# Events & Remote Experience Manager

**Company:** [Tailscale](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tailscale)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $118k – $166k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Event Planning, Vendor Management, Budget Management, hybrid events, virtual events, rewards programs, coworking management, Asana, Notion, Airtable, envoy, robin, officespace, bonusly, nectar
**Posted:** 2026-07-24

> Own end-to-end planning and execution of internal company events, offsites, virtual gatherings, rewards/recognition programs, and coworking space relationships to build culture and connection for a distributed hybrid team. Requires 7+ years primary ownership of events at high-growth tech companies plus strong budget and vendor management skills.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- Planning and running the company-wide offsite (venue, logistics, budget, agenda, on-site execution).
- Planning team-level events and offsites with team leads, balancing desires against overall budget and timeline.
- Running a regular cadence of virtual events to keep a distributed team connected.
- Managing relationships with coworking providers and physical space vendors (renewals, capacity planning, day-to-day issues).
- Acting as point person for in-office or coworking space needs (desk capacity, meeting rooms, badge/access logistics).
- Evaluating and recommending new coworking locations as the team grows or shifts geographically.
- Owning rewards and recognition programs end-to-end (platform, nominations, celebrations).
- Improving the remote and hybrid experience (swag, onboarding touches, small rituals).
- Sourcing, negotiating with, and managing vendors (venues, caterers, travel, AV, swag, event platforms).
- Owning event budgets from forecast through reconciliation, flagging variances.
- Handling full logistics chain (invites, RSVPs, travel, run-of-show, day-of execution, wrap-up).
- Collecting and acting on feedback after every event.
- Traveling as needed to support offsites and in-person events (10-25% of time).

## Requirements
- 7+ years running events at a high-growth tech company as the primary owner.
- Track record planning and executing in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, including multi-day offsites for 10-450+ people.
- Experience managing a physical workspace or coworking relationship (lease terms, vendor SLAs, day-to-day operations).
- Experience negotiating and managing vendor relationships.
- Strong budget management skills (forecasting, tracking, staying within committed numbers).
- Strong organizational instincts to run multiple events and programs simultaneously.
- Level-headed problem-solving when issues arise on-site.
- Clear written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Willingness and ability to travel 10-25% of the time.
- SF Bay Area in-office time required.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with workplace/facilities platforms (Envoy, Robin, OfficeSpace, or similar).
- Experience running a rewards and recognition program or platform (Bonusly, Nectar, Motivosity, or similar).
- Comfort with tools like Asana, Notion, or Airtable.
- Experience designing programs for distributed or fully-remote teams.
- Background in hospitality, production, or venue operations.
- Eye for photography or video.
- Experience measuring event/program effectiveness (surveys, attendance data).

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