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Salary: USD 129,800 - 263,000 / annual
Veeam, a data and AI trust company headquartered in Seattle, is seeking an Events Manager to lead the strategy, planning, and execution of Veeam Launchpad (VL), the company's annual global sales kickoff event attended by approximately 2,000 employees in person and 3,000 virtually. This is a highly visible, business-critical role that will energize Veeam's global sales organization annually.
In this position, you will own end-to-end planning and execution of VL, including strategy development, budgeting, logistics, production, vendor management, and onsite delivery. You'll develop engaging event experiences that drive alignment, energy, connection, and measurable business outcomes. You'll translate business objectives into compelling event narratives, content strategies, and attendee journeys that resonate with a global audience.
You'll manage agencies, vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget, serving as a trusted partner to senior leaders and stakeholders across Sales, HR, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Creative, and Executive Leadership. You'll drive project governance, timelines, risk management, and decision-making across multiple workstreams, define event success metrics, and develop recommendations for continuous improvement.
Additionally, you'll contribute as a workstream lead for Veeam Experience (VX), an incentive event for top performers, and Veeam Quotient (VQ), a leadership summit. You'll continually identify opportunities to improve processes, innovate event formats, and leverage AI to increase efficiency.
Required qualifications include 6+ years of experience in event marketing, event production, or event management, with proven experience leading large-scale internal events ideally with audiences of 1,000+ attendees. You need strong expertise across event strategy, production, logistics, content planning, attendee communications, and experiential design. Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, agencies, vendors, and complex cross-functional projects is essential, along with exceptional organizational and project management skills. You must be able to influence and collaborate effectively across all organizational levels, including executive stakeholders, with strong communication skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset. Experience using AI tools to improve productivity is valued. Willingness to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally is required. Strong location preference for Connecticut or Eastern Time zone.
