Meeting & Event Planner, Attendee Recruitment & Engagement

This position is remote and can be based anywhere within the United States. Candidates must be able to work EST or CST business hours.

What Meetings and Events contributes to Cardinal Health

Meetings and Events is responsible for the development, planning and implementation of internal and external meetings, events, and trade shows aligned with strategic business and brand objectives. 

Job Summary

The Meeting & Event Planner, Attendee Recruitment & Engagement will work closely with Meeting Managers, Pharmaceutical clients and Healthcare Professional partners, assisting in the successful execution of both promotional and consulting activities, and is particularly responsible for working with our database and project managers to create invitation lists and manage outreach to our applicable audience for each event as well as maintaining tracking spreadsheets and providing status reports.  This position will serve as the attendee recruitment lead for Meetings and Events.

Responsibilities

• Create attendee recruiting strategy for assigned projects
• Manages recruiting efforts per guidelines identified by the project manager and client.
• Work with senior team members to generate applicable invitation lists for each event.
• Adherence to compliance regulations, i.e. debarment rules, repeat rules, etc.
• Participate in internal and external meetings on a weekly basis
• Work in CVENT to track incoming registrations and manage the registrant approval process
• Work in CVENT to run registration reports and disseminate to the appropriate distribution list.
• Assist in onsite attendee support at assigned events.
• Work with meeting managers on collection and tracking of contracts and W9s and monitoring compliance to all guidelines.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 3+ years' experience in related field, preferred
• Previous experience working with HCPs preferably with and oncology and/or rheumatology focus
• Experience in event marketing, event planning, or audience recruitment, preferably in the healthcare or life sciences industry, highly preferred
• Experience working with event management systems (CVENT) and with CRM systems
• Strong Excel experience preferred (Vlookups, etc highly preferred)
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding environment

What is expected of you for success in your role:

• Manages invitation process for assigned events.
• Attends internal planning and strategy calls and provides regular registration updates.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and serves as a strategic advisor to invitees.
• Utilizes software to track registrations, responses and other information for meetings & events.
• Translates the goals and objectives of customers into an applicable target invitation list.
• Adheres to and communicates established compliance guidelines for all attendees.

Anticipated salary range: $67,500 - $90,000

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 12/29/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

**The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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