Director, Event Marketing - AI Accelerators

C3.ai, Inc.; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

C3 AI is seeking a results-driven marketing leader to run the C3 AI Accelerator Series from the Redwood City office. The role demands hands-on, multi-city event execution and a proven ability to generate pipeline through direct marketing.

You will partner with marketing and sales to drive campaigns, manage budgets and vendors, and ensure flawless delivery at major industry events. Travel and in-office collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; advanced degree (MBA or master's) preferred.
• 7+ years of professional experience, including significant marketing experience.
• Proven success in direct marketing, with campaigns and conversion results you can demonstrate from invitation through attendance to pipeline
• Experience running multi-city event programs at a consistently high standard
• Experience managing budgets, agencies, and vendors; experience leading or mentoring a team
• Data-driven approach to measurement and pipeline attribution
• Strong communication skills and the presence to work with senior executives and customers
• Willingness to travel extensively, domestically and internationally

Responsibilities

• Execute the Accelerator strategy, global calendar, messaging, and creative in partnership with marketing leadership
• Maintain and apply the Accelerator Playbook, including operating model, checklists, and decision rights, to ensure consistency as the program scales
• Plan and run the direct-marketing campaigns behind every event: personalized outbound, email, account-based campaigns, and partner channels
• Manage the registration funnel and data; drive qualified attendance, show rate, and cost per qualified attendee
• Partner with sales on target accounts, seller activation, and direct outreach, and drive post-event follow-up that converts attendees into account conversations
• Own the workback, market intake, and activation checklist for each city, including agency, venue, and vendor coordination
• Ensure attendee, technical, and facilitator readiness for a working session where every participant builds
• Run the scorecard and post-event debriefs, and report results, including pipeline influenced, to marketing leadership
• Manage the event budget and lead a small team of event and campaign marketers

Skills

Marketing leadership

Direct marketing

Multi-city event programs

Budget management

Data-driven measurement

Executive communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or master's degree

Job description

C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise.Learn more at: C3 AI

C3 AI is looking for a results-driven, hands-on marketing leader to run the C3 AI Accelerator Series day to day. The Accelerator is a one-day, hands-on masterclass in agentic AI where customers and prospects describe a business problem in plain language and build a working application on their own data with C3 Code, our enterprise agentic app builder. C3 AI will host Accelerators monthly in major cities worldwide and integrate them into Tier 1 industry events.

Working closely with marketing and sales leadership, you will drive the direct-marketing engine that fills every room with the right people and ensure flawless delivery in every market. Success requires proven direct-marketing results, rigorous execution across many cities at once, and the ability to tie every event to pipeline.This role is based in Redwood City, CA and requires being in the office 5 days a week, with travel as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Execute the Accelerator strategy, global calendar, messaging, and creative in partnership with marketing leadership
• Maintain and apply the Accelerator Playbook, including operating model, checklists, and decision rights, to ensure consistency as the program scales
• Plan and run the direct-marketing campaigns behind every event: personalized outbound, email, account-based campaigns, and partner channels
• Manage the registration funnel and data; drive qualified attendance, show rate, and cost per qualified attendee
• Partner with sales on target accounts, seller activation, and direct outreach, and drive post-event follow-up that converts attendees into account conversations
• Own the workback, market intake, and activation checklist for each city, including agency, venue, and vendor coordination
• Ensure attendee, technical, and facilitator readiness for a working session where every participant builds
• Run the scorecard and post-event debriefs, and report results, including pipeline influenced, to marketing leadership
• Manage the event budget and lead a small team of event and campaign marketers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; advanced degree (MBA or master's) preferred
• 7+ years of professional experience, including significant marketing experience
• Proven success in direct marketing, with campaigns and conversion results you can demonstrate from invitation through attendance to pipeline
• Experience running multi-city event programs at a consistently high standard
• Experience managing budgets, agencies, and vendors; experience leading or mentoring a team
• Data-driven approach to measurement and pipeline attribution
• Strong communication skills and the presence to work with senior executives and customers
• Willingness to travel extensively, domestically and internationally
• Preferred: B2B enterprise software, AI, or developer-audience event experience; experience with large industry conferences; account-based marketing alongside enterprise sales

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.

California Base Pay Range

$174,000 - $225,000 USD

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