Director, Field & Event Marketing

🕒 July 21

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $180k - $235k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🎪 Events

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DigitalOcean

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

☁️ SaaS

SaaS • Cloud Computing

DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that offers a suite of products and services for developers to build, deploy, and scale applications. Their platform provides comprehensive tutorials, reference material, and support documentation to assist users in managing resources effectively using their API and CLI tools. With features like Droplets (virtual machines), managed databases, Kubernetes, and a marketplace for third-party applications, DigitalOcean focuses on simplicity and performance. They cater to both individual developers and larger organizations looking for cloud solutions that are easy to implement and manage.

📋 Description

• Own DigitalOcean’s global event strategy across first-party, third-party, and field programs • Lead DigitalOcean’s presence at priority third-party events to drive brand awareness, technical credibility, and pipeline • Build a differentiated event strategy balancing proven formats with experimental activations, customer showcases, guerrilla marketing tactics, and creative engagement for AI builders and leaders • Partner with Sales, Product Marketing, Product, and Growth to align event investments with target accounts, pipeline tracking, and business goals • Design high-quality attendee experiences combining programming, technical depth, hands-on engagement, customer stories, creative concepts, and smooth execution • Build and scale the Event Operating Model, including planning processes, timelines, budget management, KPIs, and repeatable playbooks • Identify and secure technical speaking opportunities for leaders • Build a vendor network and event-in-a-box program for scalable, on-brand experiences • Own the end-to-end event experience, including registration, event pages, attendee communications, livestreaming, on-site execution, follow-up, and reporting • Hire, lead, and develop a high-performing event marketing team

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of B2B event marketing experience, ideally in cloud, AI, SaaS, or developer tools • Strong fluency in marketing to founders and technical audiences • Experience producing first-party events from intimate events to 5k+ attendees • Experience managing third-party sponsorships involving 30k+ attendees • Experience creating flagship conferences, industry events, hands-on workshops, hackathons, customer programs, startup events, founder dinners, and executive experiences • Creative, experimental mindset • Owner-operator mindset with accountability, structure, bias for action, and continuous improvement • Deep empathy for attendee experience and strong attention to detail • Deep GTM fluency and ability to connect events to pipeline, sales follow-up, and revenue impact • Hands-on experience with Salesforce, Marketo, Cvent, Splash, Luma, and YouTube Live • Vendor, agency, budget, and production management experience • Strong understanding of the San Francisco / Bay Area AI and Startup ecosystem • Curiosity, appetite for feedback, and a “leave it better than you found it” attitude

🏖️ Benefits

• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses • Employee Assistance Program • Local Employee Meetups • Flexible time off policy • Competitive benefits package, varying based on local regulations and preferences • Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance • Equity grants upon hire for eligible employees • Employee Stock Purchase Program for eligible employees