Director of Events and Experiences

Perplexity AI; United States; In loco; USD 180.000 - 280.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Perplexity AI seeks a Director of Events to own our events worldwide: hosted, speaking, and sponsored. You will set strategy, run production, manage the budget, and build the team.

Lead the calendar, decide which events we run, which we speak at, and which we skip. Produce launches, dinners, summits, and roadshows with strong concept and vendor management. You will lead the speaking program and sponsorships, ensuring every event reflects our product.

Competenze

• 12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, ideally in-house at a technology company
• Has run an executive speaking program: selecting stages, preparing speakers, managing the day
• Drives measurement: event attribution, brand sentiment, and reporting results
• Based in San Francisco or New York
• Can partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executives
• Knows production: run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, permits
• Power user of AI tools; demonstrated usage in workflows
• Has built or led an events team
• Has negotiated sponsorships and understands good vs bad deals
• Has owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts
• If you produced a flagship event and a dinner in the same week, you know what a good sponsorship looks like and want to build events from the ground up

Mansioni

• Own events worldwide, including hosted, speaking, and sponsored events.
• Set strategy, budget, production, and team.
• Lead the events calendar: decide which events to run, speak at, or skip.
• Produce hosted events: launches, dinners, summits, roadshows; manage concept, programming, venues, vendors, run of show.
• Run the speaking program: select stages and prepare speakers.
• Manage sponsorships: negotiate terms, design footprint, track spend.
• Collaborate with Sales to bring in target customers and ensure follow-up.
• Collaborate with Brand and Creative to ensure events look like the product.
• Lead the team with a balance of IC work and management.
• Build systems: playbooks, event tiers, intake, vendors, agencies, budgets.
• Measure attendance, coverage, pipeline, signups and stop underperforming events.

Conoscenze

Event management

Budget management

Team leadership

Sponsorships

Executive speaking program

Vendor management

Analytics / measurement

On-site execution

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools proficiency

Strumenti

Event management software

AI tools

Descrizione del lavoro

• Perplexity is seeking a Director of Events to own our events worldwide: the ones we host, the stages we speak on, and the ones we sponsor
• You will set the strategy, run production, manage the budget, and build the team
• Own events. Hosted, speaking, sponsored. Strategy, budget, production, results
• Set the calendar. Decide which events we run, which we speak at, and which we skip
• Produce hosted events. Launches, dinners, summits, roadshows. Concept, programming, venue, vendors, run of show
• Run the speaking program. Pick the stages. Prepare the speakers
• Manage sponsorships. Negotiate terms, design our footprint, and account for the spend
• Run field events with Sales. Get the right customers in the room. Make sure someone follows up
• Be Perplexity. Our events should look and feel like our product. Work with Brand and Creative on every one
• Lead the team. Equal parts IC and manager
• Build the system. Playbooks, event tiers, intake, vendors, agencies, budgets
• Measure. Attendance, coverage, pipeline, signups. Know which events worked and stop doing the ones that didn’t
• Be on site. For the events that matter, you are in the room

12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, ideally in-house at a technology companyHas run an executive speaking program: selecting stages, preparing speakers, managing the dayDrives measurement. Has built event attribution and tracked brand sentiment, and reports what each event returnedBased in San Francisco or New YorkCan partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executivesKnows production: run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, permitsPower user of AI tools. Most of your work already runs through them, and you can show us howHas built or led an events teamHas negotiated sponsorships and knows a bad deal when they see oneHas owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contractsIf you have produced a flagship and a dinner in the same week, know what a good sponsorship deal looks like, and want to build an events function from the ground up, this role is for you