Event Marketing Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$145K/yr – $160K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end B2B SaaS event program from strategy to execution, tying events to pipeline with cross-functional collaboration across sales, solutions consultants, product marketing, and customer teams.

  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Define and lead Syndigo’s overall event marketing strategy across tradeshows, hosted events, and internal programs.
  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Build and manage an annual events calendar aligned to company priorities, target audiences, and pipeline goals.
  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Establish clear success metrics for each event, including pipeline contribution, engagement, and ROI.

Job Description

Own end-to-end B2B SaaS event program from strategy to execution, tying events to pipeline with cross-functional collaboration across sales, solutions consultants, product marketing, and customer teams.

  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Define and lead Syndigo’s overall event marketing strategy across tradeshows, hosted events, and internal programs.
  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Build and manage an annual events calendar aligned to company priorities, target audiences, and pipeline goals.
  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Establish clear success metrics for each event, including pipeline contribution, engagement, and ROI.
  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Analyze event performance and provide insights to improve future programs.
  • Event Strategy & Portfolio Management: Track and report on pipeline influence, ROI, and key engagement metrics.
  • Tradeshow & Field Event Execution: Own planning and execution of a diverse portfolio of industry tradeshows (large-scale flagship events to targeted field activations).
  • Tradeshow & Field Event Execution: Partner with Sales to identify target accounts and design pre-event outreach strategies.
  • Tradeshow & Field Event Execution: Collaborate internally to drive awareness, meetings, registrations, and booth traffic.
  • Tradeshow & Field Event Execution: Ensure strong onsite execution including booth experience, staffing, messaging, and lead capture.
  • Conference & Hosted Event Leadership: Lead the development of Syndigo-hosted events from concept through execution.
  • Conference & Hosted Event Leadership: Oversee venue sourcing, contract negotiation, and space planning.
  • Conference & Hosted Event Leadership: Oversee all aspects of event production including registration, agenda development, speaker coordination, catering, and A/V.
  • Conference & Hosted Event Leadership: Create compelling attendee experiences that reflect Syndigo’s brand and deliver meaningful value.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate closely with Sales, Solutions Consultants, Product Marketing, and Customer teams to align messaging and goals.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Manage speaker preparation and internal enablement for event participation.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Demand Generation to ensure strong pre-event promotion and post-event follow-up.
  • Internal Events: Oversee planning and execution of internal events such as sales kickoffs, leadership meetings, and team gatherings.
  • Internal Events: Ensure internal programs are engaging, well-organized, and aligned to company culture and objectives.
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Syndigo

Syndigo is a leader in PXM, MDM, and PIM, providing AI-native data management product experiences for brands, retailers, and their customers. With the most extensive integrated network of content distribution available, Syndigo is the single solution for the journey to data confidence and success. Whether an enterprise needs to establish a “single source of data truth” within the organization or distribute it to an external network for more efficient commerce, Syndigo is the partner to make it happen. Syndigo serves over 12,000 global enterprises in key sectors such as grocery, foodservice, hardlines, home improvement/DIY, pet, health and beauty, automotive, apparel, energy, and healthcare. Learn more at www.syndigo.com

Founded in 1973
Chicago, Illinois, USA
1.4K employees (139 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
386.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$100.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20%
Direct
43.9%
Referral
33.9%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
60 (4% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$550M
Last Raise
$550M
Debt Financing, 6 months ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2025
    Debt Financing • $550M
  • Dec 2020
    Private Equity

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