Event and Public Training Manager

Job summary

The Event and Public Training Manager will own the planning, promotion, and execution of public-facing events, webinars, and training programs. This role involves managing budgets, coordinating logistics, and collaborating with sales and marketing teams to drive business results and lead generation.

Job details

ABOUT SPARTAKUS, A COMPANY OF RELIABILITY SOLUTIONS Reliability Solutions helps industrial organizations improve reliability, maintenance performance, and workforce capability through hands-on training, reliability services, and technology. Founded in 2003, our approach is practical and results-driven, helping organizations build lasting capabilities that improve performance. POSITION SUMMARY We are looking for an Events & Public Training Manager to own the planning, promotion, execution, and performance of Reliability Solutions’ public-facing events and training programs. This includes public training courses, webinars, conferences and trade shows, as well as events organized with customers, partners, and industry organizations. This person will work closely with Sales, Marketing, Training, Operations, customers, partners, and subject-matter experts to ensure our events are well planned, professionally executed, effectively promoted, and generating measurable business results. This is a hands-on role for someone who is highly organized, proactive, commercially minded, and comfortable taking ownership from initial planning through post-event follow-up. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Own and maintain the annual and rolling calendar of public courses, webinars, conferences, customer events, partner events, and other external programs. * Plan events several months in advance and ensure key deadlines, resources, responsibilities, and promotional activities are clearly defined. * Coordinate all event logistics, including venues, vendors, registrations, materials, equipment, speakers, instructors, travel, and attendee communications. * Work closely with Marketing to develop and execute promotional plans designed to increase registrations, attendance, and engagement. * Monitor registrations and performance leading up to each event and proactively recommend additional promotional activities when required. * Manage relationships with conference organizers, customers, partners, vendors, instructors, and other external stakeholders. * Coordinate Reliability Solutions’ participation in conferences, trade shows, sponsorships, speaking opportunities, and partner initiatives. * Manage event and program budgets, track expenses, and evaluate results against the investment. * Ensure leads and opportunities generated through events are accurately captured and transferred to the Sales team. * Collaborate with Sales to ensure timely post-event follow-up and gather feedback on lead quality and opportunities generated. * Track and report on event performance, including registrations, attendance, revenue, leads, costs, and other key metrics. * Conduct post-event reviews and recommend improvements to future programs. * Continuously identify new event, webinar, partnership, and public training opportunities that can strengthen our brand and support business growth. KEY MEASURES OF SUCCESS * Public course registrations and revenue * Webinar registrations and attendance * Event participation and engagement * Leads and opportunities generated * Successful execution of conferences, customer events, and partner events * Performance against event budgets * Effective planning and calendar management * Timely and organized lead handoff to Sales * Consistent post-event evaluation and continuous improvement QUALIFICATIONS * 2+ years of experience in events, training programs, marketing, project management, or a related field. * Strong organizational and project-management skills. * Proven ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously. * Experience coordinating events, vendors, budgets, and external stakeholders. * Strong communication and interpersonal skills. * Comfortable working across Sales, Marketing, Operations, and other teams. * Experience with CRM, email marketing, webinar, or event-management platforms is an asset. * Strong attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving mindset. * Ability to analyze results and translate data into recommendations. * Willingness to travel when required. * Experience in industrial manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, technical training, or B2B services is considered an asset. THE PERSON WE’RE LOOKING FOR You are someone who takes ownership and thinks ahead. You are highly organized, but you also understand the business objective behind every event. You naturally ask whether registrations are where they should be, whether an event is being promoted effectively, what business outcome it is expected to generate, whether leads were handed off to Sales, and what should be improved next time. Most importantly, you make sure things move forward and that Reliability Solutions is always prepared for what is coming next. In accordance with Bill 96, this position requires proficiency in English to serve customers in Atlantic Canada and interact with US suppliers to ensure effective communication and operational efficiency.

What you’ll do

The Event and Public Training Manager will own the planning, promotion, and execution of public-facing events, webinars, and training programs. This role involves managing budgets, coordinating logistics, and collaborating with sales and marketing teams to drive business results and lead generation.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 2 years of experience in event management, marketing, or project management. Strong organizational skills, proficiency in CRM or event platforms, and the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders are essential.

Listed skills

• Problem solving · Preferred
• interpersonal skills · Preferred
• Attention to detail · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred
• CRM · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Event planning
• Project management
• Marketing
• Budget management
• Stakeholder management
• CRM
• Email marketing
• Webinar management
• Data analysis
• Communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving
• Strategic planning
• Lead generation
• Calendar Management
• Operational Efficiency
• Relationship Management
• Business Objectives
• Effective Communication
• Promotion Execution
• Business Results
• Planning
• Business To Business
• Customer Relationship Management
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Email Marketing
• English Language
• Event Management
• Sales
• Web Conferencing
• Interpersonal Communications
• Problem Solving
• Marketing Operations
• Project Management
• Operations
• Technical Training
• Coordinating
• Reliability
• Detail Oriented

Job areas

• Marketing
• Management & Leadership
• Sales
• Administrative
• Manufacturing
• Training Manager
• Event Marketing Manager
• Sales and Marketing Managers
• Marketing Managers

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