Our Regional Marketing team is the most distributed of all the marketing teams at Elastic, with the highest mix of nationalities and cultural backgrounds. Our group drives tailored and innovative marketing programs to drive awareness and pipeline.
As the Event Manager for EMEA, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management and execution of large-scale events, ensuring they are delivered seamlessly and exceed client expectations. You will work closely with internal partners, external vendors, local regional Marketing teams, and clients to conceptualize, plan, and implement events that align with our company's objectives and brand identity. Additionally, you will own pipeline goals, driving event-driven leads and conversions.
The Events Manager EMEA, will be part of the excellent EMEA Regional Marketing leadership team as well as the global events team and will report to the Senior Director of EMEA Regional Marketing. We seek an innovative, thoughtful, and expert marketer who is fun to work with and a diligent standout colleague! To succeed, you are an excellent teammate and be agile to work in a matrix environment.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Event Planning and Strategy: Develop comprehensive event plans, timelines, and strategies to ensure the successful execution of large-scale events across the EMEA region.
- Client Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, understanding their objectives, and translating them into innovative event concepts and experiences.
- Budget Management: Lead event budgets optimally, ensuring all expenses are supervised, monitored, and reconciled to meet financial targets.
- Vendor Management: Source, negotiate with, and manage relationships with vendors, venues, and suppliers to secure the vital resources for each event.
- Logistics Coordination: Coordinate all logistical aspects of events, including venue selection, transportation, catering, audiovisual equipment, and on-site staffing.
- Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate them, ensuring events are driven safely and successfully.
- Post-Event Evaluation: Conduct post-event evaluations to assess the success of each event, capture feedback from team members, and identify areas for improvement.
- Pipeline Goals: Own pipeline goals, driving event-driven leads and conversions in alignment with business objectives.
- Collaboration with Local Marketing Teams: Work closely with local regional Marketing teams to ensure events are aligned with marketing strategies and initiatives.
What You Bring Along:
- Shown experience in event management, with a focus on planning and performing large-scale events.
- Experience working in the B2B Enterprise tech/software space, preferably in open source, big data, cloud, saas and analytics, would be ideal.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
- Proficiency in event management software and tools e.g., Cvent as well as SFDC, Google suite, etc.
- Strategic problem solver as well as hands-on execution
- Flexibility to travel and work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as the need arises by event schedules.
- Fluency in English; proficiency in additional languages is a plus.
