Director, Field & Event Marketing

📋 Description

• Own DigitalOcean’s global event strategy across first/third-party and field programs.
• Lead presence at priority third-party events to drive awareness and pipeline.
• Build a differentiated event strategy balancing proven formats with new ideas and activations.
• Partner with Sales, Product Marketing, Product, and Growth to align events with accounts and goals.
• Design attendee experiences with strong programming and engagement.
• Build and scale the Event Operating Model with planning, timelines, budgets and KPIs.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of B2B event marketing, with cloud/AI/SaaS focus.
• Experience producing first-party events (up to 5k+) and managing sponsorships (30k+).
• Experience creating a wide range of formats: flagship conferences, workshops, hackathons.
• Creative, experimental mindset; push beyond default formats.
• Owner-operator mindset; accountable, structured, bias for action.
• Deep GTM fluency with Salesforce, Marketo, Cvent, Splash, YouTube Live.

🎁 Benefits

• Innovate with purpose; be part of a cutting-edge cloud/AI company.
• We prioritize career development with resources and courses.
• We care about well-being with global benefits and flexible time off.
• We reward employees with salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer.