Senior Specialist - Speaker Engagement

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE

With oversight of manager, the Senior Specialist - Speaker Engagement manages meeting and event logistics, speaker coordination, and project execution—ensuring seamless delivery while contributing to continuous improvement across global programs.

This role partners with Global Events, Distribution, and Investment teams to deliver high-quality, consistent meeting and event experiences while leveraging data, insights, and best practices to enhance engagement and operational effectiveness.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Working closely with senior team members, the Specialist will support:

Speaker Management & Governance

• Work collaboratively within the Marketing Strategy and Activation, Strategy and Insights Group and broader MFS groups such as Distribution, Investments, Product, Compliance and Legal to achieve objectives.

• Coordinate speaker requests across Global Distribution channels, including scheduling, briefing support, and stakeholder communication.  

• Collaborate with distribution and the investment team to evaluate and prioritize speaker opportunities, supporting alignment with strategic priorities and audience needs.

Project Management & Workflow Execution

• Manage multiple concurrent meeting and event-related projects, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and priorities are effectively executed.

• Coordinate across teams to guide contributors, establish priorities, and ensure deadlines are met.

• Maintain and enhance processes across global meetings and events, identifying efficiencies and improving workflows.

Data, Reporting & Insights

• Maintain a centralized database of speaker engagements to track participation, feedback, and impact, ensuring a balanced and strategic allocation of investment team and executive resources.

• Update and ensure accuracy of data for speaker management database, reporting, and content-related Workfront management, and assists with other tasks.

• Provide reporting and insights to support decision-making and balanced allocation of investment and executive resources.

• Evaluate performance across meetings and events using available data and reporting to support continuous improvement.

• Identify trends and insights to enhance future execution and participant engagement.

Additional Responsibilities

• Support onboarding, training, and oversight of co-op or junior team members, providing guidance and mentorship.

• Exercise independent judgment in problem-solving and conflict resolution; escalate issues as appropriate.

• Stay informed on industry trends and recommend enhancements to delivery.

• Take on additional responsibilities to support evolving team and business needs.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• 2-5+ years of professional experience. Financial Services event management experience preferred.

• Must be proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and experience of building PowerPoint slides) and able to develop proficiency in MFS systems as required to perform the duties of this position.

• Experience with virtual event platforms, knowledge of Cvent or similar event registration software is a plus.

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team-working, collaboration, the ability to problem-solve and build solid professional relationships.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with employees at all organizational levels.

• Hybrid office schedule requires a minimum of 3 days a week in the Boston office and the ability to work flexible, non-traditional hours as needed.

Base Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $101,000.00 This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus. 

At MFS, we believe in fair and transparent compensation. For that reason, we’re including the salary range for this position. This range reflects our good-faith expectation for what we’ll pay depending on the candidate’s experience, training and education. In addition to the salary, we also offer significant and competitive incentive compensation based on both individual and company performance. Other components of our Total Rewards Package include:

• MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company -sponsored 401(k) 

• Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider

• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually 

• Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches

• Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves

• Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account

• Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)

• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well-being apps

Our compensation philosophy is to pay competitively for talent while ensuring equity across employees performing comparable work. We are committed to transparency – if you have questions about how we arrived at this range or what additional benefits and bonus opportunities come with the role, we’ll be happy to discuss them

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At MFS, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply - you might be just the right candidate for this role or others.

MFS is a hybrid work environment (remote/onsite) unless otherwise stated in the job posting.

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please contact MFS at 617-954-5000 or email [email protected] for assistance. 

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