EMEA Events Manager — Remote & AI-Driven

Grafana; New Germany (MN); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Remote work

Job summary

Grafana Labs seeks an experienced EMEA Events Manager to own and deliver Grafana's regional events across EMEA and APJ, from ObservabilityCON on the Road to sponsorships. This hands-on role runs conferences end-to-end: sourcing venues, budgeting, vendors, and on-site execution while collaborating with marketing, sales, product and regional teams.

You will lead cross-functional planning, track success metrics, and build AI-enabled processes to improve efficiency and ROI.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of direct event management experience, including hosted conferences you personally owned end to end and third-party conference sponsorships you ran independently.
• Experience as the primary on-site lead for in-person events, making real-time decisions on vendors, staffing, run of show, and unforeseen problems without escalation.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage and execute a portfolio of in-person events, including owned regional user conferences and third-party sponsorships, across EMEA and eventually APJ
• Lead end-to-end event logistics, including venue sourcing, negotiating, and contracting, vendor coordination, booth design and setup, and on-site execution.
• Own event project management, maintaining detailed timelines, budgets, contracts, and vendor communications while ensuring alignment and visibility across stakeholders.
• Define and track event success metrics; deliver post-event analysis and translate insights into actionable improvements that increase performance and ROI.
• Create, review, and approve event assets such as signage, collateral, presentations, and registration experiences to ensure brand consistency and high-quality execution.
• Leverage and build AI and automation tools to improve planning efficiency, execution accuracy, and reporting processes.
• Identify risks early and resolve issues proactively, leading real-time problem-solving and on-site decision-making.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, sales, product, and regional teams to align event strategy with broader business objectives.
• Provide guidance to junior team members, contractors, and agency partners while remaining hands-on in execution.

Skills

Event management

Budgeting

Vendor management

On-site leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Project management

AI tools

Tools

Zuddl

Salesforce

Monday.com

Job description

Grafana Labs seeks an experienced EMEA Events Manager to own and deliver Grafana's regional events across EMEA and APJ, from ObservabilityCON on the Road to sponsorships. This hands-on role runs conferences end-to-end: sourcing venues, budgeting, vendors, and on-site execution while collaborating with marketing, sales, product and regional teams.

You will lead cross-functional planning, track success metrics, and build AI-enabled processes to improve efficiency and ROI.