Senior Event Manager

What You'll Be Responsible For

• Collaborate on event strategy development, own complex multi-stakeholder projects, and drive operational excellence across our growing event portfolio.
• Independently manage and reimagine various first-party events like roadshows, customer dinners, workshops, lunch & learns, among others, and own a major workstream for our annual conference.
• Design and execute demand generation events that drive qualified pipeline for our Sales team.
• Work closely with Sales and Marketing teams to build impactful events that impress prospects, generate quality leads, and accelerate opportunities through the funnel.

What You'll Need To Be Successful

• 7+ Years of senior-level experience in Event Management in a B2B or B2D (Business to Developer) SaaS environment, with a proven track record of leading strategic event initiatives and driving measurable business outcomes through owned events and targeted customer activations.
• Strategic Leadership: Demonstrated ability to independently develop and execute event strategies that align with broader business objectives, with minimal guidance required and strong collaboration with Sales, Success, and Product stakeholders.
• Exceptional Project Management: Proven experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects across different time zones, with the ability to navigate tradeoffs and make strategic decisions independently.
• Full Event Ownership: Track record of independently owning first-party events from conception through post-event analysis, including P&L responsibility and ROI optimization.
• Diverse Event Expertise: Success designing and executing various event formats including field marketing programs, workshops, executive dinners, customer roundtables, and conferences of all sizes. Strong understanding of how events drive pipeline at different stages of the customer journey. Experience with developer and technical audiences, particularly mobile app developers, indie makers, and product-led growth communities.
• Event Programming Expertise: Proven experience designing and executing event programming including content strategy, speaker sourcing and management, agenda development, session design, and creating engaging educational experiences for technical audiences.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Proven ability to work embedded with Sales, Success, and Product teams to understand their goals and design event experiences that directly support revenue objectives and customer outcomes.
• Proactive Problem-Solving: History of identifying challenges before they become problems and implementing solutions without requiring management intervention.
• Precision and Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance high-level strategy with meticulous attention to operational detail while maintaining focus on creative, resourceful execution.
• Executive Communication: Exceptional communication skills with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage internal resources effectively, and represent the company at industry events.
• Rapid Learning and Adaptation: Proven ability to quickly master new platforms and processes, then optimize them for maximum effectiveness.
• Strategic Innovation: Experience developing event strategies from first principles and creating memorable, impactful experiences that drive business results with emphasis on unique, ownable formats rather than formulaic approaches.
• Advanced Problem-Solving: Demonstrated ability to handle complex, ambiguous situations and turn potential crises into opportunities through resourcefulness and creative thinking.
• Business Impact Focus: Strong track record of converting events into measurable business outcomes, with fluency in demand gen and sales metrics including leads, MQLs, SQLs, opportunities, pipeline influence, and deal acceleration. Experience with event attribution models, demonstrating ROI to revenue leadership, and reporting on both top-of-funnel and full-funnel impact.
• Global Perspective: Comfort with regular international travel and managing events across multiple regions and cultures.