[Hiring] Senior Events Manager @Redpanda Data

Role Description

We’re looking for a Senior Global Events Manager to help scale and execute Redpanda’s global event strategy. This role will own key components of our event program across first-party, third-party, and partner activations—balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution.

You’ll play a central role in building repeatable programs, driving cross-functional alignment, and ensuring our events deliver measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in event or field marketing, ideally in B2B SaaS or technology
• Experience executing large-scale events across multiple regions for a fast moving SaaS organization
• Strong project management and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
• Data-driven mindset with experience tracking and reporting on event performance
• Familiarity with ecosystems (e.g., HubSpot, Salesforce, Monday.com) is a plus
• Experience with tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Monday, RingCentral
• Comfortable working across time zones and traveling up to 20%

Requirements

• Help build and operationalize the Global Event Playbook, including standards for messaging, design, execution, and ROI measurement
• Partner with Regional Marketing, Partner Marketing, and Brand to incorporate customer and partner storytelling into event narratives
• Support forecasting for event performance, pipeline contribution, and budget allocation
• Work with Marketing Operations to ensure consistent tracking, attribution, and reporting
• Lead planning and execution of large-scale global events as well as our virtual user conference
• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Partnerships to define engagement strategies and event goals
• Own logistics, vendor management, creative production, and communications for global activations
• Support partner-facing events (e.g., trainings and ecosystem activations) alongside Partner Marketing
• Collaborate with Content and Brand to maintain a centralized library of event assets and formats for global reuse
• Track and report on event performance, including ROI, pipeline influence, and engagement metrics
• Deliver post-event reports with insights and recommendations for optimization
• Create enablement materials (playbooks, templates, guides) to scale event execution globally
• Partner with Product Marketing, Brand, and Sales Enablement to align content with go-to-market priorities

Benefits

• U.S. base salary range for this role is $135,000, not including bonus and/or commission.
• Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
• As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary.
• Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Company Description

Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, diverse, people-first organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.