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Event Marketing Manager

Harbinger Motors

Job Location:

Garden Grove, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 100000 - 140000

Posted: 24 July 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 21 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Harbinger

Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbingers best-in-class team of EV battery and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form Revolutionary Foundation.

The role

Harbinger is showing up everywhere fleets dealers and government buyers make decisions from the biggest commercial vehicle trade shows to intimate ride-and-drives that put decision-makers behind the wheel of a Class 46 electric truck. As Event Marketing Manager youll own that presence end to end connecting every investment to brand relationship and pipeline goals.

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager youll build and run Harbingers events program: trade shows and industry conferences (CES ACT Expo NTEA Work Truck Week and more) ride-and-drives and vehicle demos dealer and fleet events and executive and customer experiences. Every event should reflect our brand generate qualified pipeline and be executed with the craftsmanship our vehicles are known for.

What youll own

Events strategy & portfolio: Evaluate trade shows conferences ride-and-drives dealer/fleet events and owned experiences; recommend where Harbinger should invest and why prioritized against pipeline goals.
Annual planning & budget: Build the event calendar define objectives and audiences forecast spend manage POs and contracts and keep the program within budget.
Trade shows & industry events: Plan and execute Harbingers presence at flagship and industry events CES ACT Expo NTEA Work Truck Week and more including booth design and build vehicle transport logistics staffing messaging and lead capture.
Ride-and-drives & vehicle demos: Coordinate demo and test-drive events that get fleets and dealers behind the wheel including the logistics of moving medium-duty vehicles site selection permitting and safety.
Field & dealer events: Support dealer launches grand openings and regional fleet events in partnership with the Dealer Marketing team.
Logistics & vendor management: Manage vendors booth builders AV freight and vehicle transport catering and on-site production across multiple concurrent events.
Budget & ROI: Own event budgets negotiate contracts and track cost-per-lead and pipeline influenced for every event.
Lead operations: Define lead-capture and qualification workflows align routing and follow-up SLAs with Sales/RevOps in CRM (HubSpot) and monitor completion.
Playbooks & improvement: Create repeatable templates vendor standards timelines checklists and postmortems that make each program more efficient.
Field intelligence: Capture customer questions competitor activity and product feedback at events; synthesize findings for Sales Product and Marketing leaders.
Measurement & reporting: Report on meetings qualified leads sourced and influenced pipeline cost efficiency and market insight.

What success looks like in the first 12 months

A prioritized event portfolio with clear goals audience definitions budget guardrails and success metrics.
Reliable execution across flagship shows (CES ACT Expo NTEA Work Truck Week) and smaller high-touch programs with fewer last-minute escalations.
Consistent lead capture and post-event follow-up with transparent reporting on pipeline influenced.
Reusable playbooks preferred vendors and operating rhythms that let the program scale.
A strong cross-functional reputation Sales Product Marketing and Dealer Marketing know whats happening what they own and how events support business priorities.

Required qualifications

5 years of B2B event or field marketing experience preferably in technology automotive mobility industrial or another complex-product environment
Demonstrated ownership of conferences or trade shows from event selection through on-site delivery and performance reporting
Experience managing meaningful budgets contracts agencies exhibit partners venues and multiple vendors
Strong project management skills and judgment to prioritize across overlapping deadlines and changing requirements
Working knowledge of CRM marketing automation and lead-capture/reporting tools (HubSpot Salesforce Cvent or similar)
Clear written and verbal communication and confidence working with customers partners speakers and senior leaders
Able to travel (35%) and work occasional evenings and weekends when events require it
Based in or able to relocate to the Garden Grove CA area for on-site work

Preferred qualifications

Automotive commercial vehicle or heavy-equipment industry experience
Experience with vehicle/hardware logistics and ride-and-drive or test-drive programs
Experience marketing to fleet dealer government or other multi-stakeholder buying groups
Experience launching a new event program or introducing repeatable playbooks in a fast-growing company
Experience with executive events account-based marketing or partner co-marketing

Key Benefits & Perks:

Comprehensive Health Dental & Vision (HDV) 100% employee covered
Early-stage Stock Options
Robust Retirement Savings (401k HSA FSA)
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
Annual Vacation Bonus
Wellness & Fertility Benefits
Cell Phone Stipend
Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens

California Pay Range

$100000 - $140000 USD

Equal Opportunity

Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal state and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender gender expression gender identity genetic information or characteristics physical or mental disability marital/domestic partner status age military/veteran status medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Candidate Data Privacy

Harbinger may collect use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (Candidate Personal Data). This data includes contact demographic communications educational professional employment social media/website network/device recruiting system usage/interaction security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process including assessing you and your application and conducting employment background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

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Required Experience:

Manager

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