Director of Events

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Guide, develop, and mentor a worldwide team of event professionals.

• Formulate and implement Chainlink’s global event strategy.

• Oversee the planning and execution of SmartCon and Chainlink’s participation in major industry conferences.

• Provide executive experiences through customer events, product launches, networking receptions, thought leadership forums, and strategic announcements.

• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Product, Executive Leadership, Finance, Legal, and Procurement on event planning and execution.

• Supervise annual event budgets, vendor relationships, and commercial negotiations.

• Create scalable event planning processes, governance, and operational standards on a global scale.

• Assess event success through KPIs, attendee engagement, pipeline influence, and executive feedback.

• Ensure events adhere to brand quality, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in leading large-scale events.

• Minimum of 3 years managing and nurturing high-performing event teams.

• Demonstrated experience in delivering flagship conferences, executive events, product launches, and sponsored industry events.

• Background in technology, fintech, financial services, or startup environments.

• Capability to develop and implement strategic event programmes that achieve measurable business outcomes.

• Experience in managing substantial event budgets, commercial negotiations, and relationships with external agencies and vendors.

• Strong leadership, coaching, team development, and scaling experience.

• Proficient in programme and project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple complex initiatives at once.

• Excellent stakeholder management abilities and experience collaborating with senior executives and influencing cross-functional teams.

• Experience in measuring event performance, ROI, and business impact.

• Exceptional communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Experience in creating premium event experiences for executive audiences, enterprise customers, or financial institutions is highly desirable.

• Preferred: experience in fintech, venture capital, or startup environments.

• Preferred: familiarity with hybrid/virtual events and event technology tools.

• Preferred: knowledge of event marketing metrics and measurement tools and methodologies.

• Resume/CV must be submitted in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Long-term incentives

• Comprehensive benefits

• Remote-based work arrangement

• Global team and work environment