Senior Conference Producer

London, United Kingdom

Summary

What does it take to convene the world’s most influential climate leaders and turn conversation into action?

As Senior Conference Producer, you will lead the design and delivery of high-impact, commercially successful programmes across Climate Group’s global flagship events portfolio, including Climate Week NYC. You will work at the intersection of impact and income - creating compelling, outcome-driven content that attracts senior leaders from business and government while delivering value for partners and sponsors. This is a senior, strategic role for someone with deep climate knowledge, strong commercial instinct, and a track record of producing at the highest level.

At the heart of a collaborative, driven team, you will partner with sector experts, communications, sponsorship, and external stakeholders to shape agendas, secure speakers at the highest level, and evolve our global events strategy. You will also lead and develop others, bringing clarity, pace, and high standards to your work. With significant scope to innovate, influence, and grow, this role offers the opportunity to shape not only our events, but the organisation and wider climate conversation.

About the role

This role leads the curation of content across Climate Group’s flagship events in New York, London, and Singapore – spanning a portfolio that includes both globally established convenings and new, high-growth launches. You will design and deliver high-quality programmes that are at the forefront of the climate agenda and what is driving the global transition.

Working across the organisation, you will translate Climate Group’s priorities, extensive external research and sponsor priorities into clear, compelling agendas that resonate with global senior audiences. From evolving world-class, established events to shaping new propositions from the ground up, you will play a key role in ensuring our portfolio remains influential, commercially strong, and focused on driving real-world outcomes.

Key responsibilities will include:

Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of content across Climate Group’s flagship events, ensuring programmes are of high-quality, relevant, commercial and outcome-driven
Lead and apply robust research and insight gathering to shape event themes, agendas, and narratives that align with Climate Group’s strategy and reflect the global climate and policy landscape
Act as the central point of accountability for content quality and validation for the Board, senior leadership team and other internal departments to ensure content reflects organisational priorities and supports both wider campaigns and commercial aims
Identify, engage, and secure high-level speakers, including Heads of States and senior policymakers, CEOs and senior leaders from across sectors
Build and maintain strong relationships with speakers, sponsors and key stakeholders, ensuring a high-quality experience from initial engagement through to delivery
Partner with the sponsorship team to shape commercial content, support pitches and oversee the delivery of content-led activations while maintaining editorial integrity
Actively identify and develop new strategic partnerships and growth opportunities, contributing to the commercial success of the events portfolio
Drive innovation in event formats and audience engagement, continuously improving how we convene and deliver impact
Lead and develop team members, providing clear direction, timelines, support, and high standards of delivery
Act as a senior representative of Climate Group, contributing to strategic discussions in internal and external forums and helping shape the future direction of our events

You’ll work in a highly collaborative, international environment, where a diversity of perspectives and experiences is valued and encouraged.

About you

We value strengths and a passion for learning – if you meet most of the criteria below, we encourage you to apply.

Essential

Highly experienced in curating agendas for large-scale, multi-stream, high-impact events
Strong understanding of climate issues, including corporate sustainability and government-led action
Proven experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, including CEOs and policymakers
Significant experience working with the private sector and senior or board-level stakeholders
Experience developing content that supports sponsorship and partner value
Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to shape content and align with organisational priorities
Strong editorial judgement, with the ability to shape clear, topical and compelling event narratives
Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships across teams and stakeholders
Experience delivering complex event programmes across multiple locations or markets
Line management experience, with the ability to lead and develop a team
Comfortable taking ownership and operating at pace in a high-performance environment

Desirable

Ability to help identify the ‘white space’ in the market to ensure Climate Group’s remains at the forefront of sector shifts and developments
Experience launching and scaling new events
Familiarity with the CRM Hubspot and project management tools Clickup and GRIST
Experience working on events associated with Climate Week NYC, COP, London Climate Action Week or similar
Experience innovating event formats and audience engagement approaches

About Climate Group

Climate Group drives climate action. Fast. Our goal is a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all.

We focus on systems with the highest emissions and where our networks have the greatest opportunity to drive change. We do this by building large and influential networks and holding organisations accountable, turning their commitments into action.

We share what we achieve together to show more organisations what they could do. We are an international non-profit organisation, founded in 2004, with offices in London, Amsterdam, Beijing, New Delhi and New York.

Climate Group is an international organisation, and we want to reflect that in our staff. People who work for us, and people who apply, need to feel heard, safe, and included. That is why we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion throughout our application process and in our offices. We encourage applications from people of all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations, abilities, and ethnicities, as we value a wide range of experiences and perspectives.

Where you’ll work

Based in our London office, near the iconic Tower Bridge, you’ll enjoy a flexible hybrid working arrangement of five days in the office over the fortnight.

Our office is designed to support both collaborative work and focused individual time. It includes accessible facilities, a well-equipped gym, secure bike storage, and showers. Plus, we’re easy to reach by bike and public transport.

The role will require occasional international travel.

What we offer

At Climate Group, our people are at the heart of what we do. You’ll join a global community of bold, ambitious doers committed to driving climate action fast.

This is a permanent position. The salary offered is £55,480 to £61,030 per annum, based on experience.

Many of our people work flexibly in different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about your preferred ways of working and if it works for the role and the team, we’ll do our best to accommodate.

To enable sustainable high performance in support of our mission, while prioritising the health and wellbeing of our people, we offer a 9-day fortnight. This is a way of working that encourages smarter planning and effective prioritisation, where each fortnight includes either a scheduled non-working day or a bank holiday. It is a flexible, non-contractual benefit that may adapt around business needs and periods of higher workload.

Beyond working alongside friendly, motivated colleagues who will support and challenge you, we offer a fantastic benefits package:

Generous holiday allowance: 25 days annually, plus public holidays and 3 extra days for our Christmas to New Year closure
10% employer pension contribution: Non-contributory scheme available after three months’ service
Long-service reward: An additional day’s holiday after three and six years with us
Flexible and hybrid working: Supporting your work-life balance
Comprehensive health benefits: Cash plan and private medical insurance after completing probation
Family-first policies: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, plus support for fertility treatments
Wellbeing perks: Monthly wellbeing allowance and Headspace membership
Additional leave options: Paid leave for volunteering, moving house, and getting married
Peace of mind: Life assurance from your first day
Cycling support: E-bike and bike loan scheme up to £1,000
Travel made easier: Season ticket and e-bike membership loan scheme
Investing in you: Learning and development opportunities to help you thrive in a global, purpose-driven organisation

Apply now

Ready to make an impact? Apply now with your CV and a one-page cover letter that highlights how your experience and values align with our mission.

If you need further information, would like the job advert in an accessible format, or require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to Mandy Simmons, International Events Director at msimmons@climategroup.org.

The closing date for applications is midnight GMT on Friday, 17 April 2026. We’ll be holding interviews on a rolling basis, so we encourage early applications.

To be eligible for this position, you must already have the right to work in the UK. Climate Group is unable to sponsor work visas or cover any related costs, including cases where candidates are willing to cover the costs themselves.

We will not be working with recruitment agencies for this role.