Director, Global Events

Drug Hunter; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Medical, dental, vision, and life 보험

Paid parental leave

401(k) with employer match

Home office setup stipend

Job summary

Drug Hunter in Washington, DC area is seeking an experienced Events Leader to manage live and digital programs. You will own end-to-end event execution, oversee speaker coordination, attendee experiences, budgets, and vendor relationships while partnering with Sales and Marketing.

This role requires travel (~30% internationally) and strong cross-functional collaboration with technical teams. You will build SOPs, maintain calendars, and ensure HubSpot-driven attendee data is accurate for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in event management or related functions.
• Experience managing complex in-person and digital event programs.
• Strong organizational and project-management skills.
• Excellent attendee and speaker-experience focus.
• Experience with budgets, sponsors, and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of Drug Hunter-hosted symposia, mixers, and dinners.
• Manage attendee journey from registration to follow-up.
• Coordinate attendance at 40+ scientific conferences annually.
• Oversee sponsorships, registrations, and promotional coordination.
• Improve post-event workflows and attendee experience with Sales/Marketing.
• Maintain event calendar, SOPs, and repeatable processes.

Skills

Event management

Project management

Budget management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel coordination

Customer service

HubSpot experience

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Drug Hunter is a B2B scientific intelligence platform for biotech/pharma R&D scientists that empowers them to discover the medicines of the future. We serve most of the top global biotech & pharma companies including Dow 30 and S&P500 companies. We're a mission-driven, product-focused company backed by top-tier investors and trusted by the world's leading R&D organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Hosted Events & Customer Experience

• Lead end-to-end execution of Drug Hunter-hosted symposia, mixers, and dinners.
• Manage the full attendee journey, including registration, communications, vendors, logistics, on-site experience, and organizing follow-up needed.
• Partner with Sales to operationalize invite and attendance strategies while ensuring a high-quality customer experience.
• Own event budgets, vendor management, and execution against established event plans.

Conferences, Sponsorships & Sales Event Support

• Coordinate Sales and Science team attendance at 40+ scientific conferences annually, including registration, internal coordination, and supporting marketing actions (note no exhibits/booths currently planned).
• Manage Drug Hunter sponsorships, including attendance planning, registrations, sponsor deliverables, promotional coordination, and event readiness.
• Work with Sales team admin to support Sales team site visits revolving around events, sponsorships, conferences, etc.

Flash Talk Digital Series

• Oversee logistics for Drug Hunter’s digital Flash Talk series, including speaker coordination, scheduling, communications, and platform readiness.
• Ensure registration, attendance, and follow-up activity are integrated into HubSpot.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to improve follow-up workflows and the overall attendee experience.

Event Operations & SOPs

• Maintain the annual event calendar and ensure key activities, deadlines, and ownership are clearly documented.
• Ensure events and attendee activity are consistently tracked in HubSpot.
• Build and maintain SOPs, templates, and repeatable processes that support consistent execution across the event portfolio.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and the customer experience.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in event management, field marketing, experiential marketing, or a related function.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex in-person and digital event programs.
• Exceptional organization, project management, and attention to detail.
• Strong customer-service orientation with a high bar for attendee and speaker experience.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, sponsorships, and event logistics.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to partner effectively with Sales and technical or scientific teams.
• Experience with HubSpot or a comparable CRM/marketing automation platform.
• Life sciences, biotech, pharma, or scientific event experience strongly preferred.
• Comfortable traveling for Drug Hunter-hosted symposia and mixers (~30% domestic & international)

Benefits

Drug Hunter provides industry-leading benefits, including the following:

• Competitive salary, variable compensation, and equity
• Broad range of medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees and their dependents, including generous coverage for a platinum PPO healthcare plan
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance
• Cancer and critical illness coverage
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave (after 1 yr tenure) and childcare FSA plan
• 401(k) + employer match (3-5%)
• Home office set up stipend for fully remote employees
• Learning and development support
• Generous and flexible vacation and leave policies