[Hiring] Event Development Manager @Centuri Group, Inc.

Role Description

The Event & Development Manager owns event strategy and execution across Centuri and its operating companies, with a clear mandate to deliver one unified brand and support pipeline growth at every customer-facing event and sponsorship. This new role builds the annual enterprise event calendar, decides where Centuri invests its time and budget, and carries each event from planning through on-site execution. The successful candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted working relationships across a matrixed organization, partnering with Marketing Managers, Business Development, and operating company presidents to make every event count. The Event & Development Manager reports to the Director of Brand & Marketing and advances three priorities: accelerating operating company growth, bringing the One Centuri operating model to life, and strengthening Centuri’s position in the markets it serves. Qualified remote candidates will also be considered for this position.

What You'll Do

• Event Strategy
  • Build and maintain the annual enterprise event calendar, prioritizing trade shows, industry conferences, sponsorships and customer events by market, audience and pipeline value.
  • Determine which events and sponsorships warrant investment and how each one ladders up to One Centuri brand and growth objectives.
  • Set clear objectives and success measures for each event before it is committed to the calendar.
  • Review post-event results and translate them into recommendations for future event investment.
• End-to-End Event Execution
  • Manage planning, budgets, vendors, exhibit logistics, registration and on-site execution for enterprise and operating company events.
  • Track event spend against approved budgets and manage vendor relationships to deliver quality and value.
  • Work with the Graphic Design Specialist to produce on-brand exhibits, signage, collateral and event materials.
  • Lead Centuri’s on-site presence, ensuring a consistent, professional brand experience for customers and partners.
• Pipeline & Business Development Alignment
  • Partner with Business Development to identify target customers and prospects, plan engagement ahead of each event and support follow-up afterward.
  • Track and report on event performance, including attendance, engagement and influence on pipeline, to show how events contribute to growth.
• Marketing & Operating Company Partnership
  • Align events with all Marketing team to ensure each event supports operating company and cross-sell priorities.
  • Serve as a key point of contact for operating company presidents and leaders on event participation, sponsorship requests and event planning.
  • Apply Centuri’s brand standards and messaging framework across every event, working with the Director of Brand & Marketing on governance.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in event management or event marketing, ideally in a B2B, industrial, infrastructure or professional services environment.
• Proven track record planning and executing trade shows, conferences, sponsorships and customer events from strategy through on-site execution.
• Experience building event calendars and managing event budgets, with sound judgment on where to invest.
• Hands-on experience managing vendors, exhibit logistics and registration.
• Ability to connect event investment to measurable business outcomes such as pipeline and customer engagement.
• Strategic mindset paired with hands-on execution.
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working with senior leaders, including business development teams and operating company presidents.
• A collaborative, detail-oriented approach, comfort working independently and willingness to travel as events require.

Benefits

• Benefit Package including Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage.
• 401K w/ Company Match.
• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance and Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.
• Vacation/Sick Time and Paid Holidays.
• Potential Bonus Opportunities.
• Career Development Opportunities.
• Employee Discounts.
• Weekly Payroll.

Work Environment

• Work is performed in an office and field environment.
• Flexibility to work various schedules and stay late when necessary with little or no notice.
• Must be able to read documents, use a computer, communicate verbally and in writing.
• Mobility required within an office, warehouse and construction site environments.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.