Events Manager - North America

Kentik; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kentik is seeking an Events Manager for North America to lead the strategy, planning, and execution of in-person events across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. This pivotal role involves collaborating with marketing, sales, and executives to ensure impactful events, managing budgets, and refining processes for continuous improvement. Candidates should have a deep background in B2B event management, a proven record of successful execution, and excellent project management skills.

Benefits

100% premium coverage for health, vision, and dental insurance

Annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)

Paid family and medical leave

Open PTO and paid holidays

401(k) retirement account

Home office reimbursement

Stock options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing B2B events in a high-growth environment.
• Proven track record of planning and delivering successful event programs.
• Strong operational mindset with a track record of improving processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end strategy, planning, and execution of in-person events.
• Align event strategy with company objectives by partnering with cross-functional teams.
• Manage logistical aspects of event production including venue selection and budgeting.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Collaboration

Event planning

Budget management

Tools

Salesforce

Marketo

Asana

Job description

Who we are

Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Unlike traditional monitoring and observability tools, we demystify complex network operations, enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale. Built by network experts to make critical insight accessible to every engineer, Kentik is the real-time source of truth that understands every network in context — from data center to cloud to the internet. This single platform unifies and correlates cloud, device, flow, synthetic data to turn telemetry into action. Market leaders like Akamai, Booking.com, Dropbox, and Zoom rely on Kentik to run, manage, and optimize their networks.

What we do

If you’ve focused your career on event marketing and have a passion for creating exceptional experiences that drive brand awareness and pipeline impact, we want you on our team! As our Events Manager for North America, you will own the strategy, planning, and execution of a wide range of in-person events across the region (U.S., Canada, and Mexico). You’ll collaborate closely with marketing, sales, and executive stakeholders to define event goals, develop impactful event strategies, manage execution end-to-end, and measure outcomes that drive real business value. We’re a fast-moving team that values creativity, precision, and meaningful connections with our audience - and we have a lot of fun doing it.

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end strategy, planning, and execution of in-person events, including major industry conferences, field and partner events, executive forums, and roadshows.
• Align event strategy with company objectives by partnering with cross-functional teams (sales, product marketing, execs, and partners) to define event goals, KPIs, and success metrics.
• Execute all logistical aspects of event production including venue/booth selection, contract negotiation, vendor sourcing, A/V, catering, reservations, swag orders, signage, shipping, and on-site management.
• Oversee the North America event budgets with accountability for planning, forecasting, expense tracking, and ROI reporting
• Lead cross-functional planning, ensuring alignment on event messaging and content, promotions, speaking sessions, booth presence, staffing, demos, and post-event follow-up.
• Drive pre-event marketing and sales outreach in partnership with marketing ops, creative, sales, executives, and other key event stakeholders. Manage the development of promotional materials including emails, social posts, as well as sales outbound sequences.
• Ensure flawless execution of post-event leads follow up, including data cleansing, timely upload of leads and notes into Salesforce, tracking lead status and progression, and providing regular updates on event impact.
• Continuously improve processes, ensuring event workflows are standardized (whenever possible), documented, and communicated across impacted teams; propose and implement process improvements to drive scale and efficiency.
• Maintain a pulse on event trends and best practices, continuously evolving Kentik’s event strategy to increase impact.

What you'll bringStudies have shown that some candidates tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the criteria - even if you don’t match all of the qualifications, your skills and experience could be valuable in this role!

• 5+ years of experience managing B2B events in a high-growth, SaaS or tech-driven environment
• Proven track record of planning and delivering successful event programs with measurable pipeline and brand impact
• Deep experience with large-scale trade shows, partner events, and regional field activations
• Excellent project management skills, including vendor and stakeholder coordination across multiple simultaneous events
• Strong operational mindset with a track record of improving event processes, workflows, and documentation.
• Skilled in budget management, contract negotiation, and vendor sourcing
• Outstanding communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Experience with Salesforce, Marketo, Sendoso, Asana, Apollo
• Comfortable collaborating at all levels of the organization, including executives and sales leaders
• High attention to detail and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

What we offer

Kentik is a fully remote company that operates globally. We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization, and in turn, to broaden and enhance your career. We’re very thorough in the interview process to understand your skills and how they will relate to your successful growth here at Kentik. Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program for all in order to attract, engage and retain talented individuals who will drive our business and wow our customers.

The compensation range for this position is: $145,000 - $190,000. This range reflects the low and high end of the U.S. compensation range Kentik reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role. The actual compensation offered may be lower or higher than the stated range depending on various factors, including but not limited to:

• Experience with the skill sets required for success
• Demonstrated competencies and potential
• A geographic market-based approach

In addition to a great career opportunity, Kentik offers stellar benefits for our employees, which include:

• 100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
• Paid family & medical leave
• Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement account
• Home office reimbursement
• Stock options

Note: Benefits are as listed for all US full-time employees. For compensation, international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.

Come work with us

The true meaning of Kentik is visibility. We’re committed to making sure everyone feels empowered to use their voice, has a sense of belonging, and is represented at Kentik.

We don’t look for individuals who fit the culture, but those who will continue to add to the culture.
We encourage everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry: people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, and people of any age or family status.

Kentik is committed to creating an inclusive interview process. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to [e-mail].

Come as you are!
You will be working at a fast-growing, well-funded startup alongside industry thought leaders and network aficionados as we build the future of observability and set the high bar for how network operations and digital businesses should run. With a competitive salary and amazing benefits on top of the meaningful and challenging projects you’ll take on, we’re sure you’ll enjoy joining the Kentik team.

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