Senior Manager Global Events
San Jose, CA - USA
Job Summary
At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
AstheSeniorManagerGlobal Events you will lead asthe strategic orchestratorfor our global events thatdrive business growth and stakeholder engagement.You will not just run events butcreateexperiencesthat connect human-centric design with data-driven business results.
Key Responsibilities
Drive the high-level strategy for theAppWorldportfolio directing the flagship NAMER event while consultingand supporting as neededonthe8 regional events.
Managea diversified portfolio of curated experiences for highimpact Securityevents such as RSAC Black Hat and Gartner Alliances events such as Google Next Nvidia GTC and many others as well as playing a strategic role in our AI events.
Define our presence building the playbooksand audience journeysoverseeing the budgets and agenciesandensuringthat our various events work together as a cohesive system rather than standalone occurrences.
A strongcollaborator you will work closelywith our CreativeFieldand Marketing teams to define and deliver exceptional events.
Team leadership and Development
Lead mentor and inspire a team of professional event leaders strategically matching talent to events to ensure high-impact execution
Define clear rolesresponsibilitiesand performance expectations
Foster a culture of operational excellenceaccountabilityand continuous improvement
Build capabilities acrossthe team forperformance optimization
Strategy and Execution
Strategic Framework Ownership: Develop and evolve a comprehensive event roadmap that aligns with F5priorities and the broaderrevenuemarketing strategy.
Collaboratewithleadership to define and execute the short- and long-term strategic vision for the globaleventsprogramincludingexecutive engagementandmeetings for sales and field teams.
Performance Tracking & Optimization
Outcome-Driven Design: Define the purpose audience focus and success measures (KPIs)such asEvent ROIPipeline Influenced.
Measurement & Insights: Definetrackand communicate outcomes and resultsin a timely manner.
Cross Functional Collaboration
Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the conductor across cross-functional teams (Sales Marketing Product and Finance) to ensure all departments are unified and informed behind all the event goals.
Cross-Functional Synergy:Serving as thecentral pointof contact to synchronize planning facilitatesign-offs andmaintainorganizational alignment in conjunction with the Senior Director.
Process Systems & Scale
Build andoptimizescalable processes for:
Campaignexecutionand playbookworkflows
Reporting and performance tracking
Leveragingeffective use of marketing automation and CRM systems
Identifyingand addressingbottlenecks inevent processes
Understandingbest practices andimplementingnewideas
Required qualifications
Bachelors degree (BA/BS) in Marketing CommunicationsBusinessor related field
10 years of B2Beventmarketing experience preferably in technology organizations
Skilled inoptimizingevent-driven demand generation and lead management workflows
Experience managing and developing teams in a fast pacedhigh-volumeenvironment
Experience working in global matrixed organizations
Experience supporting multi-region campaign execution
Familiarity with marketing automation platforms (MarketoAllocadia Cventand CRM systems (Salesforce)
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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $153600.00 - $230400.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .
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Senior Manager
About Company
F5 application services ensure that applications are always secure and perform the way they should—in any environment and on any device.