Director, Keynotes and Executive Content

The Sage Group; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sage Group seeks a Director, Keynotes & Executive Content to lead strategy, development, and execution of high-profile keynote and executive communications across major events, executive programs, and global activations.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in executive communications, keynote content, content strategy, or related B2B technology storytelling, with strong editorial judgment and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in executive communications, keynote content, content strategy, corporate communications, event marketing, or a related field.
• Experience supporting senior executives in large enterprise, B2B SaaS, technology, or global organization.
• Strong writing, editing, and presentation development skills, including scripts, executive messaging, and keynote storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead keynote strategy and content development for major events, executive programs, and global activations.
• Partner with senior executives to create narratives, messaging, scripts, and presentations aligned to their voice and business objectives.
• Translate complex product, industry, customer, and corporate messaging into clear, compelling stories for executive audiences.
• Oversee development of keynote scripts, presentations, customer interviews, panels, videos, demos, and other audience-facing content.
• Advise executives and cross-functional stakeholders on messaging, storytelling, creative direction, and presentation effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Communications, Events, regional teams, customers, and Production to deliver cohesive keynote experiences.
• Prepare executives, customers, and speakers through content reviews, briefings, coaching, rehearsals, and readiness sessions.
• Provide senior editorial and creative oversight through production and onsite execution.
• Use audience, market, competitive, and business insights to strengthen keynote strategy and content performance.

Skills

Executive communications

Keynote content

Content strategy

Corporate communications

Event marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Editing

Storytelling

Presentation development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications/Marketing/Journalism/Business or related field

Job description

We are seeking a Director, Keynotes & Executive Content, to lead the strategy, development, and execution of high-profile keynote and executive communications. This person will shape how the client’s most important product, customer, industry, and corporate stories come to life across major events, executive programs, and global activations.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of experience in executive communications, keynote development, content strategy, event programming, or related B2B technology storytelling. This is a highly cross-functional role requiring strong executive presence, editorial judgment, creative direction, and the ability to manage complex content through production and onsite delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead keynote strategy and content development for major events, executive programs, and global activations.
• Partner with senior executives to create narratives, messaging, scripts, and presentations aligned to their voice, priorities, and business objectives.
• Translate complex product, industry, customer, and corporate messaging into clear, compelling stories for executive and enterprise audiences.
• Oversee development of keynote scripts, presentations, customer interviews, panels, videos, demos, and other audience-facing content.
• Advise executives and cross-functional stakeholders on messaging, storytelling, creative direction, and presentation effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Communications, Events, regional teams, customers, and Production to deliver cohesive keynote experiences.
• Prepare executives, customers, and speakers through content reviews, briefings, coaching, rehearsals, and final readiness sessions.
• Provide senior editorial and creative oversight through production and onsite execution, ensuring content is accurate, polished, and aligned as plans evolve.
• Use audience, market, competitive, and business insights to strengthen keynote strategy, programming, and content performance over time.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in executive communications, keynote content, content strategy, corporate communications, event marketing, or a related field.
• Experience supporting senior executives in a large enterprise, B2B SaaS, technology, or global organization.
• Strong writing, editing, and presentation development skills, including scripts, executive messaging, and keynote storytelling.
• Ability to simplify complex technical and business topics into compelling, audience-ready narratives.
• Proven cross-functional leadership across Product, Marketing, Communications, Events, Creative, and Production teams.
• Experience managing high-visibility content under tight timelines and changing priorities.
• Strong editorial judgment, attention to detail, and comfort working through final production and onsite execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or a related field preferred.