Sr. Manager, Marketing Events

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 124,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Adoption reimbursement

Pet Insurance

Student loan repayment assistance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Sr. Manager of Events to own how the company appears at customer, industry, government, and partner events. You will partner across Marketing, Communications, Sales, and Product to ensure events reflect Vantor’s strategic brand and commercial goals.

The role requires deep events expertise, experience with senior executives and high‑profile stakeholders, and a focus on measurable business impact across domestic and international events.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and managing enterprise event programs.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and high-profile stakeholders.
• Background in B2B technology, defense/intelligence, aerospace, or geospatial domains.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise event strategy across customer, industry, government, and partner environments.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Communications, Sales, Product, and BD to align events with business goals.
• Lead executive and government engagement, advising on post-event follow-up and pipeline impact.
• Elevate the Vantor experience at conferences, trade shows, and live engagements.
• Establish KPIs and measurement tying events to engagement, opportunities, and visibility.
• Manage budget and investments, prioritizing portfolio impact and ROI.

Skills

Strategic Event Planning

Executive Engagement

Cross-functional Leadership

Budget & Investment

Measurement & KPIs

Government & Defense Engagement

Job description

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee. Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Roles and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing, the Sr. Manager of Events will own how Vantor shows up in person across the customer, industry, government, and partner environments most important to the company. This leader will operate as a strategic partner to Marketing, Communications, Sales, Business Development, Product, and business-unit leadership, treating events as an extension of Vantor’s commercial and brand strategy.

Strategic Event Portfolio Develop and manage Vantor’s enterprise event strategy, helping determine where the company should invest its time, resources, and presence based on customer relevance, strategic importance, market visibility, and commercial opportunity.

Executive & Government Engagement Provide strategic event leadership that goes well beyond logistics, with the judgment and presence to support senior executives, government leaders, customers, partners, and other high‑profile stakeholders across defense, intelligence, commercial, and international markets.

Vantor Experience Partner across Marketing, Product, Communications, and the business units to continuously elevate the Vantor experience at conferences, trade shows, customer engagements, and other live environments. Ensure the company’s technology, solutions, and broader spatial intelligence story are presented in a compelling and differentiated way.

Cross‑Functional Integration Work closely with Communications, PR, Product Marketing, Sales, and Business Development to ensure event strategy, messaging, media opportunities, executive engagement, customer outreach, and follow‑up efforts reinforce one another.

Event Function Leadership Strengthen the operating model, capabilities, standards, and accountability of the events function while supporting the varied priorities of Vantor’s global businesses.

Customer‑First Event Discipline Establish a more disciplined approach to event planning by grounding each investment in a clear audience, business objective, and desired outcome. Develop post‑event review practices that help Vantor continuously refine its portfolio and investment decisions.

Measurement & Commercial Impact Establish meaningful KPIs and reporting that connect event activity with customer engagement, pipeline development, relationship progression, market visibility, and other relevant business outcomes.

Budget & Investment Management Help establish priorities across the event portfolio and ensure investments are being made thoughtfully and strategically, with appropriate consideration of business impact and return.

Qualifications & Experience

The ideal candidate is energized by the intersection of advanced technology, customer engagement, and high‑impact live experiences. This individual will bring the judgment, curiosity, and adaptability to shape how a spatial intelligence business presents itself in a rapidly evolving market. Deep events expertise and a sustained commitment to the discipline, reflecting a leader who sees events as a strategic business capability rather than simply an executional marketing activity. Experience developing and managing sophisticated event programs within government, defense, intelligence, aerospace, technology, or comparably demanding B2B environments strongly preferred. Demonstrated ability to think strategically about an event portfolio, including event selection, audience prioritization, investment decisions, customer engagement, and measurement. Significant experience partnering directly with senior executives and other high‑profile stakeholders in settings where expectations and organizational visibility are high. Strong executive presence and polish, paired with the humility and operating range to move seamlessly from senior‑level engagement to hands‑on execution. Demonstrated command of event measurement and the commercial fluency to connect investment and audience engagement to meaningful business outcomes. Experience working across Sales, Business Development, Product, Marketing, and Communications to create integrated event strategies and experiences. Background in complex B2B technology, ideally geospatial intelligence, defense technology, aerospace, Earth observation, software, data, or an adjacent deep‑tech market. Ability to understand sophisticated technology and mission use cases and translate them into compelling experiences for government, commercial, and partner audiences. Experience operating across geographically distributed organizations and supporting both domestic and international events is preferred.

Leadership & Management Behavioral Competencies

• Results‑Driven Executor Holds the function accountable for meaningful outcomes, establishes clear expectations, and adjusts quickly when investments or approaches are not producing the desired results.
• Customer‑Centric Starts with the audience, grounding decisions in what customers, partners, and decision‑makers need to experience rather than internal precedent or organizational convenience.
• Strategic Portfolio Thinker Has the judgment to differentiate between events that meaningfully advance Vantor’s priorities and those that create activity without sufficient strategic or commercial return.
• Player‑Coach Sets direction and raises the standard for the function while remaining willing to work personally in the details and step in when high‑stakes moments require it.
• Collaborative Business Partner Builds trust across a globally distributed organization and aligns Marketing, Communications, Sales, Business Development, Product, and business‑unit stakeholders around shared objectives.
• Clear and Credible Communicator Can hold the room with senior executives, government leaders, customers, and partners while translating complex spatial‑intelligence capabilities into clear and compelling language.
• Adaptable Builder Comfortable creating structure where it does not yet exist, improving processes as the organization evolves, and operating successfully in an environment where priorities may shift quickly.

Pay Transparency

To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.

The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $124,000.00 - $165,000.00 - $181,500.00 annually. For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market‑driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

Benefits

• Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers.
• This position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

EEO Policy

Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities in compliance with federal and state laws.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. The date of posting can be found on Vantor’s Career page at the top of each job posting.