Special Event Manager

Pride Group LLC; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 64,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Short-term disability

Life insurance

HSA

Paid time off

Job summary

Pride Group, LLC is seeking an Event Manager to lead complex events from contract to load-out. You will own client relationships, build the operating plan, and lead on-site teams across multiple events with real budgets and deadlines.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years managing events with budget accountability, strong Excel and Outlook skills, and willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays. This is an on-site Chandler, AZ role with field duties.

Qualifications

• Three or more years managing events, projects, or field operations with real budget responsibility.
• Direct client ownership experience and ability to read a job cost sheet and explain margin.

Responsibilities

• Own the client relationship from contract to load-out and lead the plan.
• Run multiple events concurrently, managing timelines, staffing, logistics and budgets.
• Coordinate cross-department execution and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Excel

Outlook

Tools

Event management software

Job description

Role title field: Event Manager | Festivals, Stadiums & Large-Scale Productions

Location: Chandler, AZ (On-site + field)

You've watched a venue fill up and seen something other people don't. Not the crowd. The load-in sequence, the power run, the gate plan, and the forty decisions nobody in the stands will ever know about.

Pride Group is hiring an Event Manager. If that opening line describes how your brain works, keep reading.

Who we are

We build the infrastructure behind the events people remember. Clearspan structures, power distribution, HVAC, fencing and crowd control, staging, sanitation, traffic control, and the staffing to run all of it. Our clients include professional sports organizations, federal and municipal agencies, universities, major festivals, and general contractors on projects that cannot afford to go sideways.

Our teams work in fast, high-consequence environments. The culture is accountability, work ethic, development, and doing it right when nobody's watching. That's not a poster in the breakroom. It's the reason clients call us back.

The role

Our Event Managers take an event from contract to load-out. You own the client relationship, you build the plan, you lead the team, and you make the calls when the plan meets reality. You'll run several events at once, at different stages, with real money on each one.

What you'll own

• Multiple concurrent events, start to finish, as the client's primary point of contact
• The operating plan: timelines, staffing, site layouts, logistics, and the sequencing that holds it together
• The budget. Labor, equipment, and margin are yours to protect
• Cross-department execution across Operations, Sales, Warehouse, Sanitation, Power, Transportation, and Site teams
• Permits, venue requirements, municipal rules, and safety standards
• Operational planning meetings, on-site check-ins, and post-event debriefs that make the next one better
• Development of Event Coordinators, including the hard conversations, not just the encouraging ones
• Documentation that holds up: contracts, revisions, change orders, reports

What we need

• Three or more years managing events, projects, or field operations with real budget responsibility
• A track record running multiple complex projects at the same time without losing the details
• Direct client ownership experience. You've been the name on the account, not support to someone who was
• Financial fluency. You can read a job cost sheet and tell us where the margin went
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays. Our busiest hours are everyone else's downtime
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Strong Excel and Outlook. Bonus if you've worked in event or project management software

What makes a candidate stand out

Field experience with tenting, temporary power, staging, or site infrastructure. Municipal or venue permitting experience. Time spent in stadium, festival, or large-venue operations. Bilingual English/Spanish. Any background where you were responsible for people's safety.

Be honest with yourself before you apply

This isn't the job for you if you want a predictable calendar, if you'd rather escape a problem than solve it at 11 p.m. in a parking lot, or if you've only run events inside a building with a banquet manager handling the setup.

It is the job for you if you've ever been handed a site that wasn't ready, a schedule that had already slipped, and a client who needed a yes, and you found a way.

Compensation and benefits

• $64,000 to $80,000 depending on experience, plus a performance bonus targeting [X]% of base. Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, life insurance, HSA, and paid time off. Full time. Employment is contingent on a background check and motor vehicle record review.

Pride Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable accommodations are available for the application process and the role.