Senior Programming & Events Manager (Hybrid)

American Medical Association•Chicago, IL

2d•$104,900 - $145,300•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Programming & Events Manager develops and manages the Center for Digital Health and AI’s events and programming portfolio, including hosted and sponsored events, executive speaking opportunities, and external programming initiatives. The role provides leadership and oversight to ensure programming aligns with the Center’s priorities and is delivered effectively. Working across the AMA, the manager advances thought leadership, stakeholder engagement, operational efficiency, and return on investment. The position oversees annual programming plans, goals, success measures, budgets, timelines, contracts, resources, processes, and portfolio reporting. It partners with Center leadership and teams across communications, marketing, digital, operations, finance, legal, procurement, and other AMA business units. The manager also oversees executive programming and external relationships, guides event and speaker materials, represents the Center at selected events, and leads and develops staff. This is a hybrid position based at the AMA office in Chicago, Illinois, or Washington, D.C., with three days per week in the office. The role is exempt. The listed salary range is $104,900–$138,700 in Chicago or $109,900–$145,300 in Washington, D.C.; employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in event programming, communications, marketing, project management, or a related field.
Significant experience leading complex, high-visibility events and executive-level programming initiatives across multiple formats.

Nice To Haves

Experience in people management preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage the annual plan for the Center’s events and programming portfolio, including hosted and sponsored events, executive speaking engagements, and external visibility opportunities.
Set program goals, success measures, key performance indicators, and return-on-investment frameworks.
Evaluate and prioritize participation, sponsorship, partnership, and hosted-convening opportunities based on strategic value, audience alignment, and organizational impact.
Determine whether initiatives should continue, expand, be redesigned, or be discontinued, within established authority.
Keep the event and programming strategy responsive to organizational priorities, market opportunities, and changes in the health technology landscape.
Partner with Center leadership and colleagues across communications, marketing, digital, operations, finance, legal, procurement, and other AMA business units to align and coordinate programming.
Resolve competing priorities and facilitate alignment across stakeholder groups, often under tight timelines and in high-visibility environments.
Oversee planning and execution of external engagements, sponsorships, speaking opportunities, and Center-hosted events in in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats.
Oversee executive programming, including speaker placement, messaging alignment, pitch development, and post-event follow-up.
Oversee relationships with external organizers, sponsors, vendors, associations, and partners.
Guide development of speaker materials, session concepts, talking points, promotional content, and event deliverables.
Represent the Center at selected events and meetings, providing oversight, stakeholder support, and issue resolution as needed.
Guide development of flagship events, executive engagements, and thought leadership platforms.
Oversee budgets, timelines, contracts, and resource allocation across the events and programming function.
Ensure processes are in place for event planning, vendor management, contracting, communications, logistics, reporting, and risk mitigation.
Lead improvement of tools, templates, dashboards, and workflows to support efficiency, consistency, and scalability.
Review portfolio performance and team reporting; communicate outcomes, ROI, lessons learned, and improvement opportunities to leadership.
Lead, mentor, and manage staff; set objectives, evaluate performance, foster a collaborative team environment, and develop staff knowledge and skills for career growth.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned.