Event Manager / Project Manager Events (60%)

Job Description Start date: 1 October 2026 or by agreement Work location: Hybrid, with a high proportion of home office work; office in Volketswil and deployments at events on site Scope of work: 60% The SwissTechnology Network as an employer swissT.net is the Swiss association for technologies in electronics, electrical engineering, and automation. We network companies, professionals, universities, and other stakeholders in technologically driven markets. At the center are professional exchange, visibility of industrial competencies, strengthening of the Swiss workplace, and further development of relevant topics in areas such as automation, electronics, embedded computing, measurement technology, engineering, and more. For our head office, we are looking for a committed personality who not only reliably organizes events but also conceptually develops them further and takes on project-related tasks for sections and central initiatives. Your role In this function, you plan, develop, and implement specialist events, section events, forums, special formats, and trade fair activities. The role combines operational event management with conceptual project work. You work closely with the team of the head office, section presidencies, organization committees, speakers, service providers, and partners. A high proportion of home office work requires that you can organize yourself well, set priorities, and drive tasks forward independently. Your main tasks You develop new event formats and revise existing events. This includes independently familiarizing yourself with technical markets and target groups, even if they appear abstract or unfamiliar at the beginning. You analyze main and secondary target groups, identify their needs, pains, and gains, and derive clear event goals, benefit arguments, and implementation concepts from them. Operationally, you are responsible for planning and coordinating events from the initial idea to follow-up work. This includes project and process planning, coordination of organization committees, speakers, locations, technology, catering, communication, participant management, event logistics, and on-site support. Another focus is on budgeting and controlling. You create a detailed budget for each event, monitor costs and revenue, check invoices, and create a post-calculation including internally worked hours after the event. In addition, you take on project and support work for sections or central projects. This can include the development of new events, targeted revision of existing formats, or participation in new member and market initiatives. Your profile You have experience in event management, project management, or a comparable coordinating function. It is important to us that you can not only administratively process events but also conceptually penetrate and develop them further. You work analytically, structurally, and bindingly. You can quickly familiarize yourself with new topics, understand target groups, prepare decision-making bases, and derive pragmatic implementation steps from them. You communicate securely with professionals, executives, service providers, and participants. You have very good German language skills in word and writing, good English language skills, and ideally basic French language skills. Safe handling of Microsoft 365, Teams, CRM, website, newsletter, and event management tools is required. Experience with Typo 3, AI tools for research, structuring, text creation, evaluation, and efficiency enhancement is explicitly desired. A valid driver's license category B is a requirement. Framework conditions Annual salary at 60%: basic salary x 13, plus success bonus Vacation: 5 weeks per year Expenses: travel expenses and meals for deployments outside the company's domicile according to actual expenses according to the expense regulations We are looking for A self-employed, analytically strong, and implementation-oriented personality who combines operational precision with conceptual quality and enjoys developing technology-oriented events in a demanding B2B and association environment. Application Please send your complete application documents to ivana.ilic@swisst.net. Do you want to actively shape the future of the SwissTechnology Network? Then we look forward to your application.