Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role:

We are seeking a strategic and customer-obsessed Director of Global Events to craft and lead ground-breaking corporate programs that elevate our global event strategy! This leader will craft our end-to-end ElasticOn event strategy globally --- through signature events in region that are both customer and partner facing.

You will be responsible for building and ensuring a premier audience experience at ElasticON, the company's regional solution user series throughout the year. You will have experience running user conferences and international roadshows as well as hybrid/digital conferences.

This role requires a combination of critical thinking, strong planning and execution skills to optimally plan and develop strategic activities to deliver marketing contributions to the sales and partner pipeline.

The successful candidate will partner across Marketing, Product, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure a consistent, personalized customer experience at every stage of the journey.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Own the vision and strategy for the Elastic corporate events team. Develop an annual strategic ElasticOn event plan grounded on business needs, market trends, client preferences, and established marketing programs; designed to differentiate us from competitors, build attention and develop and champion relationships with key account segments and ecosystem partners.
• Deeply understand the markets and latest trends from an event experience perspective. Know the key events that our target segments are attending and stay abreast of what competitors are doing. Use these insights to creatively design and optimize the event program globally.
• Lead, run and mentor a hard-working team of event marketers to ensure goals and audience expectations are always exceeded and the Elastic brand is well represented.
• Drive economies of scale across the Events team and resources that translate across multiple events.
• Partner closely with other event leaders and business leaders to ensure cross-functional alignment on event goals and target outcomes. Optimally collaborate with Field Marketers, Sales Teams and Subject Matter Authorities for event messaging, content, curriculum, sessions, speakers, etc. to ensure a compelling story is presented and that it engages our key target audience.
• Own the end-to-end event execution in the market including registrations, vendor relationships, SME/speaker presentations, internal/external event communications, venue and/or digital world, sponsorship, show-floor expo, budget and procurement, compliance and follow-up plan to ensure that the event strategy and plan is executed with the highest of standards, within event brand guidelines and that it leads to critical metric attainment.
• Maintain a network of partners to assist with venue sourcing, production, branding and onsite logistics.
• Supervise return on investment, campaign tie-in and engagement and audience feedback to measure results, assess opportunities for improvement and optimize future events.
• Guide the development of all communications surrounding the event - from pre-event comms to registration to post-show follow-ups.

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of experience in corporate event management/marketing, with people management experience
• Experience with data-driven strategy development to include large scale, global events, preferably at a high-growth technology company.
• Experience working with or supporting programs that support sales and drive pipeline growth
• Urgency and strong work ethic is a requirement
• Positive and consistent customer service orientation
• Excellent knowledge of and hands-on experience with all aspects of event management, logistics, vendor negotiation, and demand generation.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while multi-tasking, re-prioritizing projects and communicating priority updates to partners.
• Experience managing and forecasting budgets for large multi faceted event programs
• Exceptional client and vendor management skills.
• Ability to travel up to 40%
• Bachelor’s degree required

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People:

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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