Head of Events
PlanetScaleDatabase company
San Francisco, United States$180,000 – $250,000 USDManager
SignalFire
Andreessen Horowitz
Insight Partners
Kleiner Perkins
Tom Preston-Werner
Jack Altman
Marketing
About the role
TL;DR
Lead strategy and execution for high-impact developer and tech community events.
- •PlanetScale is seeking a Head of Events to lead the strategy and execution of high-impact experiences that connect developers, engineering leaders, customers, and the tech community with PlanetScale.
- •This role involves owning the end-to-end events strategy and portfolio, setting the creative bar, and driving measurable outcomes.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the end-to-end events strategy and portfolio for PlanetScale.
- •Set the creative and experiential bar for all touchpoints.
- •Drive measurable outcomes in developer acquisition, product adoption, community growth, and pipeline.
- •Build and manage a global events calendar and evaluate/prioritize events.
- •Manage the events budget with clear ROI frameworks and financial discipline.
- •Requirements 3+ years of experience in events, experiential marketing, field marketing, Developer Relations, or developer community roles.
- •Experience working with developer, engineering, or technical audiences.
- •Demonstrated ability to manage event budgets and deliver measurable results.
- •Excellent project management, vendor management, and stakeholder management skills.
- •Willingness and ability to travel frequently (often 30%+) and work evenings/weekends as needed.
Required skills
Project ManagementVendor Management
Nice-to-have skills
Product MarketingCommunity ManagementGrowth Marketing
Domain expertise
developer-toolsai
Tech stack
PostgreSQLMySQLAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformGitLinuxJiraConfluenceFigmaPostmanSwaggerOpenAPIREST APIgRPCWebSocketsRabbitMQCelerySidekiqNotionSlackAsanaLinearMonday.comAirtableExcelPowerPointGoogle AnalyticsGA4