Remote FinTech Events Lead

Databento; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) matching

100% remote work

Job summary

Databento is seeking an Events Specialist to build and scale our events program for a global fintech audience. You’ll own events from concept through execution, manage budgets, vendors, and logistics, and work cross-functionally with Sales, Growth, Marketing, and People.

You’ll shape strategy by evaluating opportunities, tracking ROI, and building repeatable processes. The role covers hosted meetups, conferences, client dinners, campus recruiting, and team off-sites for a fully distributed team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience planning and running events.
• Ability to take projects from concept through execution and build processes with minimal oversight.
• Track record of juggling several events and competing deadlines without losing attention to details.
• Experience managing budgets, evaluating costs, and negotiating with vendors.
• Strong project management skills and ability to coordinate across teams and stakeholders.
• Data-driven approach to evaluating event performance, allocating budgets, and identifying improvements.
• Clear written and interpersonal communication, plus a good eye for event aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a growing portfolio of events across five programs: hosted events, conferences and booths, client dinners, campus strategy, and team off-sites.
• Set up and manage a centralized annual events calendar and budget, identifying new opportunities.
• Evaluate conferences, sponsorships, and hosted events against business objectives and ROI.
• Partner with Sales, Growth, Marketing, and People to ensure events support broader company objectives.
• Coordinate with Marketing on invitations, promotions, and branded materials.
• Source and negotiate with venues, caterers, hotels, printers, and AV vendors.
• Manage travel and logistics for attendees and staff.
• Build repeatable processes for event planning, execution, and post-event evaluation.
• Track event performance including attendance, leads, engagement, hires, and cost per attendee.

Skills

Event planning

Budget management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Communication

Tools

Luma

HubSpot

Linear

Figma

Job description

Databento is seeking an Events Specialist to build and scale our events program for a global fintech audience. You’ll own events from concept through execution, manage budgets, vendors, and logistics, and work cross-functionally with Sales, Growth, Marketing, and People.

You’ll shape strategy by evaluating opportunities, tracking ROI, and building repeatable processes. The role covers hosted meetups, conferences, client dinners, campus recruiting, and team off-sites for a fully distributed team.