Senior Events Marketing Manager

Semgrep•San Francisco, CA

23h•$160,000 - $190,000

About The Position

About Semgrep Semgrep, the leader in code security for builders, empowers invention without friction. Teams catch, flag, and fix real issues before they ship, powered by security that learns as they build. Semgrep secures code as it’s written and provides guardrails that pave the road for developers to move fast and stay secure. Built for builders and trusted by security, Semgrep lives where developers work, delivering fixes without breaking flow, and giving security teams visibility, control, and confidence. Semgrep gets smarter as you build, with AI that learns your context to cut false positives and prioritize reachable vulnerabilities, validated by 95% of security reviewers across 6M+ findings. Semgrep makes zero false positives a reality with AppSec teams triaging 80% fewer false positives across Code and Supply Chain, dramatically shrinking the backlog. Founded in San Francisco and backed by Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is recognized by Gartner in Application Security Testing and is trusted by leading organizations, including Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma. Learn more at semgrep.dev . About the role As the Global Corporate Events Manager, you’ll play a key role on the Semgrep marketing team, leading the execution of our global event strategy across major conferences, regional trade shows, customer events, and virtual experiences. We’re looking for a strategic, self-driven professional who can build and scale both in-person and virtual programs for the security community — from practitioners to executives. You’ll also identify and develop thought leadership opportunities that strengthen our presence in security, developer advocacy, and AI. Experience creating events for technical audiences is essential, as their expectations differ from general attendees. You’ll collaborate closely with Field and Security Advocacy teams to propose events and speaking opportunities that align with their goals. We’re a fast-moving, high-performing team that values creativity, precision, and a positive attitude.

Requirements

8+ years of B2B tech event marketing, while also demonstrating operational and logistical expertise in a marketing/corporate events role, both for onsite, virtual and hybrid formats.
Budget Management skills to forecast, manage, and summarize event spend with internal teams and vendors; analytical skills to measure event ROI
Ability to work on multiple projects at once, set priorities, work independently, problem solve, improvise and function as part of a team that must perform under pressure
Experience using Salesforce, Marketo, and digital event platforms strongly preferred
You are excited at the prospect of getting to meet our customers and prospects in-person and are energized by the idea of traveling for work (up to 30% of your time)

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with developer products or open-source sales is a plus
Strong knowledge of Webinar/ virtual events platforms, such as Zoom, ON24, Hopin, LinkedIn Live a plus

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy and execution of in-person and virtual events (1st party, 3rd party, partner, and large conferences) focusing on outcomes that drive business impact.
Collaborate with cross-functional leaders and teams to understand the business environment, ICP, brand and messaging for each event.
Manage execution of all events and their demand generation, including pre- and post-event communications, registration processes, and attendee management.
Partner with Sales, SE, PMM, and other stakeholders to promote events and webinars.
Provide consistent and clear communication of events programs to all stakeholders, including preparing and maintaining internal and external event planning documents, checklists, on-site schedules, timelines, recommendations, and budget.
Lead evaluating ROI for all events; negotiate and execute contracts for both large and small scale events, collaborate with promotional & print vendors, and keep up with industry best practices to find creative new venues and creative solutions.

Benefits

Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the final steps of the hiring process.
To that end, we generate internal compensation bands that are used when discussing and negotiating salaries.
We update these based on market data to make sure they’re above the average for comparable roles.
We also invest in our employees’ well-being and long term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401k, learning stipends, and more.
Our benefits are for everyone, so that you’re taken care of, and we work with individuals to make sure they have what they need, whether that’s quiet work space, adjusted hours, or something else.

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