Workplace Events Specialist

Company Description We’re Checkout.com – you might not know our name, but companies like eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony do. That moment when you check out online? We make it happen. Checkout.com is where the world checks out. Our global network powers billions of transactions every year, making money move without making a fuss. We spent years perfecting a service most people will never notice. Because when digital payments just work, businesses grow, customers stay, and no one stops to think about why. With 19 offices spanning six continents, we feel at home everywhere – but London is our HQ. Wherever our people work their magic, they’re fast-moving, performance-obsessed, and driven by being better every day. Ideal. Because a role here isn’t just another job; it’s a career-defining opportunity to build the future of fintech. Job Description Role overview | Context This strategic role holds full end to end ownership of events at our London HQ, from high level strategy to hands-on execution. As the on site events specialist, you’ll design and deliver experiences that drive engagement, foster connection, and reinforce our high performance culture here at Checkout. We’re seeking a Specialist, Events, Workplace Experience to lead the strategy and delivery of internal events and workplace activations. This role goes far beyond logistics, demanding a balance of strategic planning, creative experience design, and rigorous data led decision making. As a cultural architect, you will be the central owner for designing experiences that are directly aligned with our business objectives and operating principles, ensuring they are measurable in their impact. This is a full time, hybrid role, requiring flexibility for some out of hours events. Role Overview | Remit and Responsibilities Develop & Own the Annual Strategy: You will develop, own, and deploy an experience and data led events strategy that aligns with Checkouts company objectives, operating principles, and engagement KPIs, ensuring every event has a clear purpose, audience, and defined ROI. Curate a world class calendar of experiences, from larger scale company gatherings, all employee meetings to ‘always on’ events and activations that strengthen culture, connection, and belonging. Lead Senior Stakeholder Partnership: You will partner directly with senior leadership, DEIB, and Engagement Committees to translate business and cultural goals (including heritage months) into meaningful, inclusive, and measurable experiences. Manage End to End Event Lifecycle: You will lead the complete event lifecycle, from initial creative concepting, stakeholder alignment, and logistics to supplier management, onsite delivery and post event analysis. Oversee Flawless Operations: You will coordinate all operational elements across all event profiles, including scheduling, invites, catering, AV/tech requirements, and physical setup/breakdown, ensuring seamless execution. Drive integrated event communications and marketing, collaborating with Internal Comms and Brand to deliver impactful ‘wrap around’ campaigns that build anticipation, engagement, and post-event momentum. Own the events budget , including forecasting, tracking, and ROI analysis, ensuring every initiative maximizes value, efficiency, and business impact. Lead Vendor & Risk Management: You will build and maintain strong vendor relationships, negotiate competitive contracts, and lead on all risk assessments, compliance, and health and safety requirements for events. Champion Data Driven Improvement: You will establish, track, and analyze all KPIs (attendance, eNPS, sentiment, ROI), using data storytelling to demonstrate value to leadership and drive continuous program innovation. Act as a Key Cross Functional Partner: You will work in close alignment with Workplace, Comms, and Brand teams on integrated storytelling, support newsletter content, and liaise with global counterparts to share best practices. About Y ... (truncated, view full listing at source)