Managing Director | OBF Event
Location: Oslo, Norway
Type: Full-time
Oslo Business Forum is expanding its ecosystem through OBF Event, a premium event and experience company targeting the B2B market. We are now looking for a Managing Director to build and lead this company to its full potential.
As Managing Director of OBF Event, you will have full responsibility for shaping, growing, and scaling a high-end event business. You will work closely with the CEO of Oslo Business Forum and leverage the company’s strong brand, network, and customer base to create a leading platform for exclusive corporate events, conferences, kick-offs, and experiences. We aim to deliver world-class customer experiences combined with high-quality, relevant content in everything we do.
This is a unique opportunity to build something significant on top of an already established and trusted brand.
What you will do:
- Lead and develop OBF Event as a standalone business unit within Oslo Business Forum
- Define and execute the commercial strategy and growth plan
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients and partners
- Identify and realize opportunities within the existing OBF network and customer base
- Ensure high-quality execution across all events and deliveries
- Build and lead a high-performing team over time
- Work closely with the leadership team in Oslo Business Forum
- Ensure world-class customer experiences and consistently high-quality, relevant content across all events
What we look for:
- Strong commercial mindset and proven ability to build and grow business
- Senior experience from agency, events, consulting, or similar environments
- Leadership experience with responsibility for people, results, and strategy
- Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on
- High execution power, independent and ownership mentality
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent in Norwegian and English
Why join Oslo Business Forum?
- Build and lead a new growth company within a strong and recognized brand
- Leverage one of the most powerful business networks in the Nordics
- High level of ownership and impact
- Work with ambitious colleagues in a fast-growing organization
Project Manager | OBF Event
Location: Oslo, Norway
Type: Full-time
OBF Event is building a premium event and experience offering for the B2B market. We are now looking for a Project Manager to lead the execution of our most important and complex events.
You will work closely with the Managing Director of OBF Event and be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering high-end corporate events with excellence. We aim to deliver world-class customer experiences combined with high-quality, relevant content in everything we do.
This role requires strong structure, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders in fast-paced environments.
What you will do:
- Lead planning and execution of large-scale and high-end B2B events
- Manage timelines, budgets, suppliers, and stakeholders
- Ensure high-quality delivery in all aspects of event execution
- Coordinate closely with clients, partners, and internal teams
- Identify risks and ensure smooth execution from start to finish
- Contribute to improving processes and ways of working
- Ensure world-class customer experience across all touchpoints and event deliveries
- Contribute to maintaining high professional quality in content and program execution
What we look for:
- Experience from event agencies or similar project-based environments
- Strong project management skills and high attention to detail
- Structured, reliable, and solution-oriented
- Ability to handle multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously
- Strong communication skills
- Fluent in Norwegian and English
Why join Oslo Business Forum?
- Work on premium, high-impact events for leading companies
- Be part of building a new and ambitious event company
- High level of responsibility and ownership
- Collaborative and energetic work environment
Head of Partner Success | Oslo Business Forum
Location: Oslo, Norway
Type: Full-time
At Oslo Business Forum, our mission is to empower leaders to change the world. As we scale our company and strengthen our position as one of the leading leadership platforms in the Nordics, we are now looking for a ‘Head of Partner Success’ to take ownership of our most important partnerships.
This is a key role in our organization. You will be responsible for developing and managing relationships with our most strategic partners, ensuring they receive maximum value from their collaboration with Oslo Business Forum. You will work closely with our sales team and leadership to make sure our partnerships are impactful, well-executed, and built for the long term.
In this role, you will act as the central link between Oslo Business Forum and our strategic partners, ensuring alignment internally and creating exceptional experiences externally.
What you will do:
You will be responsible for building, developing, and managing Oslo Business Forum’s strategic partnerships (approximately 40 key partners today). Your responsibilities include:
Partnership development and relationship management
- Build strong, long-term relationships with Oslo Business Forum’s most important partners.
- Ensure partners experience clear and measurable value from the collaboration.
- Position Oslo Business Forum as the preferred long-term partner for leading companies.
Partner activation and coordination
- Coordinate and follow up on all partner deliverables and partnership activities.
- Ensure partners maximize the value from initiatives such as webinars, podcasts, customer events, and other collaboration opportunities.
- Maintain and continuously update partner overviews and activities.
Event and experience coordination
Ensure partners get maximum value from Oslo Business Forum’s key events and arenas, including:
- Partner Kick-off (February)
- Oslo Business Forum Executive
- Experience (April)
- Executive Summer Summit (June)
- Arendalsuka (August)
- Oslo Business Forum (main conference)
You will not be responsible for running these events, but for ensuring partners are activated in the best possible way through speaker opportunities, partner activations, customer events, stage presence and branding & strategic meeting opportunities.
Internal coordination
- Work closely with our sales team (9 people) to deliver and activate partnership agreements.
- Ensure Oslo Business Forum appears coordinated, professional, and structured in all partner interactions.
- Act as a key internal point of coordination between sales, marketing, and leadership.
Commercial development
- Identify opportunities for upselling and expanding partnerships.
- Contribute to strengthening our partner strategy.
- Act as an advisor to the leadership team on partnership strategy and development.
What we look for:
We are looking for someone who thrives in a commercial, relationship-driven role with high responsibility and many stakeholders. You likely bring:
- Strong commercial mindset. You understand how to create value for both partners and the company.
- Excellent relationship-building skills. You build trust with senior stakeholders.
- Highly structured and organized. You manage a high number of partners and activities simultaneously.
- Execution power. You follow through and ensure things actually happen.
- Resilience and professionalism. You handle many stakeholders and moving parts with confidence.
- Experience from partnerships, key account management, consulting, or strategic sales.
You should also:
- Be fluent in Norwegian and English.
- Be comfortable leading meetings, workshops, and partner activities.
- Enjoy working closely with both customers and internal teams.
Why join Oslo Business Forum?
- Be part of one of the fastest-growing leadership platforms in the Nordics.
- Work closely with some of the most influential companies and leaders in the region.
- Play a key role in shaping how Oslo Business Forum collaborates with its most important partners.
- Join a highly ambitious, energetic, and values-driven team.
- Competitive compensation and significant opportunity to grow with the company.
Be part of something bigger
Oslo Business Forum was founded with a clear mission: to inspire and equip leaders committed to making the world a better place. We believe that empowering leaders is the most powerful way to drive positive change in business and society.
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Feedback for growth: We believe in the power of feedback, which is why we hold "360 feedback circles" twice a year. These sessions are crucial for fostering a culture of radical honesty and continuous improvement.
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