Founding Field Marketing and Community Manager

Responsibilities

• Own field marketing end to end: build strategy, calendar, and budget for all in-person programs and execute them hands-on.
• Run corporate and first-party events: plan and produce dinners, workshops, meetups, roadshows, and hosted experiences for technical and enterprise audiences.
• Manage third-party events and sponsorships: evaluate conferences, negotiate sponsorships, and ensure standout presence.
• Build ecosystem partnerships: develop co-marketing relationships with AI vendors for joint events, shared audiences, and partner activations.
• Create memorable experiences that attendees talk about afterward, obsessing over details.
• Drive pipeline through targeted in-person experiences: partner with sales to select audiences, attract right people, and convert conversations into qualified opportunities.
• Measure and report on effectiveness: own metrics including registrations, attendance, pipeline sourced/influenced, and cost per opportunity; iterate on what works.
• Lay the foundation for community engagement with developers and customers in person.

Requirements

• 1–3+ years of field marketing, event marketing, or community experience in AI/ML or adjacent developer/enterprise infrastructure (flexible for exceptional candidates at all levels).
• Track record managing corporate events, first-party events, and third-party sponsorships from concept to post-event follow-up.
• Experience building ecosystem or co-marketing partnerships.
• Pipeline mindset: treat events as a revenue channel and speak to metrics from past programs.
• Equal comfort with strategy and execution (e.g., present plans to leadership and handle logistics).
• Exceptional organization and project management under tight timelines and shifting priorities.
• Based in or willing to be in the San Francisco Bay Area for hybrid schedule, with willingness to travel for events.

Nice-to-Haves

• Existing relationships in the AI/developer-tools ecosystem (vendors, communities, event organizers).
• Experience as a first or early marketing hire, building programs from zero.
• Experience marketing to both developers and enterprise buyers.
• Familiarity with event and marketing tools (CRM, marketing automation, event platforms).