Global Event Manager (Remote) Lisboa

Global Event Manager (Remote)
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Global Event Manager

Our Global Events team's mission is to deliver an overarching event strategy across the business. We are committed to creating an exceptional attendee experience at all our global events, both
-
- face and hybrid and digital.

In this role, you will collaborate with engineering and the GTM team to strategize, design, and deliver key events. You’ll be involved in both internal and external event planning. You’ll be managing complex assignments using your
- depth knowledge of tradeshows, as well as the
- source ecosystem, to deliver on our business and
- building goals.

This is a remote role, and we are open to candidates based in the US, Canada, and Europe.

What You Will Do

• Execute the global event strategy in support of community, engineering, and GTM business goals and priorities.
• Manage the planning, logistics, and execution of all details for 3rd party events and meetups.
• Support all aspects of planning, including event sponsorship, ticket sales, technology needs, meeting space and food & beverage planning, signage, accommodations, templates, property sourcing, selection and contract negotiations, vendor and customer relations, accounts payable, transportation, survey development, etc.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to lead the planning meetings/calls & deliverable updates.
• Manage budget reporting, including budget tracking, invoices, reconciliation of programs, and expense reports.
• Manage external partners and vendors' expectations for multiple event projects.
• Manage conference speaking opportunities and speaker placement.
• Manage swag campaign fulfillment and help in the design of new swag campaigns.
• Work with the marketing team to provide social media promotions on Twitter, Linked
  In, etc.
• Promote participation of Community members with Percona events.

Your Experience

• 5+ years of relevant experience in events marketing and/or field marketing.
• Event planning experience and be comfortable with strategic
  - making.
• Passion for planning
  - touch, highly visible events.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with a customer service focus and networking ability.
• Proven success performing well under deadlines with exceptional attention to detail.
• Success working in
  - functional teams.
• People management or leadership experience.
• Ability to multitask and keep calm under pressure.
• Competency in technology tools, including Word, Excel, Power
  Point, Cvent, and other event platforms.

Why Percona?

At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in My
SQL, Mongo
DB, Postgre
SQL, and Maria
DB.

Percona is proud to be a
- only and globally dispersed workforce – we have colleagues in more than 50 countries! We offer a collaborative,
- engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.

Our staff receives generous benefits including flexible work hours and various paid time off programs, all your equipment for your remote office, funds for career development (external training, certifications, conferences), ongoing connectivity allowances, and the opportunity to participate in our equity incentive plan. We also have benefits that support a healthy work/life balance such as The Percona Adventure Team, Work-from-Anywhere, Flow
Days, Fry
Days, and overall flexibility. We also support being socially responsible through our PAVE volunteering program and Women Transforming Technology.

If you love the idea of working with a
- growth tech company that is one of the best in the business and known globally as a leader in the
- source database space, let’s talk!

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In and Twitter. We look forward to connecting with you!