Own end-to-end executive and investor events with cross-functional coordination and vendor leadership.

• Advise on a strategic approach to event execution - vendor recommendations, event recommendations based on what ties in best to the broader marketing plan for each vertical (Defense, Automotive, Industrial and Trucking).
• Determine when it makes sense to bring in other teams and when speakers should be incorporated into an event.
• Run executive events, investor events, press activations, customer events, and sales meetings or presentations.
• Lead programming, run of show, itinerary development, speaker coordination, and day-of execution.
• Work with executive-level leadership on internal executive communications and high-visibility events.
• Establish and manage customer communications for external events and follow-up.
• Manage vendors from onboarding through project completion and final invoice.
• Oversee logistics including conference room or booth rentals, TVs, furniture, displays, physical set up, food and beverage, and travel itineraries including organizing executive dinners.
• Partnering deeply with design and web dev to develop event invitations, registration and check-in experiences, booth build or design, collateral, swag, and other event materials.
• Oversee demo environments and product showcases to ensure polished, effective presentations.
• Handle soup-to-nuts execution with a high degree of autonomy and attention to detail.

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience in events or a related field.
• Familiarity with industry conferences, media events, partner summits, organizing executive dinners, investor days, etc.
• Experience managing complex logistics, programming, and cross-functional event execution.
• Comfort working with executive stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Experience building and managing customer communications processes, ideally in Salesforce.
• Strong judgment on event strategy, including when to engage marketing or add speakers.
• Excellent project management, communication, and vendor management skills.
• A track record of independently running high-stakes events from concept through completion.
• Working knowledge of AI tools to improve workflow efficiency and speed.
• Experience with Salesforce, Marketo or similar tools to support customer communications and tracking.

Preferred

• Autonomy or Automotive industry experience
• Experience planning and managing events globally (Japan, Korea, Sweden, and/or Germany)

Benefits

• comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off.