Sr. Marketing & Events Manager

Vantora•Los Angeles, CA

21d

About The Position

Vantora is hiring a senior individual contributor to lead enterprise event marketing and integrated demand programs. The role focuses on turning events, programs, and campaigns into booked meetings and measurable pipeline with C-suite and transformation leaders at large North American companies. It reports to the VP of Marketing and works closely with Sales and executive leadership. The Marketing & Events Manager will own Vantora’s enterprise events end to end, including strategy, budgets, venues, guest lists, on-site execution, and follow-up. The role also builds executive programs and integrated campaigns, manages sponsorships and marketing vendors, applies Vantora’s brand guidelines, and supports portfolio companies with event strategy and launch playbooks where useful. The position requires deep B2B event marketing and demand generation experience, preferably in a high-growth or startup environment.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in B2B marketing, including at least 5 years owning enterprise events.
Experience with enterprise events such as conferences, trade shows, C-suite dinners, and invite-only summits.
Demonstrated ability to tie events to pipeline and show meetings and revenue influenced by programs.
Experience marketing to senior buyers at large enterprises; experience with public companies with revenue over $1 billion is preferred.
Hands-on integrated campaign experience across email, LinkedIn, PR, and executive outreach, using HubSpot or a comparable marketing automation tool.
Strong vendor and budget management experience, including managing agencies, venues, and production partners and raising sponsorship dollars.
Executive presence and judgment, including the ability to brief a CEO and manage a room of Fortune 500 operators.
High agency and comfort with ambiguity, including the ability to build playbooks and adapt in a startup environment.
Daily fluency with AI tools for drafting, research, and list building.

Nice To Haves

Experience marketing to senior buyers at public companies with revenue over $1 billion.
Background in a high-growth or startup environment.

Responsibilities

Own Vantora’s events calendar end to end, including strategy, budget, venue, run of show, guest list, on-site execution, and follow-up.
Run hosted flagship events, including private hangar events, CEO summits, and new event formats.
Build and operate the Advisory Board and design vertical executive dinners and roundtables.
Manage third-party conferences, sponsorships, and speaking opportunities in partnership with PR.
Identify target events based on target audiences and verticals.
Source and manage event sponsors and co-hosts.
Build integrated campaigns connecting events, email, LinkedIn, PR, and executive outreach to a unified narrative and call to action.
Coordinate targeted sales outreach around company milestones, events, and major announcements to generate pipeline.
Nurture leads through the company newsletter and executive thought leadership in partnership with PR.
Partner with the analyst team on account signals and contact lists in HubSpot, Apollo, and Clay.
Evaluate sponsorships, lists, and event offers against the ideal customer profile.
Ensure event attendees and leads are entered into HubSpot with clear source and campaign attribution.
Set and maintain event budgets, reviewing them monthly with the VP of Finance.
Report event and campaign ROI monthly and annually, measure results, and report on customer acquisition cost.
Manage marketing vendors to ensure work is on brand, within budget, and on schedule.
Apply Vantora’s brand guidelines to event materials, swag, collateral, and the website.
Support portfolio company marketing leads with event strategy and launch playbooks where helpful to the wider ecosystem.