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United Kingdom · Investor Relations · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Roadshow Manager

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
  • Direct reports3-5 reports
  • Reports toDirector, Investor Events & Roadshows
  • UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Head of Investor Events · IR Logistics Lead · Executive Travel Manager (IR) · Senior Investor Relations Operations Manager

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about booking flights; it's about orchestrating a flawless, high-stakes ballet for our most senior executives. You'll be the person making sure our CFO and CEO are exactly where they need to be, when they need to be there, looking sharp and ready to charm the world's biggest investors. You'll manage the team who makes that happen, own the budget, and honestly, you'll be the C-suite's secret weapon on the road.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Nasdaq IR Insight / Q4 Platform / IrwinStrategic

You'll lead the selection or renewal of our IR platform, designing its integration with other enterprise systems (like Salesforce) to ensure seamless data flow and reporting for investor engagement.

SAP Concur / Navan (formerly TripActions)Strategic

You'll set the T&E policy for executive travel, manage key vendor relationships (airlines, hotels, car services), and oversee the platform contracts, ensuring compliance and cost-effectiveness across your team's bookings.

Microsoft ExcelExpert

You'll define the key metrics and design the executive-level dashboards that the board and C-suite will consume, using advanced Excel functions, Power Query, and potentially basic VBA to automate reporting and budget tracking.

Tableau / Power BIIntermediate

You'll connect to CRM data to build and oversee post-roadshow feedback and engagement dashboards, ensuring your team can visualise and report on investor interactions effectively.

Diligent / IntralinksArchitect

You'll determine the governance and security policies for sharing sensitive financial data with external parties (e.g., briefing books, investor presentations), setting up data rooms and managing complex permissions for your team.

MS Teams / SlackAdvanced

You'll establish communication protocols for roadshow teams, manage channels for real-time updates, and ensure efficient information flow during active events, often troubleshooting issues as they arise.

Nasdaq Boardvantage / Diligent BoardsAdvanced

You'll manage the IR section of the board portal, advising on best practices for presenting logistical and feedback information to the board, ensuring clarity and impact.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Roadshow Itinerary FinalisationProposes initial draft for review by Roadshow Specialist.Independently finalises domestic itineraries; proposes international for Senior Specialist review.Finalises all complex international itineraries; consults Lead Strategist on strategic investor allocation.
Vendor Selection & Contract Negotiation (under £100K)Researches options and provides quotes to Roadshow Specialist.Selects vendors for routine services (e.g., standard car service) within pre-approved limits.Negotiates terms for mid-tier vendors (e.g., specific hotel chains) and recommends to Lead Strategist.
Team Hiring & Performance ManagementNo hiring authority. Receives performance feedback from supervisor.Provides informal feedback to new joiners. No formal performance management.Mentors 1-2 junior team members. Provides input on their performance reviews.
Roadshow Budget Allocation (within approved annual budget)Tracks individual expense line items.Manages budget for specific smaller roadshows or events.Manages budget for major international roadshows, identifying cost savings.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

C-Suite Satisfaction (Internal NPS)
How happy our travelling executives are with the logistics and support provided by you and your team.
Target · Achieve an internal NPS score of +50 from travelling executives.

After the Q2 European roadshow, the CEO's feedback scores average 8/10 for logistics and briefing quality, contributing to a +65 NPS for the quarter.

Roadshow Budget Variance
Keeping the costs of roadshows and investor events within the agreed-upon budget.
Target · Deliver the annual roadshow plan within +/- 5% of the approved budget.

Annual roadshow budget was £1.2M. Actual spend was £1.17M, a -2.5% variance, showing excellent cost control.

Itinerary Accuracy & Timeliness
The percentage of roadshow itineraries delivered without errors (e.g., wrong times, addresses, flight numbers) and on schedule.
Target · Maintain >99% accuracy on all confirmed itineraries; 100% delivered at least 48 hours prior to departure.

Out of 50 multi-leg itineraries, only one minor time zone discrepancy was found and corrected before departure, resulting in 99.8% accuracy.

Team Productivity & Efficiency
How effectively your team manages their workload, measured by the number of roadshows/events handled per specialist.
Target · Increase average roadshows managed per specialist by 10% year-on-year without compromising quality.

Last year, each specialist managed an average of 8 roadshows. This year, with improved processes, they're handling 9.5, a 19% increase.

C-Suite Trust & Reliability
Being the first person our executives think of for complex travel or event needs, demonstrating their confidence in your capabilities.
  • Executives proactively seek your advice on travel feasibility or event planning. They delegate complex logistical challenges directly to you without hesitation. You're invited to early-stage planning meetings for major investor events.
Team Leadership & Development
How well you mentor, support, and grow your team, creating a high-performing and engaged group.
  • Your direct reports consistently meet their individual goals. They report feeling supported and challenged in their growth. You successfully delegate complex tasks, allowing team members to develop. Team turnover is low.
Vendor Relationship Management
Building strong, mutually beneficial relationships with key travel and event vendors, often leading to better service or terms.
  • Vendors offer preferential rates or services. They proactively bring solutions to you. You resolve issues with vendors quickly and amicably. You receive positive feedback from vendors about your team's professionalism.
Proactive Problem Solving
Anticipating potential issues and having solutions ready before they become actual problems, especially during live events or travel.
  • You present contingency plans for known travel risks (e.g., strikes, weather). You identify and resolve potential conflicts in itineraries before they're finalised. Executives comment on your foresight and calm handling of unexpected situations.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Orchestrating Complex Operations

You genuinely enjoy the puzzle of fitting together dozens of moving parts—flights, meetings, cars, people—into a perfect, seamless whole. The challenge of a multi-city, multi-executive roadshow isn't daunting; it's exciting.

Spending hours meticulously planning a trans-continental itinerary, accounting for time zones, executive preferences, and potential delays, and then seeing it executed perfectly.

Enabling Executive Success

You get a real kick out of making life easier for our C-suite, knowing that your meticulous planning allows them to perform at their best. You see your work as directly contributing to the company's external perception and investor relationships.

Receiving a personal thank you from the CFO for a perfectly executed Investor Day, knowing your team's hard work allowed them to shine.

Leading and Developing a Team

You're motivated by seeing your team members grow, learn from their mistakes, and take on more responsibility. You enjoy coaching, mentoring, and setting them up for success, even when it means getting your hands dirty alongside them.

A junior specialist successfully manages their first complex domestic roadshow independently, thanks to your guidance and support.

What frustrates people
  • The 11th-hour scramble: The CEO decides to bring their family on the international trip, forcing a complete re-booking of flights and hotels with 48 hours' notice, and you're the one who has to make it happen.
  • The 'glorified travel agent' feeling: Spending a significant portion of your day arguing with a hotel over a folio charge or confirming a CEO's esoteric meal preference, despite being a Manager.
  • The black box blame: An investor meeting goes poorly because of a tough question, but the feedback is 'the meeting logistics felt rushed,' making you or your team the scapegoat.
  • Chasing ghosts for feedback: Trying to get candid feedback from the Corporate Access team who are already focused on their next 10 roadshows and give you generic, useless comments.
  • The 24/7 time zone grind: Being on call at 3 AM local time because the team is landing in Hong Kong and the driver isn't where he's supposed to be, and you're the ultimate escalation point.
  • CRM data garbage: Realising the contact info for a key portfolio manager is three years out of date, ten minutes before a meeting is supposed to begin, and you're ultimately responsible for data hygiene.
  • Budget vs. expectation mismatch: Being tasked with a 'white glove, first-class experience' for executives on a budget that barely covers commercial flights and standard hotels, and having to manage those expectations.
What this role does not give you
  • A predictable 9-to-5 schedule; roadshows often mean early mornings, late nights, and weekend checks.
  • Constant, direct interaction with institutional investors on a strategic level (that's for the Head of IR).
  • A role where you're solely focused on high-level strategy without getting into the operational weeds.
  • A quiet, solitary work environment; this role is all about coordination and communication.

6Who you work with

You'll directly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of our executive team's investor engagement. Your work ensures that our C-suite can maximise their time with investors, leading to better relationships, clearer communication of our strategy, and ultimately, a more stable and engaged shareholder base. Mess it up, and you're wasting incredibly expensive executive time and potentially undermining critical investor relationships.

Inside the business
  • CFO and CEO (direct logistical support)
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Finance Team (for budget and expense management)
  • Legal & Compliance (for travel and data sharing policies)
  • Executive Assistants (for calendar coordination)
Outside the business
  • Corporate Access Teams at Investment Banks
  • Airline and Hotel Account Managers
  • Ground Transportation Vendors (e.g., Blacklane, private car services)
  • Event Venues and Production Companies (for Investor Days)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven experience (at least 5-7 years) in a senior roadshow or executive travel management role, ideally within Investor Relations or a similar high-stakes corporate environment.
  • Demonstrable experience leading and mentoring a small team, with a track record of developing talent and fostering a collaborative environment.
  • A strong understanding of the financial markets and the unique requirements of investor engagement, including the nuances of buy-side vs. sell-side interactions.
  • Expert-level proficiency with complex itinerary planning tools and IR CRM platforms (e.g., Nasdaq IR Insight, Q4, Irwin).
  • A track record of managing significant budgets (e.g., £500K+) and negotiating with external vendors to achieve favourable terms.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Data Governance & CRM Optimisation

With more data flowing into IR platforms and CRMs (from AI tools, event platforms, etc.), ensuring data quality, security, and integrity becomes paramount. You'll need to define the rules and processes for how this data is managed, not just use it. Poor data means poor insights and wasted executive time.

Data Lifecycle Management · Data Quality Frameworks · CRM Customisation & Integration · Access Control & Security Protocols

  • This quarter: Review our current IR CRM data entry protocols. Identify 3-5 areas where data quality is inconsistent.
  • Next quarter: Work with a CRM administrator to understand customisation options and data validation rules. Map out a desired data flow.
  • Month 3-6: Develop a proposal for improving data governance within our IR systems, including new training for your team and potential system enhancements.
  • Month 6-12: Lead a project to clean and standardise a key dataset within the IR CRM, demonstrating measurable improvements in data quality.

Quick win: Create a 'data hygiene checklist' for your team to use before every major roadshow, focusing on investor contact details and meeting preferences.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attend industry conferences (e.g., IRS events, NIRI conferences) to stay current on IR best practices and network with peers.
  • Subscribe to leading travel and event management publications to keep abreast of new technologies and logistical solutions.
  • Engage in continuous learning around AI and automation tools, exploring how they can be applied to streamline roadshow operations.
  • Seek out mentorship opportunities with senior leaders in Investor Relations or Executive Operations to broaden your strategic perspective.
  • Actively participate in internal leadership development programmes, focusing on team management and executive influence.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: AI-Powered Predictive Logistics & Risk Management

Traditional logistics rely on historical data and manual checks. AI can now process real-time global data (weather, geopolitical events, flight delays, traffic patterns) to predict disruptions before they happen and suggest optimal rerouting. Competitors are already using this to gain an edge, ensuring their executives arrive fresh and on time, even when others are stuck.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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Built for Roadshow Manager

2 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Organise and support meetingsPearson EDI · covers 1 of 1 standardsLevel 3
  2. Organise meetingsCambridge OCR · covers 1 of 1 standardsLevel 1
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Powered Predictive Logistics & Risk Management

Traditional logistics rely on historical data and manual checks. AI can now process real-time global data (weather, geopolitical events, flight delays, traffic patterns) to predict disruptions before they happen and suggest optimal rerouting. Competitors are already using this to gain an edge, ensuring their executives arrive fresh and on time, even when others are stuck.

  • Predictive Analytics for Travel
  • Dynamic Itinerary Optimisation
  • Geopolitical & Health Risk Monitoring
  • Automated Contingency Planning

Virtual & Hybrid Event Production Management

While physical roadshows are back, virtual investor events and hybrid Investor Days aren't going away. Investors expect seamless, high-quality digital experiences. As a manager, you'll need to oversee the technical and logistical aspects of these events, ensuring they're as impactful as in-person ones. This is about expanding your event management toolkit beyond just physical travel.

  • Virtual Event Platform Selection
  • Hybrid Event Design
  • Remote Production & Broadcast Quality
  • Virtual Engagement Tools

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Investor Targeting & Analysis
  • Complex Itinerary Architecture
  • C-Suite Handling & Preparation
  • NDR (Non-Deal Roadshow) Strategy
  • Perception Study & Feedback Synthesis

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Senior Roadshow Specialist (L3) or Lead Roadshow Strategist (L4)

    3-5 years as a Senior/Lead Specialist

    Skills to master

    • Mastering complex international itinerary architecture, leading smaller projects independently, and providing informal mentorship to junior team members. You'd also need to demonstrate budget awareness and initial vendor negotiation skills.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivering flawless, complex roadshows with minimal supervision.
    • Proactively identifying and solving logistical challenges before they escalate.
    • Receiving positive feedback from executives on your support and professionalism.
    • Successfully mentoring junior colleagues and taking initiative on team process improvements.
  2. 2

    Executive Assistant to C-Suite (with IR exposure)

    5-8 years supporting C-suite executives, with specific exposure to investor events.

    Skills to master

    • Deep understanding of executive preferences and working styles, advanced calendar and travel management, high-level discretion, and exposure to financial markets/IR terminology. You'd need to demonstrate the ability to scale up from individual support to team management.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Exceptional organisational skills and a track record of managing complex executive schedules.
    • Proven ability to anticipate executive needs and solve problems discreetly.
    • Strong relationships with C-suite members and a deep understanding of their operational demands.
    • Demonstrated interest and exposure to investor relations activities, even if from a support perspective.
  3. 3

    Senior Manager, Corporate Events / Global Travel

    5-7 years in a similar corporate events or global travel management role, outside of IR.

    Skills to master

    • Extensive experience in large-scale event planning, vendor management, budget control, and team leadership. You'd need to quickly get up to speed on the specific nuances and high-stakes nature of investor relations and C-suite expectations in this context.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully managed large, complex corporate events or global travel programmes.
    • Proven ability to lead and develop a team of event or travel professionals.
    • Strong negotiation skills with vendors and a track record of budget adherence.
    • A clear understanding of the difference between general corporate events and investor-facing events.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here as Roadshow Manager is about mastering the art of executive enablement and operational excellence. The skills you develop won't just serve you in IR; they'll open doors to a wide range of senior leadership positions across the business world. We're investing in you for the long haul, and we expect you to invest in yourself too.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Roadshow Manager is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Organise and support meetingsLevel 3

Applied to your work in Roadshow Manager

This unit aims to develop learners' abilities to organise and support meetings effectively, including preparation, support during the meeting, and completion of post-meeting actions, understanding the different types and requirements of meetings.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in Roadshow Manager

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • C-Suite Satisfaction (Internal NPS)How happy our travelling executives are with the logistics and support provided by you and your team.After the Q2 European roadshow, the CEO's feedback scores average 8/10 for logistics and briefing quality, contributing to a +65 NPS for the quarter.Achieve an internal NPS score of +50 from travelling executives.
  • Roadshow Budget VarianceKeeping the costs of roadshows and investor events within the agreed-upon budget.Annual roadshow budget was £1.2M. Actual spend was £1.17M, a -2.5% variance, showing excellent cost control.Deliver the annual roadshow plan within +/- 5% of the approved budget.
  • Itinerary Accuracy & TimelinessThe percentage of roadshow itineraries delivered without errors (e.g., wrong times, addresses, flight numbers) and on schedule.Out of 50 multi-leg itineraries, only one minor time zone discrepancy was found and corrected before departure, resulting in 99.8% accuracy.Maintain >99% accuracy on all confirmed itineraries; 100% delivered at least 48 hours prior to departure.
  • Team Productivity & EfficiencyHow effectively your team manages their workload, measured by the number of roadshows/events handled per specialist.Last year, each specialist managed an average of 8 roadshows. This year, with improved processes, they're handling 9.5, a 19% increase.Increase average roadshows managed per specialist by 10% year-on-year without compromising quality.
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Roadshow Manager to Director, Investor Events & Roadshows (L6), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director, Investor Events & Roadshows (L6)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey here as Roadshow Manager is about mastering the art of executive enablement and operational excellence. The skills you develop won't just serve you in IR; they'll open doors to a wide range of senior leadership positions across the business world. We're investing in you for the long haul, and we expect you to invest in yourself too.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Roadshow Manager
  • Investor Targeting & Analysis
  • Complex Itinerary Architecture
  • C-Suite Handling & Preparation
  • NDR (Non-Deal Roadshow) Strategy
  • Perception Study & Feedback Synthesis
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Roadshow Manager is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Director, Investor Events & Roadshows (L6)

    3-5 years as Roadshow Manager

    One level up, from Manager to Director

    • Investor Day Programme Design: Owning the full scope of major investor days, from content strategy to production.
    • IR Technology Stack Ownership: Making decisions on the entire IR technology ecosystem, not just the roadshow platforms.
    • Crisis Communications (Logistical): Leading the logistical response and communication during major company-wide crises that impact investor events.
    • M&A Integration (Events): Managing the integration of investor event programmes during mergers or acquisitions.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, the Roadshow Manager role is demanding. You're juggling a million things, from C-suite demands to last-minute flight changes. What if you could offload some of that mental load and get back precious hours every week? That's where AI comes in. We're not talking about replacing your expertise, but giving you a powerful co-pilot.

Our internal AI Hub is packed with tools designed specifically for Investor Relations. For a Roadshow Manager, this means automating the tedious bits, getting smarter insights faster, and freeing you up to focus on the strategic, high-touch elements that only a human can do. Think less time on data entry, more time on executive relationships and team development.

Itinerary Optimisation Engine

Imagine an AI tool that analyses flight schedules, ground transport times, and meeting locations to propose the most efficient multi-day, multi-city itinerary. It minimises travel time for executives and maximises meeting density, all while accounting for their preferences and avoiding known bottlenecks. You'll just review and tweak, not build from scratch.

Sentiment Analysis Dashboard

This uses Natural Language Processing to process transcripts from investor meetings, sell-side notes, and even internal debriefs. It automatically identifies key themes, positive or negative sentiment shifts, and recurring questions. You'll get a concise summary of investor perception in minutes, saving your team hours of manual analysis and helping you brief executives more effectively.

Investor Targeting Co-Pilot

This AI-powered research tool screens thousands of institutional funds to identify 'best-fit' investors based on criteria like AUM, sector focus, churn rate, and recent portfolio changes. It helps you refine your targeting strategy, ensuring your team is reaching out to the most relevant funds, not just the usual suspects. Think of it as having an army of research analysts at your fingertips.

Executive Pre-Briefing Generator

This tool automatically compiles a concise, one-page briefing document for each investor meeting. It pulls the investor's latest holdings, recent quotes, bio, and key topics from our CRM and other financial data sources. Your team can generate these in seconds, ensuring executives are always perfectly prepared without hours of manual compilation.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Roadshow Manager?

Common routes in include Senior Roadshow Specialist (L3) or Lead Roadshow Strategist (L4) (3-5 years as a Senior/Lead Specialist), Executive Assistant to C-Suite (with IR exposure) (5-8 years supporting C-suite executives, with specific exposure to investor events.) and Senior Manager, Corporate Events / Global Travel (5-7 years in a similar corporate events or global travel management role, outside of IR.). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Roadshow Manager progress to?

This role can lead on to Director, Investor Events & Roadshows (L6) (3-5 years as Roadshow Manager), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Roadshow Manager in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Roadshow Manager?

Increasingly, AI-Powered Predictive Logistics & Risk Management and Virtual & Hybrid Event Production Management. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Roadshow Manager, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 1 national skill standard. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Roadshow Manager: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Investor Relations

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll hone as a Roadshow Manager—executive handling, complex logistics, calm under pressure, budget management, and team leadership—are highly transferable. You could move into similar high-stakes operational roles in other regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, defence, or even high-end luxury travel. Any sector that requires flawless execution for VIPs on a global scale would value your expertise.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

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