Event Manager, Field Marketing

**The Team**:
**The Opportunity**:
Datadog’s Event Marketing team is the secret sauce behind our premiere experiential marketing efforts. Managing over 200 sponsorship, community and field events, ranging from $2K-$3M, their work is truly the backbone of our lead gen engine - drawing in nearly 50+% of our new leads.

Datadog is seeking an **Event Manager** for the APAC region to help develop and support our rapidly growing team. Our Marketing team is responsible for partnering with sales to create strategic, high-touch, memorable events for decision makers at enterprise companies that impact their businesses, amplify our pipeline generation efforts, accelerate deal cycles, and ultimately win business. This is an important new role that will work between many different teams to help define our global strategy by creating and establishing scalable processes for our regional sales teams. You will have a unique opportunity to build a portfolio of creative, experiential events in APAC, one of our key growth markets.

**You Will**:

- Own the strategy, budget and calendar for APAC field marketing initiatives and events such as high-touch executive breakfasts/dinners, meetups, customer-led events, partner events and specialty events/campaigns
- Lead the activity of Datadog's APAC field marketing through cross-functional promotions, execution, post-event reporting and performance analysis in close collaboration with Marketing leadership and APAC sales leaders
- Cultivate positive relationships with sales leaders and build alignment/prioritization of events and account-based decisions to help reach their growth/revenue targets
- Meet with clients to discuss their needs and budgets, and outline and negotiate types and costs of services to be provided within budget
- Help build strategic target lists for invitation and drive event promotion
- Create programs and events with a heavy content angle and work with relevant teams and customers to deliver in live or virtual environments
- Arrange and coordinate services for participants, including conference facilities, catering, signage, displays, audiovisual equipment, accommodation, transport and social events
- Determine KPIs, oversee logistics from beginning to end, manage vendors, track budgets, and expenses
- Use marketing analytics tools; such as Marketo, Salesforce, Looker, and Metabase, to track results and ROI
- Ensure programs and event details are on brand, on message, and fit the Datadog aesthetic

**You Are**:

- Experienced with 4-6 years working in Event Management & Field Marketing
- Passionate about coaching others and have previously managed a team
- A self-starter and have the ability to manage through ambiguous situations
- Able to utilize marketing analytics tools to extract data to push large scale incentives
- Strong in project management, communication, and analytical skills
- Experienced in partnering with senior sales leaders in building and pushing processes
- An excellent communicator in English, other foreign languages are a plus
- Willing to travel up to 50% of the time

**Why You Should Apply**:

- Generous and competitive global benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
- Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
- Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
- Best in breed onboarding
- Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
- Friendly and inclusive workplace culture

**About Us**:
**Salary**: $85,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee stock purchase plan
- Health insurance
- Unlimited annual leave

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday