National Tradeshow Manager - Remote

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Join our dynamic organization as the National Tradeshow Manager, overseeing comprehensive tradeshow and conference strategies across multiple business units. This critical role involves planning, executing, and optimizing our presence at national medical conferences, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering impactful engagement within the healthcare industry and our partners nationwide. If you're passionate about shaping our presence on a national scale and driving impactful engagement, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Develop and execute a cohesive annual national tradeshow strategy that aligns with the organization's overarching objectives and business units' goals, while identifying and executing on KPIs throughout the process
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and synthesize commercial program and product information, key messages, digital marketing, social media, branding elements, lead capture and tracking for individual tradeshows and key audiences.
• Lead strategy calls with all stakeholders, including marketing support team, sales and leadership, reviewing strategy, ROI, roles and local market participation.
• Implement pre- and post-show marketing strategies to maximize lead generation, brand visibility, and engagement with target audiences alongside stakeholder partners.
• Manage end-to-end logistics for national tradeshows, including abstract coordination, booth design, materials production, communication with on-site and planning team, shipping, on-site setup, and teardown.
• Establish and nurture relationships with conference leaders, vendors, contractors, and partners to ensure seamless execution of activities.
• Monitor and evaluate industry trends, competitor participation, and emerging opportunities to continually enhance the organization's strategy.
• Budget planning and management for tradeshow-related expenses, ensuring cost-effectiveness and maximum return on investment.
• Develop communication and dissemination plan to raise awareness internally of national participation and presence
• Provide post-event lead approach, analysis and reports, working closely with sales team to track ROI, identifying areas for improvement and best practices to optimize future participation.
• Ensure the distribution of materials and messaging applicable to the sales regional tradeshow strategy
• 25% travel to and from conference locations as assigned

Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in managing conferences, tradeshows
• A valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures.

Knowledge and Skill:

• 3-5+ years of proven experience in tradeshow management within the healthcare industry, with a track record of successful national events.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with diverse internal teams and external partners.
• Strategic thinker with a focus on innovative approaches to enhance tradeshow impact.
• Experience in event management software, budget tracking tools, and project management software
• Willingness and ability to travel nationally as required for tradeshow on-site execution and organization.

Job Complexity:

Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of information requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Devises solutions based on limited information and precedent and adapts existing approaches to resolve issues. Uses evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select right course of action. Work is done independently and is reviewed at critical points.

Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships.

• Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust.
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
• Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.

Pay range of $72,400 to $74,000 + annual bonus: up to 8% of base pay depending on bonus criteria.  This pay range is posted to comply with wage transparency laws.  Hanger salary ranges vary based on skill, ability, knowledge, geographic location and other variables.  

• Competitive Compensation Packages
• 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
• PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
• Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
• Relocation Assistance
• Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
• Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.

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