Director, Field & Event Marketing

The role

The Director of Field & Event Marketing will define and drive the global event strategy and operating model. This role focuses on creating diverse event formats to drive pipeline, customer engagement, and market leadership.

What you will do

• Own global event strategy across first-party, third-party, and field programs.
• Lead presence at priority third-party events.
• Build a differentiated event strategy using experimental activations and customer showcases.
• Partner with Sales, Product Marketing, Product, and Growth to align investments with business goals.
• Design high-quality attendee experiences.
• Build and scale the Event Operating Model including planning, budget, and KPIs.
• Identify and secure technical speaking opportunities for leaders.
• Build a vendor network and event-in-a-box program.
• Own end-to-end event experience including registration, communications, and execution.
• Hire, lead, and develop a high-performing event marketing team.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of B2B event marketing experience
• Experience producing first-party events from intimate to 5k+ attendees
• Experience managing third-party sponsorships for 30k+ attendees
• Experience creating various event formats including conferences, workshops, and hackathons
• Owner-operator mindset with accountability and bias for action
• Deep empathy for the attendee experience
• Deep GTM fluency with ability to connect events to pipeline and revenue
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce, Marketo, Cvent, Splash, Luma, and YouTube Live
• Demonstrated vendor, agency, budget, and production management experience
• Strong understanding of the San Francisco / Bay Area AI and Startup ecosystem

Nice to have

• Experience in cloud, AI, SaaS, or developer tools

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan
• New hire equity grant
• Employee Stock Purchase Program in participating countries
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Flexible time off
• Local team meetups
• Mental health and well being support

Before you apply

• You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period.

About the company

DigitalOcean is a technology company that builds scalable cloud. They aim to simplify cloud and AI for builders.