Strategic Events & Partnerships Lead

WorldStrides; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Travel opportunities

Flexible work schedule

Employee Resource Groups

Wellness resources

Parental leave

Job summary

WorldStrides is seeking a Senior Manager of Events & Partner Marketing to design and run the events strategy and build a scalable partner marketing program.

You will own end-to-end event programs across K-12 Domestic, International, Sports and Performing Arts, and develop co-branded lead generation with districts and associations. This builder role focuses on creating new programs and delivering measurable MQL and pipeline results.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of events marketing, field marketing, or partner/channel marketing experience.
• Proven ability to run end-to-end event programs — from strategy through day-of execution.
• Experience building partnership marketing programs, ideally from scratch.
• Strong project management skills with comfort managing multiple simultaneous programs.
• Data-driven mindset — you measure everything and optimize relentlessly.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual events calendar across K-12 Domestic, International, Sports and Performing Arts.
• Design the events experience: booth presence, speaking opportunities, hosted dinners, student showcases.
• Manage event logistics, budget, vendor relationships, and on-site execution from end to end.
• Build pre- and post-event nurture programs with Marketing Ops to convert event leads into pipeline.
• Track event ROI: MQL contribution, cost-per-lead, and pipeline influence.

Skills

Events marketing

Field marketing

Partner marketing

Project management

Data-driven

Tools

Salesforce

HubSpot

Job description

WorldStrides is seeking a Senior Manager of Events & Partner Marketing to design and run the events strategy and build a scalable partner marketing program.

You will own end-to-end event programs across K-12 Domestic, International, Sports and Performing Arts, and develop co-branded lead generation with districts and associations. This builder role focuses on creating new programs and delivering measurable MQL and pipeline results.