Events Lead

payhawkio; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid holiday

House exchange to London, Amsterdam, &

Team-wide events

Medical care

Gym membership

Travel allowance

Hands-on product access

Job summary

Payhawk is seeking a results-oriented Head of Events to lead a team and shape our external engagements with finance leaders across Europe. You will own the events calendar, manage budgets, and ensure events drive pipeline and brand impact.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and product teams to create compelling experiences that convert prospects into ambassadors. Fluent English is required, with a willingness to travel and work evenings or weekends when events occur.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in B2B events or experiential marketing, owning a programme of owned events and third-party conferences.
• Experience leading and developing a small team with a coaching style that builds confidence and accountability.
• Proven record of linking events to pipeline and collaborating with Sales/BDR teams.
• Experience managing an events budget, negotiating with venues, agencies and sponsors, and judging ROI.
• Strong planning and organisation skills.
• Judgement to decide what to do, stop or hand over.
• Comfort with CRM and event tools; data-driven optimization.
• Excellent communication and relationship skills with senior finance leaders, speakers, partners and ambassadors.
• Fluent English.
• Willingness to travel and work evenings/weekends around events.

Responsibilities

• Own the events strategy and annual calendar across Future CFO events, third-party conferences, webinars and ambassador activations.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of three; set priorities and delegate to grow skills.
• Direct the Future CFO community programme, building a pipeline of customers, prospects and ambassadors.
• Decide where Payhawk shows up at third-party events; coordinate with internal teams and partners.
• Collaborate with Sales, BDR and leadership on target accounts, invitations, pre/post-event outreach.
• Partner with Content and Product Marketing on webinars and event narratives.
• Plan and manage the events budget, supplier contracts, and sponsorship decisions; assess ROI.
• Work with Marketing Ops to track events in the CRM and report attendance and pipeline impact.
• Build and nurture relationships with speakers, partners and Payhawk ambassadors.

Skills

B2B events

Team leadership

Pipeline linkage

Budget management

Planning & organisation

Decision making

CRM tools

Data-driven

Stakeholder comms

English fluency

Travel willingness

Tools

CRM software

Event management tools

Job description

Company Mission

Payhawk is one AI-powered spend management platform for scaling businesses - corporate cards, expense management, procurement, and accounts payable, unified in one place. We serve finance teams across 32+ countries, cutting month-end close time and reconciling 99.7% of transactions with zero manual touch. AI runs through the platform as core infrastructure, not a bolted-on feature - and we hire the top 1% of talent in every function to keep building it that way.

Why Payhawk

Payhawk, where the bold builders make an impact.

We're not a family, we're a high-performance team - and that's deliberate. We debate, ideate, and push each other to be better, because the best ideas come from direct feedback. We've already made history as Bulgaria's first unicorn, but the ambition doesn't stop there: if you want to grow fast - own it; do not wait for it.

• Give : Honest opinions, real ownership, a focus on outcomes.
• Get : A front-row seat to a market leader in one of the fastest-moving industries.

The role, in one line

You will lead the team that puts Payhawk in front of the right finance leaders, in the right rooms, and makes sure every event delivers pipeline and insight back to the business.

What you will own

• Own the events strategy and annual calendar across Future CFO events, third-party conferences, webinars and ambassador activations, tied to regional pipeline and brand goals.
• Lead, coach and develop a team of three. Set clear priorities, share the workload and build each person's skills.
• Direct the Future CFO community programme, including format, themes, speakers, venues and guest experience. Build a pipeline of customers, prospects and ambassadors who want to come back.
• Decide where Payhawk shows up at third-party events. Plan and direct our presence with internal teams and agency partners, keeping brand, messaging and collateral consistent.
• Work with Sales, BDR and leadership on target accounts, invitations, pre-event outreach and post-event follow-up, so events support active deals and named accounts.
• Partner with the Content and Product Marketing teams on webinars, digital experiences, event narratives and speaker content.
• Plan and manage the events budget, supplier and agency contracts, and sponsorship decisions. Judge the return on each commitment.
• Work with Marketing Ops to track every event in the CRM and set the process for handing over attendees and leads. Report on attendance, pipeline influenced, pipeline sourced and cost per outcome.
• Build and nurture relationships with speakers, partners and Payhawk ambassadors.

What you will need

Must-have

• Substantial experience in B2B events or experiential marketing, including owning a programme of owned events and third-party conferences.
• Experience leading and developing a small team, with a coaching style that builds confidence and accountability.
• A record of linking events to pipeline, and of working with Sales and BDR teams before and after an event.
• Experience managing an events budget, negotiating with venues, agencies and sponsors, and judging return on spend.
• Strong planning and organisation.
• The judgement to decide what to do, what to stop and what to hand over.
• Comfort with a CRM and event tools, and a habit of using data to improve the next event.
• Strong communication and relationship skills with senior finance leaders, speakers, partners and ambassadors.
• Fluent English.
• Willingness to travel and to work some evenings and weekends around events.

Nice-to-have

• Experience in community-led marketing, financial technology or with finance audiences.
• Additional European languages.

What you will get

• Recharge properly - 25 days of paid holiday + National Holidays + RTT
• Change the view - a week-long exchange to London, Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Vilnius, Berlin, Sofia, or Barcelona
• Win together, celebrate together - regular team-wide events that are actually worth showing up to
• Covered, properly - additional medical care
• Stay in the game - a sports card, fully funded, for the gym, classes, or your sport of choice
• Commute easily - a monthly travel allowance that covers getting to and from the office
• Use what you build - hands‑on access to the actual product you're hiring people to help build

Payhawk is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.