Corporate Events Manager

Prologis

2d • $108,000 - $122,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Corporate Events Manager leads the strategy, design, and delivery of high-touch programs for clients, brokers, executives, and employees. The portfolio includes destination programs, executive meetings and retreats, sports hospitality, and other signature events with complex travel, production, and guest-service requirements. This individual contributor partners with business and marketing leaders to define objectives, audiences, messaging, and success measures, then creates distinctive experiences that strengthen relationships and support business priorities. The manager leads agencies, vendors, and cross-functional teams and remains hands-on from planning through onsite execution.

The role oversees event strategy and stakeholder partnership, experience design and production, budgets and vendor relationships, risk management, measurement, and portfolio improvement. It calls for frequent travel and work outside standard business hours when required by event schedules.

Requirements

• Six or more years of corporate events, experiential marketing, hospitality, or related experience, including a record of leading complex, multi-day programs for executive or client audiences.
• Ability to develop event strategy, connect programs to business and marketing priorities, and advise senior stakeholders.
• Experience designing premium guest experiences involving high service standards, detailed travel coordination, and complex onsite production.
• Strong financial judgment, including budget development, forecasting, scenario planning, contract negotiation, expense management, and reconciliation.
• Experience leading agencies, production partners, venues, and cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
• Self-starter with an ownership mindset who takes initiative, works independently, and follows through on commitments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate with senior leaders, influence decisions, and engage stakeholders.
• Strong project leadership, organization, attention to detail, and calm problem-solving in a fast-paced environment with concurrent programs, compressed timelines, and demanding live events.
• Working knowledge of hotel and venue contracts, food and beverage, audiovisual production, guest travel, registration, event technology, and onsite operations.
• Ability to travel frequently and work outside standard business hours when required by the event schedule.
• Willingness and capability to use emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed.
• Sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with destination programs, executive retreats, sports hospitality, luxury hospitality, or comparable high-touch events.
• B2B or commercial real estate experience.
• Experience with Bizzabo or a comparable event platform, Salesforce, and Wrike.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• CMP, CMM, or related industry certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead event strategy for assigned programs from initial brief through post-event analysis, ensuring alignment with marketing and business objectives.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to clarify goals, audiences, messaging, program format, and each event’s role in broader business or relationship strategies.
• Align partners across Marketing, regional teams, executive offices, Sales, Communications, Legal, Security, and Procurement.
• Develop a plan of record for each program, including objectives, audience, narrative, experience principles, success measures, scope, decision rights, and milestones.
• Advise stakeholders on feasibility, investment levels, and tradeoffs; recommend changes when format, timing, or spending does not support objectives.
• Shape creative direction and the guest journey, delivering high-production-value programs and white-glove service from invitation through follow-up.
• Manage end-to-end event planning and delivery, including RFPs, site selection, contracts, room blocks, food and beverage, audiovisual production, transportation, registration, communications, staffing, run of show, and contingency planning.
• Maintain project plans, roles, and approval points; anticipate executive and guest needs, resolve issues, and protect the guest experience when plans change.
• Develop and manage event budgets, cost models, forecasts, commitments, change orders, invoices, and final reconciliations.
• Lead venue, hotel, agency, production, destination management, and other vendor partners; set expectations, negotiate terms, assess performance, and ensure quality, cost, and service accountability.
• Identify operational, contractual, financial, reputational, and guest-safety risks; develop contingency plans, escalate decisions when needed, and ensure compliance with company policies and brand standards.
• Define success measures and practical evaluation methods for attendance, engagement, relationship value, satisfaction, and contribution to business objectives.
• Lead post-event reviews and present findings, budget results, and recommendations; use attendee feedback and performance data to inform future planning and investment.
• Track hospitality, travel, event technology, and production trends, introduce useful ideas, and contribute to standards that improve consistency across the event portfolio.
• Demonstrate financial success and comprehension of applicable real estate markets and submarkets.
• Leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed while exercising sound judgment and accountability.

Benefits

• Healthcare insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Dental insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation.
• Starting PTO accrual of 22 days per year.
• Paid holidays.
• Volunteer time.
• Wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits.
• Bonus target as part of the compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed