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CuspAI is a frontier AI company focused on using artificial intelligence to discover breakthrough materials for energy, clean water, computing, and carbon capture. The company's founding team comprises world-class researchers in AI, chemistry, and engineering, and they are building what they describe as a 'search engine' for next-generation materials.
You will build CuspAI's events function from the ground up, taking complete ownership of a global events programme. This is a high-impact role that will establish CuspAI's experiential presence across scientific and machine learning communities worldwide.
Key responsibilities include:
**Foundry Events & Global Roadshows:** Own the flagship in-person Foundry event end-to-end, serving as the core gathering for the global partner network. Design, plan, and deliver regional roadshows across Asia, Europe, and North America with the Partnerships team, creating a repeatable execution model for international expansion. Establish and manage a regular cadence of virtual events to maintain engagement between physical moments.
**Customer & Partner Experiences:** Conceptualize and execute high-touch events for industrial partners and enterprise customers (executive dinners, interactive virtual showcases, partner roundtables) in collaboration with Comms/Marketing and Partnerships teams. Align event formats with commercial and ecosystem goals to deepen partner trust and engagement.
**Conferences, Sponsorships & Internal Events:** Own CuspAI's strategic presence at major industry and machine learning conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, materials science summits). Evaluate sponsorship packages, oversee booth design and recruitment stands, manage on-site logistics, and report on ROI. Partner with internal operations to deliver internal company moments (CuspCon, offsites, all-hands).
**Event Operations & Physical Brand Experience:** Source, negotiate with, and direct external production agencies, AV suppliers, local vendors, and freelance event staff. Partner closely with Communications, Product Marketing, and Creative teams to bring CuspAI's visual brand identity into physical spaces. Own event budgets, timelines, and post-event analytics, providing clear reporting to leadership on performance and cost efficiency.
The role is based in London, Cambridge, Amsterdam, or Berlin with an expectation of being in the office three days per week. Regular UK and international travel is required for events, conferences, and site visits.
**Requirements:**
- 5+ years of experience in event management, experiential marketing, or event operations within a high-growth tech, deep-tech, or B2B environment
- Track record of delivering high-touch physical and virtual events internationally across EMEA and APAC regions
- Strong vendor management experience, with a history of sourcing, negotiating with, and directing production agencies, AV teams, and freelance staff
- Proven ability to balance strategic planning (budget management, roadmap design, ROI measurement) with hands-on, on-site event execution
- Excellent cross-functional stakeholder skills, with experience collaborating directly with executive leadership, sales, partnerships, and creative teams
- Flexibility to undertake regular UK and international travel for events, conferences, and site visits
- Genuine excitement about enabling world-class scientists and industry partners to collaborate on global sustainability and materials challenges
**Bonus qualifications:**
- Prior experience in a startup or scale-up environment building an event function or operational processes from scratch
- Direct experience engaging scientific, research-led, or highly technical audiences
- Familiarity with event management software, virtual event tools, and CRM systems (HubSpot, event platforms)
- An eye for spatial design, environmental branding, or experiential production
