Senior Marketing Manager - Events

McLean, VA

$100K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level6+ years exp

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead a global events program, owning strategy, team development, and execution across webinars, dinners, rounds, and conferences to drive pipeline and ROI.

  • Own end-to-end event programs across formats to deliver pipeline and ROI.
  • Must-have: 6-8 years of B2B events ownership with both organic and paid programs.
  • Standout: balances global consistency with local flexibility while protecting brand and data integrity.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and empower a high-performing events team
  • Build and manage a skilled events team, fostering growth, collaboration, and accountability
  • Set clear goals and expectations, providing ongoing feedback and coaching
  • Champion diversity, inclusion, and professional development
  • Lead by example in operational excellence, strategic thinking, and results orientation
  • Designing and executing a balanced event portfolio across webinars, CPE programs, executive dinners, roundtables, conferences, and flagship in-person experiences
  • Translating business goals into a clear annual events roadmap
  • Applying and evolving a tiered event model for consistency and scalability
  • Serving as the single point of accountability for event outcomes, timelines, and quality
  • Advise on where events fit into the buyer journey and how they support pipeline
  • Assist in guiding stakeholders toward the right event formats based on audience and budget
  • Balance global consistency with local flexibility—empowering offices while protecting brand, data integrity, and ROI
  • Manage the company’s presence at industry events, trade shows, webinars, and partner-hosted activations
  • Develops and executes multi-channel event promotion strategies
  • Enables field by coordinating materials for sales-led attendee outreach
  • Own and improve event planning workflows, timelines, and playbooks
  • Ensure consistent use of tools and platforms
  • Partner with creative, content, digital, and operations teams to deliver cohesive event experiences
  • Proactively identify risks and opportunities to improve speed and quality
  • Manage event-related web pages, content, and registration workflows

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field.
  • 6-8 years of experience in B2B marketing, with significant ownership of events or experiential programs
  • Proven track record managing both organic and paid event strategies and execution.
  • Deep understanding of social media platform best practices, algorithms, and audience engagement tactics.
  • Experience with employee advocacy platforms (e.g., DSMN8) and executive thought leadership.
  • Strong writing and storytelling skills with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to pull insights from data and make recommendations.
  • Content Planning & Creation – Strong editorial and visual eye with the ability to collaborate on or oversee the creation of compelling content.
  • Campaign Management – Experience running targeted campaigns with clear KPIs and conversion goals.
  • Must be willing to travel at least 25% for events

Preferred

  • Experience with people management is preferred, but not required.

Benefits

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    Highspring

    Highspring is a leading global professional services organization with three integrated offerings—Consulting, Managed Services, and Talent Solutions. Vaco by Highspring specializes in delivering tailored Talent Solutions. Our expertise includes Accounting and Finance, Business and Digital Transformation, Risk and Compliance, Information Technology, and more. With more than 10,000 employees across 45+ offices worldwide, we give partners the agility to thrive, address challenges, and seize opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Get to know us at highspring.com.

    Founded in 2011
    Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
    1.2K employees (51 in marketing)