Senior Director, Experiential Events

Listen Labs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Listen Labs is seeking its first Head of Events to work directly with the Head of Marketing and scale our experiential program. You’ll shape how our brand shows up—from major conferences to intimate gatherings—creating memorable experiences that drive growth and brand impact at Listen Labs.

You’ll own end-to-end event concepts, manage venues and vendors, and build playbooks for repeatable success as we enter a high-ownership phase at a fast-paced AI startup.

Qualifications

• Min. 5+ years in experiential marketing, events, brand experiences, field marketing, or related roles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head of Marketing to shape Listen’s experiential and events strategy.
• Reimagine how Listen shows up at industry conferences with booth presence, speaking moments, sponsorships, and adjacent experiences.
• Create and produce owned experiences from scratch, including dinners, roundtables, salons, and pop-ups.
• Build the playbook for Listen’s events program with repeatable concepts and measurement frameworks.
• Collaborate with sales, product marketing, design, and leadership to align events with campaigns and business goals.
• Own details from concept to execution: venues, vendors, budgets, programming, and on-site execution.
• Measure performance, learnings, and continuously raise the bar.

Skills

Experiential marketing

Event strategy

Brand experiences

Field marketing

Vendor management

Job description

Listen Labs is seeking its first Head of Events to work directly with the Head of Marketing and scale our experiential program. You’ll shape how our brand shows up—from major conferences to intimate gatherings—creating memorable experiences that drive growth and brand impact at Listen Labs.

You’ll own end-to-end event concepts, manage venues and vendors, and build playbooks for repeatable success as we enter a high-ownership phase at a fast-paced AI startup.