Responsibilities

• Own the global strategy for third-party and proprietary events, defining the vision, standards, and playbooks for scalable, high-impact event execution across regions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of event strategists responsible for planning and delivering 30+ annual proprietary and third-party events worldwide.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, Content, Design, Sales, Marketing Operations, and Executive Leadership to align event programs with go-to-market strategy, product launches, and revenue objectives.
• Oversee flagship industry conferences, partner summits, and sponsorship activations—elevating brand presence, thought leadership, and customer engagement at key moments in the buyer journey.
• Manage end-to-end execution of Tier 1 global sponsorship programs, including budget ownership, agency and vendor selection, contract negotiation, production, and on-site delivery.
• Direct high-visibility global activations such as AWS re:Invent and other major industry events, delivering multi-million-dollar influenced pipeline and measurable ROI.
• Collaborate with regional and field marketing teams to localize global event strategies while maintaining brand consistency and operational excellence across markets.
• Establish and evolve performance measurement frameworks leveraging CRM and analytics platforms to track pipeline influence, attendee engagement, and program effectiveness.
• Drive operational rigor by building scalable processes, toolkits, and workflows that improve collaboration, increase efficiency, and support global program growth.
• Identify new event formats, partnerships, and experiential opportunities to continuously innovate and elevate the company’s event marketing approach in a fast-paced, high-growth SaaS environment.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, using insights and results to inform investment decisions and position event marketing as a core growth engine.
• Lead, mentor and grow a team of global marketing professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
• Ignite a culture of inclusivity, recognizing the strengths that individuals bring to the team to promote engagement and development opportunities.
• Support other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
• 12+ years of marketing experience at a B2B company, preferably in enterprise software.
• Proven experience and success with building, scaling and maturing demand-based event marketing capabilities.
• Experience and successful execution in driving demand generation via strategic tier 1 3rd party and priority events.
• Exceptional communication skills, with experience presenting to and influencing C-level executives.
• Experience supporting/integrating and collaborating programs globally.
• Experience working and influencing cross functionally with key groups such as product marketing, field marketing, customer marketing, digital marketing, communications, sales, and customer excellence.
• Advanced analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including performance reporting and forecasting.
• Experience managing dynamic teams.

Preferred

Benefits

• Medical/vision and dental coverage options for full-time employees
• 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
• Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
• Flexible Time Away Program, plus Sick Time Off
• US employees are automatically covered under Smartsheet-sponsored life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability plans
• US employees receive 12 paid holidays per year
• Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave
• Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
• Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to Udemy online courses
• Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership, local retail discounts, and your own personal Smartsheet account
• Teleworking options from any registered location in the U.S. (role specific)
• Smartsheet provides a competitive base salary range for roles that may be hired in different geographic areas we are licensed to operate our business from. Actual compensation is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional, educational experience, skills, and specific candidate location. In addition, this role will be eligible for a market competitive incentive opportunity.