
• Build and maintain a speaker database of customers, prospects, and industry voices, including notes on topics, speaking strengths, and relationship owners.
• Work with Customer Engagement and Customer Success to identify, recruit, and prepare customer speakers and develop their stories into on-stage content.
• Partner with Production, Marketing, Creative, and Enablement to translate content decisions into the live event experience.
• Analyze post-event data and feedback to inform future content strategy, speaker selection, and event formats.
• Provide Leadership with organized updates on progress, risks, and open decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed