Marketing Events Manager

Real-Time Innovations (RTI); Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working schedule

Hybrid + Home Office stipend

Flexible PTO

Annual bonus

Job summary

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is seeking an experienced Marketing Events Manager to lead the strategy, planning, and performance of our global B2B events portfolio. This role manages a small Events team and works across North America, EMEA, and APAC from a hybrid Denver base.

You will own the global events roadmap, partner with Marketing and Sales, oversee budgets and vendors, and measure impact with data-driven post-event analysis.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in corporate events, field marketing, or related discipline.
• Experience directly managing and developing employees.
• Ability to translate business objectives into integrated event programs.
• Experience managing multi-region event portfolios.
• Strong financial management including budgeting and forecasting.
• Partner with Sales/Marketing to link event activity to pipeline.
• Executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Excellent program and project management skills.
• Data-driven approach to performance measurement and improvement.
• Willingness to travel (~8x/year).

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a small team of event professionals and allocate resources globally.
• Own RTI’s global event strategy and annual roadmap with aligned investments.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, regional leaders, and executives to define objectives and success metrics.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of virtual and in-person events across regions.
• Establish event processes, planning standards, tools and governance.
• Own the global events budget, including forecasting and vendor negotiations.
• Manage relationships with agencies and external partners; oversee contracts and service quality.
• Define event measurement frameworks and ensure lead capture, follow-up and reporting.
• Evaluate event performance with pipeline metrics and post-event reviews.
• Identify new event opportunities based on audience needs and market priorities.
• Provide direction to cross-functional event teams and manage timelines and dependencies.
• Travel as needed to priority events (~8x/year).

Skills

People management

Event strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Vendor negotiations

Executive communication

Project management

Data-driven decision making

Travel readiness

Education

BA/BS in Marketing or Communications

Tools

Salesforce

HubSpot

Pardot

Monday.com

Job description

RTI is seeking an experienced Marketing Events Manager to lead the strategy, planning, and performance of our global B2B events portfolio. This is a people-management position responsible for managing and developing the Marketing Events team while overseeing programs across North America, EMEA, and APAC.

Work Location: This is a hybrid role requiring two days per week in our Denver, CO office.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a small team of event professionals, including setting priorities, managing performance, supporting career development, and allocating resources across the global event portfolio.
• Own RTI’s global event strategy and annual roadmap, ensuring investments align with company, market, brand, and go-to-market priorities.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, regional leaders, and executive stakeholders to define event objectives, audiences, messaging, engagement strategies, and success measures.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of virtual and in-person events across North America, EMEA, and APAC, ensuring consistent quality, brand expression, and attendee experience.
• Establish and continuously improve event processes, planning standards, tools, and governance to enable efficient, scalable execution.
• Own the global events budget, including annual planning, forecasting, expense management, vendor negotiations, and investment recommendations.
• Manage strategic relationships with agencies, venues, production partners, exhibit vendors, and other external suppliers; oversee contracts, pricing, performance, and service quality.
• Define event measurement frameworks, and partner with Marketing and Sales to ensure effective lead capture, follow-up, attribution, and reporting.
• Evaluate event performance using pipeline contribution, engagement, cost, and other business measures; lead post-event reviews, data-driven analysis, and present recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify and assess new event and sponsorship opportunities based on audience needs, market priorities, competitive activity, and expected business value.
• Provide clear direction to cross-functional event teams and ensure stakeholders understand roles, timelines, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
• Travel as needed to support priority events, including occasional evening or weekend commitments. Approximately ~8x/year.

What We’re Looking For

• 5-7+ years of experience in corporate events, field marketing, experiential marketing, or a related discipline, preferably in a global B2B organization or agency environment.
• Demonstrated experience directly managing, coaching, and developing employees.
• Proven ability to develop event strategy and translate business objectives into integrated programs.
• Experience managing complex, multi-region event portfolios and multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong financial management experience, including budget planning, forecasting, vendor negotiation, and cost control.
• Demonstrated success in partnering with Sales and Marketing teams to connect event activity with engagement, pipeline, and business outcomes.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Excellent program and project management skills, with a record of delivering complex programs on time and within budget.
• A data-driven approach to performance measurement, prioritization, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to meet the position’s travel and scheduling requirements.
• BA/BS or equivalent in Marketing, Communications or related degree.
• US Person requirement *Due to export-control regulations, we can only consider “US persons” for this role. A “US person” is defined by federal law as a US citizen, lawful permanent resident (green card holder), refugee, or asylee. We are not able to provide visa sponsorship or transfer.*

Additional Skills That Will Help You Be Successful

• A passion for the rapidly-evolving Marketing and B2B Technology industries.
• Experience in B2B technology, industrial technology, or another complex technical market.
• Experience supporting global programs across North America, EMEA, and APAC.
• Familiarity with Salesforce and marketing automation platforms such as HubSpot or Pardot.
• Experience with Monday.com or a comparable work-management platform.
• Experience engaging directly with customers, partners, executives, and industry organizations.
• Eagerness to contribute and grow on a dynamic, collaborative and friendly team.

What We Offer You

• Flexible working schedule.
• Hybrid working + Home Office Stipend to cover the costs of working from home.
• Flexible Paid Time Off + “Real Vacation Bonus,” an additional bonus for taking more than 1-week of uninterrupted vacation.
• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance + other prizes and awards.
• We recognize employees for their achievements, offer great opportunities for career growth and development, and provide the tools they need to succeed.

How Is Life At RTI

• We have been certified as a Great Place to Work for seven consecutive years both in Spain and the US. In addition, we were listed as one of the Best Companies for Women to Advance.
• We live and work by our core values, which emphasize excellence, teamwork, and reaching your potential. Our motto is “Enjoy the journey,” above all we must enjoy what we do and have fun at work. At RTI, you will work in a positive, supportive, diverse environment with a team that truly cares about you.
• We are defined by our “Working as One” culture and truly care about team’s interaction. That is why we plan trips for teams to get together in person, enjoy fun team-building activities and events, and feel more connected.

What We Do / About RTI

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the data-streaming company for intelligent distributed systems. RTI Connext® software is the critical nervous system for over 2,000 designs across Aerospace and Defense, MedTech, Automotive, and Robotics. Connext is the only real-time data streaming platform that can both control demanding physical systems and integrate them with cloud applications. RTI helps organizations develop, deploy, and scale intelligence and physical AI from edge to cloud, faster. RTI Runs a Smarter World™. Learn more at www.rti.com.

RTI is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

The compensation for this role is $90k - $125k in Denver, Colorado. The salary range displayed on this job posting reflects a minimum and maximum target. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that this range reflects the base salary target range only, and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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