Director, Industry Events

MarketingRemote, Texas

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Description

Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.

Role Summary

The Director, Industry Events will manage a team responsible for concepting and delivering Splunk’s industry events strategy and portfolio, Splunk’s presence at global Cisco Live events, as well as a number of Partner events and event sponsorships.
Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Events, this leader will have responsibility for building the strategy to ensure the growth of impact for the portfolio.
Success will require close partnership across Sales and Marketing, especially Product Marketing, to define the appropriate events strategy for driving audience, awareness, engagement and pipeline goals. If you are a strong and experienced marketing events leader who can guide the strategic development, operational rigor and management of a large global events portfolio, we want to meet you.

Meet the Marketing Team

Do you have a passion for creative storytelling? Are you a hands-on person who’s ready to build powerful brand experiences? Whether it’s launching disruptive new products, helping customers build digital resilience or activating Splunk’s expertise and brand proposition across the world, our marketing team always finds a way. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear from our Splunk marketers at splunk.com/careers/marketing.

What you'll get to do

  • Drive the strategy with the Senior Director, for all above named programs to support our evolving narrative and to appeal to a community of decision makers and industries.
  • Ensure Splunk’s industry events events maintain their reputation for being bold, creative and engaging and are integrated along the full customer lifecycle
  • Enable both global and regional motions for event strategy, design, execution and measurement, in collaboration with regional and partner teams
  • Work closely with event, sales, partner and field marketing group leaders to secure the right mix of events based on business goals and priorities
  • Partner across the marketing function on major programs - Brand & Creative, Corporate Communications, Content and Solutions Marketing, Partner and Vertical Marketing, Product Marketing, Marketing Operations, Regional Marketing, and Sales and Field Leadership to enable effective event strategy, enablement, execution, and impact.
  • Oversight of Industry event budget and responsibility for managing and reporting to ensure that all events deliver robust returns on investment.
  • Demonstrate value of event impact through ongoing communications and reporting to senior leadership, ensuring all campaigns are data-driven.
  • Build repeatable and scalable processes and playbooks for event planning, budgeting and execution
  • Streamline event systems and operations by using technologies and tools to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.

Must-have Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in a related field.
  • 7+ years of event leadership experience at a technology company, preferably in the software industry.
  • 7+ years leading high performing teams (5+ employees).
  • Inspiring leader who can nurture and scale a high-performing team
  • International and domestic experience.
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to master existing processes and improve them
  • Experience developing and driving organizational priorities and initiatives; strong project management skills.
  • Strong analytical skills and a passion for leading a data-driven team focused on high ROI.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and experience in Exec-level engagement.
  • Creative, innovative, curious, resourceful and results-oriented.
  • Values having fun, while being disruptive, innovative, passionate and open.

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Note:

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $193,600.00 - 266,200.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $174,240.00 - 239,580.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $156,800.00 - 215,600.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.

Thank you for your interest in Splunk!

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