Sr Corporate Events Manager

Gainsight•Denver, CO

22h•$110,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

Gainsight is hiring a full-time Sr Corporate Events Manager to join its Marketing team. This remote role is based in the United States and reports to the Director of Corporate Events. The manager supports Gainsight’s event portfolio, including Pulse conferences, trade shows, virtual events, and internal programs. The role involves managing planning and execution across multiple events, maintaining budgets and vendor relationships, and reporting on results in a fast-paced, remote marketing environment. The manager works cross-functionally with teams such as Demand Generation, Product Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Creative, and will travel to events, especially during flagship and peak event periods. The scope of the role may evolve with the needs of the team and business.

Requirements

12 years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent with some post-graduate work.
Hands-on experience managing end-to-end execution of large events with 1,000 or more attendees.
Experience across multiple event formats, including trade shows, virtual events, executive or VIP programs, and internal events such as sales kickoffs.
Strong budget, contract, and vendor management skills, with the ability to manage several workstreams simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
Sound judgment and clear, proactive communication; ability to work independently and represent the team with senior stakeholders, including the CRO and CCO offices.
Familiarity with software and platforms such as Cvent, Splash, Notion, SFDC, Google Suite, and Slack.
Experience working with full-service event agencies and external production partners.
A positive, proactive, solution-oriented approach, with a can-do attitude and bias for action.
Experience using AI in day-to-day work and willingness to continue learning as tools change.
Collaborative style and ability to lead a project or team to a successful result.

Nice To Haves

Experience producing global events or managing multi-region logistics.
PMP, CMP, or similar certification.
Experience in customer success, post-sales, retention, or a related B2B software category.
Experience managing large events in B2B SaaS or enterprise technology.

Responsibilities

Lead assigned event programs end to end, owning plans, timelines, and results and engaging partners and vendors as needed.
Plan and execute assigned flagship events, coordinating session content, speakers, venues, logistics, internal communications, and on-site production.
Run trade shows and the quarterly virtual event series, using and improving documented playbooks.
Manage logistics and delivery for internal programs, including Revenue Kickoff and Quarterly Company Meetings, both in person and virtually.
Manage event budgets, contracts, and agency and vendor relationships; track spending against plans and report variances.
Partner with Demand Generation, Sales, Customer Success, and Campaign Managers on promotion, registration goals, and follow-up from invitation through post-event.
Track attendance, pipeline, and retention results for each event and report event impact to senior stakeholders.
Build AI-assisted workflows to reduce manual operational work.