Strategic Lead CxO Summits HF

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Today were recruiting an Strategic Lead - CxO Summits for our client Chain of Events the company behind the events where the people shaping technology actually meet based in Paris.

• Signal Week the institutional summit for digital assets. Founded in 2019 as Paris Blockchain Week and elevated to Signal Week in 2026 it draws 10000 attendees from 100 countries roughly 70% of them C-suite. Its last edition convened 250 banks and financial institutions over $50T in assets under management and 70 government officials and regulators BlackRock J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank Fidelity BNY Mellon Citi the London Stock Exchange ESMA and the European Commission among them. The thesis: TradFi and digital assets are no longer two industries but one financial system being rebuilt on shared rails.

• RAISE Summit the AI summit for decision-makers. Launched in 2024 it has grown from 2000 to 9000 attendees across three editions (80% C-level from 76 countries) with 350 speakers spanning AI infrastructure enterprise adoption agentic systems sovereignty and policy. The 2026 edition at the Carrousel du Louvre featured Mark Cuban Yann LeCun and Nelson Griggs (Nasdaq) plus the Versailles AI Gala the RAISE Hackathon and RAISE the STAKES (1100 startup applications in 2026).

• MACHINA Summit Europes leading event dedicated to Physical AI: intelligence that acts on the real world through humanoids industrial robotics autonomous systems and next-generation humanmachine interfaces. Its inaugural 2026 edition brought together the labs building humanoids and the enterprises deploying robotics at scale with speakers from Google DeepMind Boston Dynamics NVIDIA 1X Apptronik and Agility Robotics. Its the fastest-moving brand in the portfolio with the most white space ahead of it.

As Strategic Lead CxO Summits you will own our CxO Summits end to end across three events (RAISE CTO/CIO CISO CMO Summits MACHINA CxO Summit Signal Week CFO Summit). This is not a coordination role: you are accountable for who is in the room what happens in it and whether those executives come back the following year.

You are inheriting a proven format. The RAISE CxO Summit ran in 2026 and it worked: 822 CEOs 1345 CxOs across sectors 168 Fortune 500 companies 1500 C-levels and founders with leaders such as Susan Doniz (Disney) Katrin Lehmann (Mercedes-Benz) Jean-Michel Garcia (BNP Paribas) Yves Caseau (Michelin) and Daniel Dines (UiPath) in the room. The 2027 challenge: extend the model from one executive track to five across three events and three industries in a single week. That build is yours.

Concretely you will:

• Build the partnerships that fill the room. Executive audiences arent acquired through marketing they are convened. You design and close partnerships with the organisations that hold those relationships: strategy consultancies (McKinsey BCG Bain) investment firms corporate partners executive networks and peer communities. You identify the right partner archetypes for each track structure the value exchange and negotiate the terms.

• Own the attendee journey from first contact to post-event follow-up: qualification invitation onboarding briefing on-site experience. Every CxO who attends should feel the programme was built for them specifically.

• Design the format from a blank page: duration room configuration session mix the ratio of speaking to peer exchange Chatham House rules where relevant. You decide what a CISO Summit should feel like versus a CMO Summit and why.

• Build the content: define the editorial angle for each track source and secure speakers structure keynotes panels and closed-door roundtables. Our standard: an executive should not be able to get this conversation anywhere else.

• Manage the team: you lead a team of interns handling operational deployment (speaker onboarding agenda management logistics on-site execution). You set the priorities review the work and own the output.

• Full ownership of a P&L-relevant product line from day one not a slice of someone elses project.

• Direct access to the founding team and through Hyve to an international events platform.

• A network you build in the room: the executives partners and speakers you convene are yours.

• Three events three audiences three formats the learning curve is steep by design.

Youll work closely with Chain of Events founding team and lead a dedicated team of interns handling the operational deployment of the summits.

• 23 years in strategy consulting (MBB Tier-1 Big 4 strategy or a strong boutique) or an equivalent path combining structured problem-solving with client-facing seniority.

• Comfortable holding a substantive conversation with a Fortune 500 CTO CISO or CFO and being taken seriously.

• Genuine intellectual curiosity about AI robotics cybersecurity and financial infrastructure. You dont need to be a technologist but you do need to build a credible agenda on these topics and know a shallow panel when you see one.

• Able to run several workstreams across three events on fixed non-negotiable dates.

• First management experience appreciated not required but the appetite for it is.

• Fluent English; French is a strong advantage.

• Willing to work in an events cycle: intense build-up phases then execution weeks that demand everything.

Contract type: Full time permanent contract to be completed

Financial benefits:

• 100% Navigo meal vouchers (12.79/day 8 employer-covered) mutuelle 65%

• Wellpass team-building

• A diverse multicultural team and real visible impact on the work

Offices: Paris (17th) Remote : 1d/week

Other perks: a diverse multicultural team and real visible impact on the work

• Screening Interview (30 min): first conversation about your background and motivations.

• Hiring Manager Interview (30 min): deep-dive with the hiring manager on the role and your experience.

• Use Case (6090 min): a practical exercise presented and discussed with the team.

• Final step Onsite: meet the team align on expectations and get a feel for the culture.