(749) HHS Meetings and Event Manager

Company Summary Arlo Solutions (Arlo) is an information technology consulting services company that specializes in delivering technology solutions. Our reputation reflects the high quality of the talented Arlo Solutions team and the consultants working in partnership with our customers. Our mission is to understand and meet the needs of both our customers and consultants by delivering quality, value-added solutions. Our solutions are designed and managed to not only reduce costs, but to improve business processes, accelerate response time, improve services to end-users, and give our customers a competitive edge, now and into the future. Position Description: Arlo Solutions is seeking a Meeting and Events Manager to lead day-to-day delivery of Acquisition Workforce Training Conference and Industry Day Events Support Services for the HHS Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR), Office of Acquisition (OA). Reporting to the Arlo Project Manager, the Meetings and Events Manager runs the contract's event portfolio from planning through closeout, including the annual two-day hybrid AWF Training Conference and Senior Procurement Executive Awards Ceremony, a two-day HHS-wide Industry Day, and smaller Industry Roundtables and Reverse Industry Days. Each large event is expected to draw about 500 on-site and 1,200 virtual attendees. The role combines junior project management with hands-on event leadership. It requires a polished professional who can engage confidently with senior Government officials, executive leadership, speakers, and industry partners. This position is designated as Key Personnel. Location: Remote Clearance: None Responsibilities and/or Success Factors: Contract and Project Management • Manage day-to-day contract performance under the direction of the Project Manager, coordinating all Arlo event resources, including event coordination and virtual event support, strategic communications, graphic design, and copy editing. • Develop and maintain integrated event plans that cover schedules, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, risks, decisions, logistics, and contingency procedures. • Lead kickoff and planning meetings with the COR and Government event leads, and maintain action and decision logs, meeting minutes, and status trackers. • Track deliverable due dates against the PWS schedule, including the Comprehensive Industry Day Plan, event-specific run-of-show documents, registration launch, readiness reviews, assessment tools, and post-event summaries. • Identify risks, issues, and potential scope changes early, and escalate them to the Project Manager and COR with recommended solutions. Stakeholder and Government Engagement • Serve as the primary day-to-day event liaison to the COR, Government event leads, OA leadership, and ASFR staff, representing Arlo professionally in meetings, briefings, and on-site operations. • Deliver event status briefings with written status reports and respond promptly to ad hoc Government requests for information. • Provide dedicated support to senior leadership, VIPs, keynote speakers, and special guests, including arrival coordination, green room management, schedule management, and speaker readiness. • Support agenda, theme, session, and speaker coordination without performing inherently governmental selection or decision functions, and without making commitments or incurring costs on behalf of the Government unless expressly authorized. Event Planning and Execution • Oversee event logistics, including venue and room requirements, registration, accessibility needs, audiovisual and IT requirements, and virtual and hybrid platform setup. • Manage the online event management platform (Stova preferred), including registration, speaker and session management