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Job overview
The Event Program Manager develops, plans, and executes 4–6 events annually for Vylor’s Events and Trade Show team. The role coordinates event logistics and works with stakeholders across U.S. commercial businesses to align execution with event goals. It also collaborates with teammates, manages vendor and venue relationships, and supports events held alongside trade shows.
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Full job description
Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture
At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting-edge biotech, and next-generation expertise in gene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer®, Brevant®, and Hoegemeyer®, delivering performance farmers rely on.
Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.
The Event Program Manager is part of the Vylor Events and Trade Show team and is responsible for developing, planning, details and execution of all event logistics – leading to increased brand awareness, engagements, interactions and experiences for customers, sales reps, employees and others. This role will work cross functionally to plan, manage and execute 4-6 events annually.
What You'll Do:
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Manage events through an established event life cycle which includes: identification of event objectives, strategy and tactics, event concept/theme creation, budget management, vendor management, logistics planning, hotel/venue planning, menu planning, audio/visual, onsite implementation, and post-event analysis and metrics/reporting.
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Build and maintain strong relationships with multiple stakeholders of US commercial businesses, understand their objectives and help ensure that the event execution is aligned with and fully supports the event goals.
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Collaborate with team members on events and provide support for those events where needed.
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Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and venues.
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Manage events and address potential problems that may arise.
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Plan for potential scenarios that could impact the integrity of the event.
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Maintain a working knowledge of the complex needs of a wide variety of events.
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Assist with on-site event support for events held in conjunction with tradeshows.
What You'll Need:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Events, Tourism, Communications or Marketing
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Agriculture background or experience, preferred
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Remain current (or ahead of the curve) with trends in event planning, design, and production; be able to provide creative solutions to design events that fit the vision of stakeholders.
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Strong understanding of contractual language and vendor negotiation.
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Minimum of 3 years event planning experience.
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Strong verbal and written communication skills.
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Must enjoy serving others with a positive, “Can Do” attitude.
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Builds positive working relationships with internal colleagues
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Exceptional project management experience.
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Strong attention to details and be able to manage multiple events at a time.
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Must work well and remain calm under pressure.
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Excellent collaboration and influencing skills, ability to build relationships and work successfully with a variety of personalities across brands and geographies.
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Ability to create memorable experiences from conception through completion for a variety of internal and customer meetings and events.
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Must be technically savvy with ability to quickly learn and manage an html based event registration website, along with Word, PPT and Excel.
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Must have strong problem-solving skills.
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Must be able to work flexible hours including early mornings, late evenings and weekends.
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Must be able to travel approximately 20-30 days a year.
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Must be able to lift 25 pounds.
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Benefits – How We’ll Support You:
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Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
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Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
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Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
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Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
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Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
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Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
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Learn more about our total rewards package here - Vylor Benefits (https://hrportal.ehr.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=joPuo3NxhtM%3d&portalid=423)
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Check out life at Vylor! https://www.linkedin.com/company/vylorgenetics/
Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.
Vylor is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.
How this job compares
Set against the 458 open Event Planning jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$65–103K/yr184 salary ranges
- US median$20/hr195 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 458 open Event Planning jobs across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- FREEMAN146 open
- American Express Global Business Travel53 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Event Planning postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (226 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 59 of the 458 open Event Planning jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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