Sr. Manager, Events

About the role

Pelago is looking for a Sr. Manager of Events to own the strategy and execution of our B2B event portfolio and select corporate experiences. This is a highly visible, hands-on role for someone who can connect event investments to commercial priorities, create thoughtful experiences for customers and prospects, and manage every detail from planning through follow-up. This is a hybrid role with a high-collaboration rhythm (4 days/week in our NYC office). Regular travel is required for conferences, customer-facing programs, and company events, including occasional evening or weekend commitments.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual event calendar and end-to-end execution of Pelago’s B2B events, including priority industry conferences and hosted customer and prospect experiences.
• Lead select corporate programs, including Pelago’s Client Advisory Board and President’s Club, in close partnership with executive and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Translate commercial goals into clear event objectives, audience strategies, activation plans, and measurable success criteria.
• Manage event budgets, forecasts, contracts, vendors, venues, production partners, and timelines with strong financial discipline.
• Partner with Sales, Partnerships, Client Success, Content, Brand, and Marketing Operations to develop pre-event promotion, onsite engagement, executive participation, and timely post-event follow-up.
• Create high-quality experiences that reflect the Pelago brand across booths, programming, hospitality, signage, collateral, and attendee communications.
• Track and report event performance, including engagement, pipeline influence, follow-up execution, and lessons that improve future investments.
• Co-own Pelago’s swag program and inventory, including sourcing, fulfillment, distribution, and vendor management.
• Build repeatable processes, playbooks, and planning tools that help Pelago execute events consistently as the business grows.
• Stay close to execution and step in wherever needed to deliver polished, well-run experiences.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience leading events, field marketing, experiential marketing, or a closely related function, with meaningful ownership of B2B events.
• Track record of independently managing complex events from strategy and budgeting through onsite delivery and post-event measurement.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to keep multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and deadlines moving at once.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, including confidence partnering with senior executives, sales leaders, customers, and external vendors.
• Sound judgment, high attention to detail, and a calm, resourceful approach when plans change.
• Experience using event and marketing technology to support registration, engagement, lead capture, follow-up, and reporting.
• Comfort connecting event activity to commercial outcomes and using performance data to improve the portfolio.
• Experience in healthcare, benefits, digital health, or another complex B2B industry is preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly within the United States up to 25% of the time.
• Genuine curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and a proactive mindset toward exploring how they can enhance work, problem‑solving, and innovation at Pelago.

Benefits

• Generous and meaningful equity package
• Full Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage
• 401k Plan
• Unlimited PTO Policy, 10 paid holidays, & company wide “Me Time” Days
• Paid maternity, paternity & new parent leave
• Flexible working environment
• Annual Learning and Development stipend to support continued learning and career development
• Wellness Reimbursement Program
• Access to Reproductive & Family Planning Care
• Substance Use Support for employees and family members

Pay

Base Pay Range $135,000 - $150,000 USD

Schedule

Hybrid role with a high‑collaboration rhythm (4 days/week in the NYC office). Regular travel required for conferences, customer‑facing programs, and company events, including occasional evening or weekend commitments.