[Hiring] Experiential Events Manager @Pogo Technologies, Inc.

Role Description

As an Experiential Events Manager at Pogo, you'll own conferences, dinners and IRL events as core growth channels. You'll run a high volume of events year-round, end-to-end, from logistics and project management to evaluating which ones are worth doing again — and bring creative, memorable activations to how Pogo shows up in person.

• Own end-to-end logistics for our conference and event programs – venues, vendors, travel, materials, staffing, follow-up
• Build and maintain relationships with event organizers, venues, and partners
• Evaluate ROI for every event – which earned their spot, which didn't, and what to do differently next time
• Bring great taste to how Pogo shows up, at every IRL touchpoint, including event displays, dinner menus, and swag
• Design creative, experiential activations that make Pogo stand out to a niche audience of insights and research leaders – the hook, not just the booth
• Travel up to 2x a month to ensure the highest priority events run smoothly
• Partner with sales and marketing to make sure events convert
• Run guerrilla marketing experiments to cut through at the events that matter most

Qualifications

• Likely 3–7 years of experience in conference servicing, field marketing, experiential programs, or events at a tech company or creative agency.
• Strong operations chops. You can project manage many events at once with hundreds of moving parts and not drop the ball.
• You can build a relationship with anyone – especially the people hosting events, to unlock the best slots, partnerships, and venues.
• Great taste and creative instinct. A booth, a dinner, swag, a follow-up email – you care how things look and feel, and you can invent the activation, not just execute it.
• You evaluate spend honestly. Not every event is worth it. You can tell the difference and make the call to cut what isn't working.
• You operate autonomously. You don't need someone telling you which conferences to consider or which vendors to call.
• You're up to travel up to 2x a month (primarily within the US).
• You actively use AI tools in your workflows.

Benefits

• Own one of the most visible parts of our GTM strategy.
• Conferences, dinners, and in-person experiences are a core growth channel for us – not a side project. You'll have real ownership over how Pogo shows up in the world.
• Run events that actually matter.
• We care deeply about quality over quantity. Instead of churning through generic trade shows, we focus on highly intentional experiences that create meaningful relationships and drive real business outcomes.
• Have a direct impact on revenue.
• You'll work closely with sales and leadership to shape how events convert into pipeline, customer relationships, and long-term partnerships – with clear visibility into what's working.
• Help define the playbook early.
• As one of the early members of the marketing team, you'll help shape our field marketing strategy, vendor relationships, event standards, and operating rhythms as we scale.
• Get out from behind the desk.
• If you enjoy being in the room where things happen – building relationships face-to-face, traveling, and creating experiences people remember – this role gives you the chance to do that regularly.

Company Description

• This isn't a traditional brand marketing role.
• We care deeply about ROI, pipeline, and relationship-building – not just running polished events or optimizing vanity metrics. Every event is expected to drive meaningful business impact.
• This is an in-the-trenches role.
• You'll be on the ground at events ~2x a month and own every operational detail yourself. Creative vision doesn't replace execution here – it sits on top of it.
• The role can be operationally intense.
• You'll own everything end-to-end: vendor issues, logistics, travel, shipments, last-minute changes, and post-event follow-up. A lot of the work happens behind the scenes.
• We move quickly with very little structure.
• You won't have large agency support, endless planning cycles, or overly defined processes. We value autonomy, speed, and people who can figure things out as they go.
• Travel and context-switching are part of the job.
• You'll be juggling multiple events, partnerships, and experiments at once while traveling frequently.
• We expect more than 9 to 5 – raw hours make an impact at our current stage. That said, we trust each team member to create a flexible work schedule that allows them to be most productive while accommodating other priorities outside of work.
• We also strongly encourage time off to recharge the batteries: in addition to unlimited PTO, we've implemented a minimum 20 days vacation policy.