Field & Events Marketing Manager

The Robot Age; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gecko Robotics is seeking an events and customer-experience owner to manage conferences, trade shows, hosted events, and VIP visits at the Pittsburgh headquarters. You will craft how the company presents its robot-and-data story to customers, partners, investors, and the public.

You will own the events calendar, lead cross-functional execution from strategy to on-site delivery, and build systems to measure ROI for continuous improvement across all events.

Qualifications

• Experience owning corporate events, trade shows, experiential marketing, or customer events.
• Strong cross-functional project management from strategy through on-site execution.
• Comfort pitching prospects and stakeholders in person.
• Willingness to travel regularly for events.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual conference and events calendar.
• Define how Gecko shows up physically and verbally at trade shows and hosted events.
• Run event logistics, vendor management, booth builds, on-site operations, and off-site programs.
• Build repeatable systems for measuring event ROI and improving each event.

Skills

Event management

Cross-functional PM

Pitching/stakeholder persuation

Travel willingness

Job description

What the role actually is

Gecko Robotics is hiring an events and customer-experience owner for conferences, trade shows, hosted events, and VIP visits to its Pittsburgh headquarters. The job is about making Gecko's robot-and-data story clear to customers, partners, investors, and public audiences.

What you would work on

• Own the annual conference and events calendar.
• Define how Gecko shows up physically and verbally at trade shows and hosted events.
• Run event logistics, vendor management, booth builds, on-site operations, and off-site programs.
• Build repeatable systems for measuring event ROI and improving each event.

What they are asking for

• Experience owning corporate events, trade shows, experiential marketing, or customer events.
• Strong cross-functional project management from strategy through on-site execution.
• Comfort pitching prospects and stakeholders in person.
• Willingness to travel regularly for events.

Why this one is worth a look

This is not a robot-building job; it is a market-making job. Gecko sells a combined robotics, sensing, and AI platform into critical infrastructure, so the quality of demos, visits, and customer events matters a lot to whether buyers understand the value.