Global Community Events Manager
United StatesRemote
Summary
Plans and executes global in-person community events including logistics, venue booking, and vendor coordination to foster user relationships and generate leads. Requires strong organizational skills, event experience, and ability to manage projects across time zones.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Strategically identify target cities and regions for in-person gatherings (meetups, dinners, informal events) based on community density, product usage, and growth potential
- Lead all logistics: venue selection & negotiation, catering, AV, signage, swag, guest list, travel alignment, shipping, etc.
- Work with Metabase team members (engineering, success engineering, marketing) traveling internationally to piggyback casual meetups or visits
- Build standardized playbooks, checklists, and templates to scale and replicate events globally
- Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and procurement
- Coordinate with Marketing, Sales, and Success Engineering teams to ensure alignment on branding, messaging, funnel/handoff of leads from events
- Collect event feedback, metrics, and learnings; iterate to continuously improve quality, efficiency, and impact
Qualifications
- Proven experience organizing events (virtual or in-person), field/community marketing, for tech companies
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects across time zones
- Strong vendor negotiation and contract familiarity
- Comfortable with international logistics: shipping swag, foreign vendors, cross-border payments
- Self-starter, autonomous, comfortable working in a remote, asynchronous environment
- Some ability for international travel
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in SaaS, data analytics tools, or open-source communities
- Speak multiple languages (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, etc.)
Skills
Event PlanningVendor ManagementBudget ManagementLogistics CoordinationEvent MetricsCross-Functional CollaborationInternational TravelContract NegotiationPlaybook DevelopmentCommunity Engagement