Events & Field Marketing Manager

The role

You will plan and run trade shows, conferences, customer events, and regional gatherings across Canada and the U.S. You will own timelines, logistics, vendors, budgets, and attendee communications.

What you will do

• Build and maintain event plans, deadlines, checklists, and budgets across multiple concurrent events.
• Track dependencies, follow up with contributors, and flag risks early with recommendations.
• Own event logistics and vendor coordination, including venues, catering, audiovisual, registration, accommodations, and transportation.
• Manage booths, signage, merchandise, collateral, shipping, and speaker logistics.
• Run technical checks, rehearsals, setup, troubleshooting, and teardown on site.
• Deliver a high-quality attendee experience with accurate communications and production details.
• Reconcile expenses and invoices and organize event assets.
• Hand off event results to sales and marketing and document lessons learned.

Required qualifications

• 4 or more years of relevant experience in corporate events, conferences, or trade show management.
• Hands-on experience independently coordinating multiple events, vendors, deadlines, and budgets.
• Experience with attendee communications, registration platforms, project management tools, and spreadsheets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with customers, senior leaders, speakers, vendors, and external partners.
• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage several events at once and adapt as priorities shift.
• You must be eligible to work in Canada.
• Final applicants must pass a background check.

Nice to have

• Experience in B2B technology, SaaS, or professional services.
• Experience supporting field marketing or events in B2B technology, SaaS, or professional services.
• Familiarity with event operations across Canada and the U.S.
• Willingness and ability to travel, including occasional evening and weekend work.
• Experience in insights, research technology, or another fast-paced client-facing environment.

Benefits

• Home office, internet, and cellphone stipends.
• RRSP plan with employer matching.
• Parental leave top up.
• Hybrid working model and home office benefits.
• Comprehensive paid time off covering vacation, sick, and personal days.
• Extended health and dental plan.
• Health spending account.
• Generous sick, personal, and mental health days.
• $1,000 annual mental health benefits with Canada Life.

Before you apply

• You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered.
• Final applicants will be required to undergo a background check.
• Accommodation requests can be sent to peopleteam@rivalgroup.io.
• The posting says no recruiters and no phone calls.

About the company

Rival Technologies is a conversational research platform and one of Vancouver's fastest-growing tech companies. It is part of Rival Group, which also includes Reach3 Insights, a market research agency with offices in Chicago, Toronto, and Vancouver.