Director, Flagship Events: Global Strategy & Delivery

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 345,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Director of Events to lead planning and delivery of high-profile, flagship events. You will partner with business units, product teams, marketing, communications, and executive leadership to define goals and ensure cross-functional alignment across the portfolio.

You will guide teams end-to-end—from idea development to on-site delivery and post-event evaluation—while managing multi-million dollar budgets and building strong external relationships with vendors,

Qualifications

• 12+ overall years of event management experience with 5+ years of management experience at a major technology company.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field, or equivalent experience. MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Proven experience owning events of 10,000+ attendees, including complex multi-day formats with keynotes, breakouts, exhibitions, and networking.
• Demonstrated ability to handle extensive event budgets while maintaining full financial oversight.
• Approximately 60% domestic and international travel for event planning and execution.
• Deep understanding of how large-scale events drive business impact — from brand and pipeline to partner engagement and executive relationships.
• Outstanding cross-functional collaboration skills — a natural dot-connector who can work across business units, build alignment quickly, and influence without authority.
• Executive presence and communication skills; comfortable working directly with C-suite collaborators and representing the events organization at the highest levels.
• Deep expertise in event production: staging, A/V, venue negotiations, vendor management, and on-site logistics.
• Comfortable owning complex, high-stakes work end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the overall strategy for flagship events, defining goals and success metrics with senior leadership.
• Align events with company priorities across business units, product teams, marketing, and communications.
• Lead teams through idea development to on-site delivery and post-event evaluation.
• Drive creative and experiential vision with creative, content, and brand partners.
• Manage multi-million dollar event budgets with cost tracking and forecasting.
• Provide updates and strategic recommendations to executives as primary point of contact.
• Oversee vendor, agency, and venue relationships to ensure top-quality execution.
• Develop master event timelines and map interdependencies to keep workstreams on track.

Skills

Event management

Leadership

Budgeting

Cross-functional collab

Executive presence

Vendor management

Staging & AV

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Director of Events to lead planning and delivery of high-profile, flagship events. You will partner with business units, product teams, marketing, communications, and executive leadership to define goals and ensure cross-functional alignment across the portfolio.

You will guide teams end-to-end—from idea development to on-site delivery and post-event evaluation—while managing multi-million dollar budgets and building strong external relationships with vendors,