Senior Marketing Events Manager

About the role

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with a global network that supports critical communications needs across various industries. We are seeking a Senior Marketing Events Lead to elevate our brand presence through impactful events and experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy, development, and execution of global event and experiential marketing programs
• Create high-impact experiences that elevate brand visibility, audience engagement, and market influence
• Modernize Iridium's presence across tradeshows, conferences, executive events, partner engagements, and industry activations
• Build immersive and engaging brand experiences that strengthen perception and create meaningful audience interactions
• Identify new opportunities to amplify Iridium's presence across priority markets, verticals, and partner ecosystems
• Support executive visibility and thought leadership through strategic event participation and high-value engagements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive storytelling, integrated messaging, and aligned audience engagement
• Work with Demand Generation and Sales to incorporate events into pipeline-building and partner-marketing strategies
• Connect digital and physical experiences into integrated campaigns that drive measurable business outcomes
• Lead operations for global events, including vendor management, booth development, logistics, onsite execution, budget oversight, and post-event analysis
• Manage external agencies and production partners to ensure innovation, creativity, and high-quality execution
• Define and track event success metrics, including engagement, pipeline influence, and ROI, to inform future strategies
• Analyze attendee insights and performance data to optimize experience design and investment decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Hospitality, Event Management, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience leading global events, experiential marketing, tradeshows, conferences, or strategic brand engagement programs within technology, telecommunications, aerospace, SaaS, satellite, or enterprise
• Strong expertise in event strategy, experiential marketing, or brand experience roles
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects and deliver high-impact experiences in fast-paced environments
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues clearly and confidently, and recognize and adapt to different communication techniques
• Ability to build meaningful relationships with others, including senior leadership outside of your own department, and comfortable providing constructive feedback to your team members and management
• Proactive in sharing knowledge you've learned with others

Qualifications

• Experience supporting executive engagements or C-level programs
• Background in B2B technology, aerospace, satellite, or telecommunications industries
• Familiarity with integrated demand generation or campaign-driven marketing programs
• Knowledge of emerging experiential technologies and industry trends

Skills

• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with event planning software and tools

Benefits

• Base salary ranging from $135,000 to $175,000 USD
• Company stock and annual bonus
• Employee benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage; 401(k) retirement plan options; paid time off and paid holidays; paid parental leave; and other discounts and perks

Pay

• Base salary ranging from $135,000 to $175,000 USD

Schedule

• This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer.
• The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.