EMEA Events Lead – Remote & AI‑Driven Growth

Grafana; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 83,000 - 100,000; Full time

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Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking an experienced EMEA Events Manager to own and deliver Grafana's regional events across EMEA and APJ, from conferences to sponsorships. You will source venues, manage budgets, coordinate vendors, and be on-site to ensure seamless execution. You’ll collaborate with marketing, sales, product, and regional teams while driving AI-driven improvements.

The role requires 4+ years of event management, strong budget control, and on-site leadership. Travel up to 40% is expected.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of direct event management experience, including hosted conferences you personally owned end to end and third‑party conference sponsorships you ran independently.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage and execute a portfolio of in-person events across EMEA and APJ.
• Lead end-to-end event logistics including venue sourcing, negotiating, contracting, vendor coordination, booth design and on-site execution.
• Own event project management with timelines, budgets, contracts, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Event management

Budget management

Vendor coordination

On-site leadership

Project management

AI tools

Tools

Zuddl

Salesforce

Monday.com

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking an experienced EMEA Events Manager to own and deliver Grafana's regional events across EMEA and APJ, from conferences to sponsorships. You will source venues, manage budgets, coordinate vendors, and be on-site to ensure seamless execution. You’ll collaborate with marketing, sales, product, and regional teams while driving AI-driven improvements.

The role requires 4+ years of event management, strong budget control, and on-site leadership. Travel up to 40% is expected.