Regional Marketing & Events Lead

Soni; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Soni seeks a Regional Marketing Manager to lead market-focused initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. The role focuses on events, sponsorships, client hospitality, and strategic programs to strengthen brand presence and drive business growth.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years across events, sponsorships, hospitality, or regional marketing, with strong stakeholder management and an entrepreneurial, consultative mindset. Collaboration with marketing, BD, and leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in events, brand sponsorships, client hospitality, regional marketing.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Entrepreneurial, consultative mindset with data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of market-based events, sponsorships, and client hospitality.
• Partner with marketing, business development, and leadership to build programs.
• Evaluate sponsorship opportunities and provide data-backed recommendations.
• Manage end-to-end event execution including planning, logistics, vendors, venues, budgets, and post-event follow-up.
• Support high-touch client hospitality experiences for priority clients and milestones.
• Apply processes to evaluate event and sponsorship requests and ensure disciplined investment.
• Track and report engagement, program performance, and contribution to business development.
• Collaborate with client development teams on post-event strategies to convert engagement into opportunities.
• Manage relationships with vendors, venues, and creative partners with tight budgets.
• Support budget management, tracking, variance reporting, and cost efficiency.
• Guide in-market teams and reinforce standardized processes, tools, and best practices.
• Support additional marketing initiatives as needs evolve.

Skills

Event planning

Sponsorship activations

Hospitality management

Regional marketing

Stakeholder management

Data-driven analytics

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

Soni seeks a Regional Marketing Manager to lead market-focused initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. The role focuses on events, sponsorships, client hospitality, and strategic programs to strengthen brand presence and drive business growth.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years across events, sponsorships, hospitality, or regional marketing, with strong stakeholder management and an entrepreneurial, consultative mindset. Collaboration with marketing, BD, and leadership is essential.