Event Marketing Manager

About the role

The Cisco CXO Events team drives significant business impact for Cisco by creating the most engaging and innovative event experiences in the world for our customers, partners and employees. We are a team of strategists, event experience designers, marketers, and technologists working together to deliver award-winning experiences for our audiences. We are looking for a strategic and collaborative Event Marketing Manager to join the CXO Events team to lead the planning and execution of Cisco’s executive customer hosting programs across a portfolio of premier events and strategic partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, planning, and execution of executive customer engagement programs across Cisco's portfolio of premier events and strategic sponsorships.
• Design and deliver customer experiences that align with business priorities while maximizing sponsorship investments and executive engagement opportunities.
• Own the end-to-end attendee experience, including pre-event engagement through onsite delivery, executive hosting and post-event follow-up.
• Build strong relationships and partnerships across Sponsorship Marketing, Field Marketing, executive stakeholders, internal brand teams, partner agencies, and external vendors.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver integrated, high-impact customer experiences across multiple simultaneous programs.
• Drive operational planning and execution across hospitality environments, including branding, buildout, product integration, guest experience, and messaging.
• Partner with audience engagement and field marketing teams to support attendee strategy, customer targeting, and registration goals.
• Develop and manage executive stakeholder engagement strategies that support high-touch customer experiences throughout planning and execution.
• Evaluate program performance against business objectives, delivering post-event insights and executive recaps with recommendations for future optimization.
• Oversee program budgets, forecasting, financial management and reconciliation, including agency/vendor SOW management.

Requirements

Your Impact: A passion for hospitality, premium experiences, and creating memorable moments that strengthen customer relationships. Highly organized, self-motivated leader with strong strategic thinking and program management skills. Navigates complex stakeholder environments, builds trusted partnerships while maintaining alignment with leadership priorities and business objectives. Thrives in fast-paced, high-visibility environments and can effectively prioritize competing demands while remaining calm under pressure. Exceptional communicator who provides clear direction, alignment, and transparency across teams and stakeholders. Comfortable engaging with senior leadership and high-profile customers. Values diverse perspectives, seeks to understand differing viewpoints, and incorporates feedback to strengthen outcomes and decision-making. Proactive, solutions-oriented, and continuously looks for opportunities to elevate programs, processes, and experiences.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of agency and/or client-side experience developing and delivering premium, white-glove hospitality, and experiential marketing programs.
• Background within a B2B technology environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability developing customer engagement strategies that align business objectives with executive customer experiences.
• 5+ years of experience managing executive stakeholders, high-profile customer engagements, and navigating complex, cross-functional organizations while operating comfortably in highly visible environments.
• Proven ability to think strategically, solve complex problems, and communicate recommendations that drive business outcomes.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple complex programs simultaneously, prioritizing competing demands, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering results in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven success leading cross-functional teams and managing agencies, vendors, and external partners.
• Proficiency in managing program budgets, forecasting, agency statements of work (SOWs), and financial reconciliation.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally for site visits, event planning and program execution.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and program management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and project management abilities.
• Experience in B2B technology environments.
• Ability to manage multiple complex programs simultaneously.
• Highly skilled in stakeholder management and relationship building.
• Proven success in delivering premium, white-glove hospitality and experiential marketing programs.

Benefits

At Cisco, we offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment. The starting salary range for this position is $120,200.00 to $152,300.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in U.S. and/or Canadian locations. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. Additional benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday.
• Year-end holiday shutdown.
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.
• Flexible vacation time off program.
• Up to 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.
• Volunteer time off.
• Annual bonuses for quota-based sales roles.
• Performance-based incentive pay for quota-based sales roles.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $120,200.00 to $152,300.00.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is typically full-time.