Events & Field Marketing Manager

Build AI • San Francisco, CA

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Build AI is seeking its first Events & Field Marketing Manager to establish and lead the company’s events function from scratch. This strategy-and-execution role will shape how Build appears at conferences, hosts events around them, and creates standalone experiences for customers, prospects, candidates, and the physical AI community. The manager will decide where to invest, develop distinctive event concepts, and personally oversee execution, with significant autonomy, budget, and responsibility for representing Build externally.

The role covers a range of programs, from major AI and robotics conferences such as NeurIPS or CoRL to intimate dinners, recruiting events, launches, and larger experiences. The manager will own events end to end, measure their impact, build repeatable programs from successful experiments, and establish the systems and operating processes needed to scale the function. Success means making Build noticeable at important industry gatherings, creating events people want to attend, producing meaningful relationships and opportunities, supporting recruiting and customer acquisition, and operating with exceptional discipline.

Build AI describes itself as the data hyperscaler for Physical AI, vertically integrated across hardware, manufacturing, logistics, data collection, and model training. It is a fully in-person team in San Francisco’s Financial District and Shenzhen’s Nanshan district. The company says it values engineering skills and encourages technical staff to work across engineering and research disciplines. Build AI is an equal opportunity employer and reviews every application.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in events, field marketing, experiential marketing, or a related role.
• Personally owned conferences, sponsored events, dinners, or other in-person experiences from concept through execution.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage several complex projects at once.
• High agency and the ability to independently figure out how to make things happen.
• Creativity and strong taste, with a focus on creating memorable experiences.
• A scrappy approach and comfort both negotiating major sponsorships and resolving last-minute event issues.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to represent Build confidently with customers, researchers, candidates, executives, and partners.
• Comfort thriving in ambiguity and building from zero rather than inheriting established processes.
• Willingness to travel regularly for conferences and events.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working at a fast-growing startup and operating with limited infrastructure.
• Experience in AI, technology, robotics, or another technical industry.
• Experience building an events or field marketing program rather than only executing an existing playbook.
• Experience finding unconventional ways to create memorable events without simply spending more money.

Responsibilities

• Build and own Build’s events calendar and strategy from scratch.
• Own Build’s presence at major AI and robotics conferences, including sponsorships, attendance, activations, and related events.
• Create and execute standalone events for customers, prospects, candidates, and the AI and robotics community, including executive dinners, small gatherings, recruiting events, conferences, launches, and larger experiences.
• Identify which conferences and events Build should invest in based on customer, recruiting, and brand impact.
• Develop creative concepts that make Build memorable and differentiated.
• Own events end to end, including concept, venue, vendors, contracts, budgets, guest lists, invitations, logistics, onsite execution, and follow-up.
• Measure event effectiveness and turn successful experiments into repeatable programs.
• Build the systems and operating processes needed to scale the events function as Build grows.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage.
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits.
• Housing subsidy of $2,000 per month for employees living within walking distance of the office.
• Relocation support for those moving to San Francisco (Financial District) or Shenzhen (Nanshan).
• Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more.
• Daily lunch and dinner in the office.
• Unlimited compute budget, subject to ROI justification.
• Unlimited Codex and Claude credits.

What This Job Offers

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