Event Lead

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Today

On-siteManagement$160k–$200k/yrFull-time

Events are one of Mercor's highest-leverage surfaces. You will own the strategy and execution for these events, including:

The events strategy and annual calendar across four areas: enterprise and human-data GTM, customer-lab GTM, recruiting events, and internal events.
The creative POV and quality bar for every event.
Mercor's own conferences — APEX Summit and beyond, ramping toward ~4 a year — plus our presence at the conferences that matter (NeurIPS, ICML, and the like).
High-signal executive and customer programs: intimate dinners, partner roundtables, and gatherings timed to Mercor's biggest moments.
Recruiting events — from a university events program to hackathons — that help us reach and win elite talent.
Internal events, from smaller team moments up to company-wide offsites (individual team dinners excluded).
Hands-on execution: working directly with vendors, coordinating across marketing, recruiting, and workplace, and keeping every event organized and on track.
Targeting and follow-through with GTM, recruiting, and brand partners so events convert into relationships, pipeline, and talent — not just attendance.
Measurement and repeatable playbooks, so each program gets sharper over time.

The events strategy and annual calendar across four areas: enterprise and human-data GTM, customer-lab GTM, recruiting events, and internal events.
The creative POV and quality bar for every event.
Mercor's own conferences — APEX Summit and beyond, ramping toward ~4 a year — plus our presence at the conferences that matter (NeurIPS, ICML, and the like).
High-signal executive and customer programs: intimate dinners, partner roundtables, and gatherings timed to Mercor's biggest moments.
Recruiting events — from a university events program to hackathons — that help us reach and win elite talent.
Internal events, from smaller team moments up to company-wide offsites (individual team dinners excluded).
Hands-on execution: working directly with vendors, coordinating across marketing, recruiting, and workplace, and keeping every event organized and on track.
Targeting and follow-through with GTM, recruiting, and brand partners so events convert into relationships, pipeline, and talent — not just attendance.
Measurement and repeatable playbooks, so each program gets sharper over time.

6–8 years in events, field marketing, or experiential — ideally for technical, executive, or otherwise discerning audiences.
Deep event expertise and conviction — strong, defensible opinions on what makes an event land, and the confidence to push back on stakeholders.
An entrepreneurial executor — you spot where to add leverage and go do it, not an order-taker; high energy, and happy to roll up your sleeves on vendors, details, and run-of-show.
A structured thinker who turns ambiguity into clear plans and presents them well cross-functionally — across marketing, recruiting, and vendors.
Steady under ambiguity — you prefer a plan, but you don't break down when there isn't one.
Polished enough to represent Mercor to founders, lab leaders, and senior executives.

Experience with events in AI, human data, or the Bay Area startup scene.
Design taste — you can pick a menu, shape the aesthetic, and give sharp feedback on vendor graphics.
A client-facing, outgoing personality — comfortable being a presence at the event itself.
A network in the AI ecosystem — labs, research, founders.
Experience standing up an owned event or program from scratch.

$160K - $200K

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