Senior Director, Global Events & Executive Engagement

This role will be based in San Francisco Sunnyvale or New York.

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team. 

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Director of Global Events & Executive Engagement to lead our enterprise-wide events strategy and execution across the globe. This role will define and deliver breakthrough event experiences that deepen relationships with our most valuable customers elevate our brand and drive measurable business impact.

Reporting into senior marketing leadership this role will lead a global team and oversee a diverse portfolio of owned events from intimate high-end executive experiences to large-scale conferences with thousands of attendees as well as our presence at major industry events. This leader will also own all executive engagement programs ensuring our senior executives consistently build meaningful high-impact relationships with top customers.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring strategic vision creative excellence operational rigor and the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across a complex global organization.

Responsibilities

Global Events Strategy & Leadership

• Define and lead a global multi-year events strategy aligned with LinkedIn priorities brand positioning and business outcomes
   

• Lead inspire and develop a distributed global team setting a high bar for creativity hospitality and executional excellence
   

• Establish scalable governance processes and standards that enable regional flexibility while ensuring consistency and quality
   

Creative Vision & Breakthrough Experiences

• Develop innovative differentiated event concepts that cut through the noise and set a new standard for customer engagement
   

• Elevate events beyond logistics to become immersive content-rich experiences that tell a compelling company story
   

• Ensure exceptional hospitality across all events with thoughtful high-touch details 

Owned Events (Executive to Large-Scale)

• Oversee end-to-end planning and execution for:
   

  • Exclusive high-end events for senior customers and executives
     

  • Regional customer and partner events
     

  • Large flagship conferences with thousands of attendees
     

• Ensure experiences are tailored to audience needs while maintaining brand and quality consistency globally
   

Industry Events & Enterprise Presence

• Own strategy and execution for the companys participation in industry conferences and third-party events
   

• Partner with Sales Marketing and Product to maximize impact from sponsorships speaking opportunities executive meetings and experiential activations
   

• Ensure cohesive integration with broader enterprise marketing and go-to-market initiatives
   

Executive Engagement Programs

• Design and lead executive engagement programs that enable meaningful authentic connections between senior executives and top customers
   

• Act as a strategic advisor to the executive team shaping agendas experiences and customer interactions
   

• Ensure executive time at events is intentional well-orchestrated and tied to clear relationship and business outcomes
   

Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Build strong trusted partnerships with senior leaders across Marketing Sales Customer Success Product Communications and Finance
   

• Navigate complex enterprise dynamics balancing competing priorities while maintaining momentum and alignment
   

• Clearly communicate vision strategy and results to executive stakeholders
   

Event Operations Budget & Measurement

• Own global event operations budgets agencies and vendor ecosystems with strong financial and operational discipline
   

• Ensure flawless execution through rigorous planning risk management and post-event evaluation
   

• Define and track clear success metrics for in-person engagement including customer impact pipeline influence retention satisfaction and executive engagement outcomes
   

• Continuously optimize strategy and execution using data insights and feedback
   

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• 12 years of experience leading global events or experiential marketing within a large complex enterprise environment (technology or B2B preferred)
   

• 8 years experience at at a leadership level managing global teams budgets and agency partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to balance creative vision with operational excellence
   

• Strong track record of delivering:
   

  • High-touch executive and customer hospitality programs
     

  • Large-scale complex global events
     

• Exceptional content sensibility with the ability to shape compelling narratives and experiences
   

• Highly skilled at executive and senior stakeholder management
   

• Strong understanding of how to measure and articulate the business impact of in-person engagements
   

• Polished executive presence excellent communication skills and the ability to influence at the highest levels

Suggested Skills

• Event Strategy

• Executive Engagement

• Global Events

• Experiential Marketing

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.   

The pay range for this role is $214000-$345000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.   

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit Information :

Equal Opportunity Statement 

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender national origin age disability veteran status marital status pregnancy sex gender expression or identity sexual orientation citizenship or any other legally protected class.

LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening apply for a position or participate in the interview process connect with us at and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.

Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

• Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
• Having interviews in an accessible location
• Being accompanied by a service dog
• Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However non-disability related requests such as following up on an application will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn or (c) consistent with LinkedIns legal duty to furnish information.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement

As a federal contractor LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates

Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time