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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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From $121.6K/yr

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Scale’s Generative AI business unit is currently seeing historic levels of growth. As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL), you will leading initiatives that will drive $XXM+ in new revenue for the business. This is a demanding role, and as an SPL, you should be prepared to wear many hats such as Operator, Product Manager and customer-facing Engagement Manager. The ideal SPL should have a strong entrepreneurial mindset, be comfortable getting into the weeds, and be excited about intense, impactful work that leads to an accelerated career progression. You will: Lead cross-functional projects with diverse stakeholders (Engineering + Ops + Go-to-Market) Partner with product and engineering teams to enhance products to fulfill needs of strategic customers and initiatives Own the execution of our data labeling operations for strategic projects Give regular progress updates to Scale’s executive team Work on some of the most impactful problems at the company Ideally, you’d have: Strong technical background (a degree in computer science is ideal, and at minimum the role requires the ability to do data analytics using SQL or Python). 2+ years of experience leading a team, developing product or operational processes, or as a SWE. Strong problem solving capabilities (experience working on operational challenges or as a consultant is a plus). Entrepreneurial experience and mindset - you are excited about building things from scratch Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted e

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DU
📍 San Francisco, Canada
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About the Team The Finance & Strategy team accelerates the growth of our business by identifying and implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability and defensibility of our business model. We're looking for people who can use strategy to identify areas of opportunity, and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution. About the Role We are looking for a Finance Manager who will work with partners across DoorDash to ensure we are making the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions while improving the experience for our merchants and other marketplace participants. You will help lead financial reporting, forecasting, and planning, and will guide financial insights and direction for all of our operational decisions and strategies. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Conduct weekly reporting of financial performance of DoorDash’s Merchant business, forecast key financial metrics based on quantitative analysis of historical data.Support quarterly financial planning, collaborate with cross functional business partners to identify growth areas and business priorities.Deep-dive into complex operational questions and collaborate cross-functionally outside Finance (Sales, Operations, Support) as well as within Finance (Accounting, Analytics, BI) to uncover the most optimal data-driven business decisions and investments.Identify key opportunities & risks to the business, quantify and evaluate the impacts, propose a solution and investment case, and ensure efficient execution. Leverage and apply knowledge of SQL, finance, analytics, and technology to manage financial reporting, forecasting, and quantitative analysis to assist DoorDash in making better business decisions. We’re excited about you because… 6+ years of experience overall, preferably from Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or Consulti

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DU
📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time· Remote
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About the Team The Finance & Strategy team accelerates the growth of our business by identifying and implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability and defensibility of our business model. We're looking for people who can use strategy to identify areas of opportunity, and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution. About the Role We are looking for someone who will help guide our global strategy. You will be a strategic advisor to important partners across DoorDash to ensure we are making the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions across the geographies in which we operate while improving the experience for all of our marketplace participants. You will help lead financial reporting and planning, and will guide financial insights and direction for our operational decisions and strategies. This role reports to a Senior Director in our Finance & Strategy organization and is remote-friendly within the United States. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Partner with senior leadership to help guide and run our Digital Ordering business, implementing, measuring and optimizing the SaaS and transactional components of the business Own the global financial performance picture for this business line and understand the levers to optimize our approach to balancing global growth vs. profitability Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs, including SaaS specific metrics, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities Support DoorDash’s quarterly financial planning, collaborate with cross functional business partners to identify growth areas and business priorities. Leverage and apply knowledge of SQL, finance, analytics, and AI technology to manage financial reporting, forecasting, and quantitative analysis to assist DoorDash in making better business decisions. Deep-dive into complex operat

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📍 San Francisco, Canada
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$140K – $170K/yr

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Technical Support Manager About the role: We are looking for a technically skilled, self-motivated, customer-focused manager to lead a team of high energy Support Engineers. In this role you will be responsible for hiring, developing and mentoring team members as well as delivering against key performance metrics. You'll lead process improvements for customer and partner growth, retention, and excellence, while fostering individual contributions and driving cross-functional projects that spark innovation and collaboration. You need to be comfortable working in a fast paced environment and continuously challenge the team to step outside their comfort zone. Minimum Education Requirement This position requires a U.S. Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a closely related technical field. This requirement is a minimum and cannot be substituted by work experience alone. What You Will Be Doing Become a product expert and stay technically close to complex and critical customer escalations. Lead a team of exceptional product experts providing the Sigma user base with an excellent customer experience. Hire, develop and train a strong team of Support Engineers on an ongoing basis. Own strategic areas of the Support organization end to end, from strategy through measurable outcomes. Partner across Engineering, Product, Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing to solve customer challenges and drive cross-functional outcomes. Drive performance against key Support metrics, including CSAT, Initial Response, SLA, and Time to Resolution. Continuously refine processes to optimize efficiency, elevating customer support operations. Uncover golden insights within Support data, translating them into actionable strategies that improve customer experience, operational efficiency, and business outcomes. Develop a reputation for excellence, high credibility and integrity with

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DU
📍 San Francisco, Canada
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About the Role At DoorDash we are redefining what it means to be a designer. We are building towards a team of makers, builders, and doers. Between 2005 and 2015, "web designer" became "product designer" and the scope widened. The same shift is happening now — LLMs are expanding the T again, toward strategy on one end and direct execution on the other. As a Staff Product Designer, you will lead this shift across your team: not just practicing build-first design, but multiplying it through the people and systems around you. We're seeking an ambitious and system design minded Staff Product Designer to lead “Meals for Work” within DoorDash for Business , a strategic area at the heart of redefining workplace dining and company perks. You’ll craft transformative consumer and enterprise experiences, from tools that make team lunch ordering effortless to scalable solutions for catering, company paid recurring meals, and grocery benefits. This role offers a unique opportunity to design powerful systems that help workplace admins plan, manage, and operate food programs with confidence, while pioneering new offerings in an evolving market. This position is open for candidates in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City, and will report to the Head of New Bets Design within our Consumer organization. You will work in a hybrid model, working from one of our offices 1-2 times a week with the rest working from home. Your primary impact is making the team faster and more autonomous. You build reusable workflows, shared tools, and decision frameworks that let every designer on your team operate at a higher level with less coordination overhead. Your secondary impact is revenue: the speed and quality gains you unlock translate directly into more experiments shipped, faster iteration cycles, and measurable business outcomes across your team and adjacent teams. You're excited about this opportunity because you will... Define projects with a clear point of view on what to build,

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📍 San Francisco, Canada
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Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! As Executive Assistant to the VP of Growth Marketing and the Director, B2B - Growth, Strategy, & Ops, you’ll provide high-level administrative and strategic support to the Growth Marketing leadership team. You’ll manage complex calendars and inboxes, coordinate leadership meetings, track action items, organize team communications and events, and handle travel and expense approvals. Acting as a trusted partner, you’ll help optimize time, streamline processes, and support operational planning across the organization. You’ll also collaborate with the CMO’s EA and cross-functional partners to drive alignment on key projects, milestones, and company events. This is a full time role based in our San Francisco Hub. What you’ll do at Figma: Provide direct support to our VP of Growth Marketing and our Director, B2B - Growth, Strategy, & Ops and the Growth Marketing team by attending leadership meetings, tracking agendas, capturing action items and following up on progress, heavy calendar management, inbox management, organizing all hands, team-wide communications, booking travel, partnering with the CMO’s EA, etc Act as the delegate for the VP & Director, signing off expenses, PO approval, and various other tooling as needed with careful attention to internal policy Be a strategic partner to the VP & Director and their leadership team with a focus on team cohesion, operations, and planning Identify areas to optimize VP & Director’s time and make recommendations in regard to time manag

DU
📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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From $1.3M/yr

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About the Team Our US Marketplace team is responsible for growing the DoorDash business in the US, helping customers to discover & order what’s best in their city, merchants to grow their sales, and dashers to find flexible work. About the Role The US Marketplace team is looking for a motivated and hands-on Associate Manager to join the Strategy & Operations Growth and Markets team. You will own a portfolio of projects aimed at growing the core Marketplace business, working closely with DoorDash’s product, marketing, finance, and analytics teams.You’ll have the opportunity to help grow strategic markets, identify new growth bets, incubate 0-1 experiments, and execute on a roadmap to drive growth. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Build and own. You’ll have your fingerprints all over DoorDash’s next wave of growth. You’ll do whatever it takes to launch, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new, from high-level strategy down to the nitty-gritty operational details. Incubate. You’ll take bets that don’t have an owner yet, scope them, test them, and either graduate them into funded programs or kill them with a clear, well-argued recommendation. Strategize. From first principles, you’ll develop the optimal strategy for growing segments and launching bets that no existing playbook covers. Experiment. You’ll turn strategies into operational experiments that create measurable, actionable outcomes, then use those results to shape the larger implementation plan. Analyze. You’ll pull your own data, assess the operational and financial impact of your decisions, and iterate based on what you find. Lead and collaborate. You’ll work with cross-functional partners across product, analytics, marketing, sales, and finance to get your initiatives resourced and shipped. We’re excited about you because… You have 4+ years of experience in a problem-solving role: consulting, tech, banking, or similar. Experience taking something

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DU
📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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About the Team DoorDash’s Internal Audit team provides independent assurance that the company’s risk management, governance, and internal control processes are operating effectively. We are a small team that is looking to expand and bring on motivated professionals. We don’t think of ourselves as a typical audit function - we are obsessively focused on risks to the organizations which reflects in the type of projects we support and execute. DoorDash is rapidly growing - we are expanding in multiple geos and launching new products. This exciting growth allows us to drive creative analysis, strategy, and solutions. Our focus areas include financial, operational, regulatory, security, IT, and more. About the Role We are seeking a Senior Director, IT Internal Audit to lead the strategy, execution and evolution of DoorDash’s global IT audit function. In this highly visible role, you will help shape the technology risk management practices across DoorDash - you will oversee a broad portfolio of audits, including IT SOX, cybersecurity, data governance, AI governance, and operational technology. You will report directly to the Chief Audit Executive and serve as a strategic advisor to DoorDash’s technology, security, and engineering leaders. You will bring deep technical audit expertise, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for innovation to build and lead a world-class IT audit organization that scales with the business. This role demands someone who can balance strategy with execution (and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves) — a leader who can anticipate emerging technology risks, foster strong cross-functional partnerships, translate complex technical concepts into meaningful business insights, and be ready to operate at the lowest level of detail. You will partner with teams across Security, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Privacy Legal, AI, Product, and Compliance to strengthen our risk posture and drive a data-driven approach

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is seeking a Staff Design Program Manager for the Global Growth organization. Design Foundations is the infrastructure layer of Lyft's design organization — the systems, standards, and processes that every product team depends on. This role sits at the center of that work, owning program management across Product Design, UXR, Content Design, and AI tooling. Design Program Managers are strategic partners with design leads, leading and driving the design work forward everyday. You will work across teams to shepherd and manage the delivery of design and customer experiences to completion. You’re a strong strategic thinker, you can execute the small tasks well, and you take a creative approach to operational challenges. You’re savvy at connecting the dots, and being a trusted partner to cross functional peers at Lyft. You’ll be a leader within the design organization and an advocate for the Design+ team and the design process. Responsibilities: Own roadmap and execution for projects end-to-end Drive program management for the Global Growth design team Shape and document workflows and processes that make the team faster and more effective Partner with design, engineering, marketing, legal, and product to scope work, set timelines, and manage delivery Build and maintain visibility into project health, team utilization, and priorities for design leadership Lead planning and prioritization across cross-functional teams — balancing competing inputs without losing sight of the goal Facilitate design reviews, retros, and planning sessions Bring AI fluency to program management work — use tools like Figma, Jira, and AI assistants to accelerate your own workflow, and help the team adopt new tools effectively Experience: 7+ years in design program management, product design, or a relevant design industry role

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📍 San Francisco, Canada
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About Us Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more. It is where thousands of communities come together for whatever, every day. We’re about community, inside and out. You’ll find coworkers who are eager to team up, collaborate, and smash (or elegantly solve) problems together. We’re on a quest to empower live communities, so if this sounds good to you, see what we’re up to on LinkedIn and X , and discover the projects we’re solving on our Blog . Be sure to explore our Interviewing Guide to learn how to ace our interview process. About the Role Twitch is looking for a Director, Head of Product Marketing to build, lead, and elevate our global PMM function from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), your mandate is to establish Product Marketing as a proactive, high-velocity marketing engine and strategic driver. In this role, you will define the core value proposition of Twitch’s product ecosystem for creators and viewers alike. You will act as the crucial connective tissue between Marketing and teams across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Commerce and the broader Go-To-Market teams. You understand that the best marketing on a platform feels like a feature, not a bug. You’ll build systems that move beyond one-off "launch day hype,” anchoring your strategy in continuous lifecycle adoption and creator unit economics. You’ll ensure that our community understands the deep why behind our tools before the what even ships. You can work in San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; New York, NY; or Seattle, WA. You Will: Architect the Global PMM Discipline: Lead, coach, and scale a world-class team of product marketers, establishing operational rigor, written strategy briefs and clear accountability loops that prioritize high-impact bets over busywork. Define the Value Tra

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DU
📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time· Remote
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From $1.1M/yr

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About the Team The Sales Analytics team at DoorDash is responsible for getting the right information and insights out to drive our business goals. As DoorDash grows both in scale and breadth of offering, the strength of our sales engine and organizational structure must grow with it. About the Role You will be focused on partnering with our sales & strategy teams, who help solve pain points for small business (SMB) merchants on the Doordash platform through various methods such as new product adoption. You will lead analyses to guide our sales team with data-driven insights to unlock growth opportunities within their accounts. This cross-functional role will partner with sales, operations, product, and strategy teams. You will report into a Senior Manager on our Sales Analytics team, which is part of our Sales Operations organization. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Strategize – Devise and execute initiatives against the overall sales org strategy for “winning the merchant” while managing stakeholders across multiple lines of business Experiment – Use data-driven decision-making and sound business judgment to run sales tests and lead market intelligence efforts Optimize – Build the best merchant acquisition engine so DoorDash continues to offer the highest quality selection for its customers Analyze – Build models to evaluate the economics, value, and opportunity costs of strategic initiatives to improve sales performance Influence – Manage cross-functional projects with our sales, partner management, operations, product, engineering, business operations and BD teams to improve the merchant experience and achieve targets We’re excited about you because… You have 2+ years of experience in Analytics, Consulting, or Strategy You have a bachelors degree or higher You are highly technical with advanced SQL, basic Python/R, AI, and data modeling experience. You are an excellent analytical thinker who can deliver actionable recommendations

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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We are building the Finance team to help make data-driven and financially sound decisions for Scale. The team is responsible for improving strategic, financial, and operational decisions by partnering with the leadership team in making critical decisions across Scale. The Corporate Finance team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, helping to drive monthly forecasts and annual planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources efficiently, and performing financial analyses in partnership with all departments. As AI reshapes the competitive landscape, Corporate Finance sits at the center of decisions about where Scale invests, how quickly we scale, and which bets we make. You will have a unique opportunity to work closely with department heads on real-time, high-priority business issues and use quantitative insights to drive better decision making across Scale. The ideal candidate will not only have the technical skills to support their recommendations but also strong interpersonal skills to manage various stakeholders. What You’ll Do Provide analysis to support short and long-term decisions regarding workforce planning across the company. Own tools (such as the company's workforce planning system, TeamOhana) to automate and streamline reporting and headcount processes Partner cross-functionally with HR, Recruiting, Compensation, and Analytics teams to drive scalable analyses and insights. Define and maintain KPIs to measure impact on strategic initiatives and resource allocation. Manage the development, implementation, and administration of our financial forecasting system (Pigment) Partner with finance and accounting to drive process improvements (e.g. month-end close and reporting) Implement enhancements to forecasting tools, processes, and reporting deliverables that reduce manual work and improve data integration Support management, Board business, and financial planning, including presentations and key analysis requests Help execute

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📍 San Francisco, Canada
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At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. The Senior Manager, Marketing Operations and Strategy is responsible for ensuring marketing efforts are efficient, data-driven, and aligned with business goals through process optimization, technology management, and strategic planning. Key duties include managing budget and org health, leading org-wide annual planning process, managing quarterly reporting (QBRs), overseeing campaign execution and budget, and providing overall operations support to the marketing leadership team. Responsibilities: Strategic planning: Developing and implementing marketing strategies and plans to achieve business objectives, improve brand awareness, and build customer loyalty. Technology management: Evaluating, implementing, and managing the marketing technology stack (e.g., CRM, marketing automation platforms, CMS) and ensuring the team can effectively use these tools. Process optimization: Designing, streamlining, and refining marketing processes to improve productivity, efficiency, and cross-team collaboration. Budget management: Developing, managing, and monitoring the marketing budget, including tracking budget vs forecast, and providing financial reports to management in partnership with Finance. Data analysis and reporting: Working with Analytics to analyze marketing campaign performance data, generating reports for stakeholders, and providing data-driven insights and recommendations for improvement. Collaboration: Acting as a liaison between marketing and other departments to ensure alignment on goals and efforts. Building rapport with the Chief of Staff community and working with on cross-company initiatives and planning. Team support: Training and supporting marketing staff, and providing internal support and training on marketing platforms. Experience: 7+ years of experience in operations or

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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From $85K/yr

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ABOUT INKHOUSE Inkhouse is part of Orchestra, a strategic communications and marketing company built for today’s complex and fragmented world. From decoding audiences to designing bold strategies, Orchestra integrates people, platforms, and stories that stick to help clients build lasting influence. The company offers programs that span from the highest level strategic business counsel through to tactical execution. Orchestra brings together 700+ people with experience across consumer and lifestyle, technology, nonprofit and philanthropy, real estate, sports, travel, hospitality, and more. Made up of leading firms BerlinRosen , Civitas Public Affairs Group , Derris , Glen Echo Group , Inkhouse , M18 , Message Lab , Onward and Small Girls PR . It also launched Brightmode , a talent acquisition firm for communications professionals, and Versus Media Group , a strategy-first political media team. Learn more at www.orchestraco.com . People of all backgrounds and abilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Orchestra is committed to building and maintaining a diverse staff, and recognizes that its continued success depends on hiring and retaining high-quality creative professionals with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Opportunities for advancement exist, and we are committed to helping all staff develop and grow. ABOUT THIS ROLE Inkhouse is seeking an Account Manager to lead day-to-day client relations and drive strategy across a portfolio of technology clients. This is an opportunity for someone who pairs expert tactical execution with a real point of view on strategy — someone who can run the work while shaping where it's going. The Account Manager will ideally have experience across B2B and consumer technology, integrated communications spanning earned, owned and social, and a track record of high-priority media relations. This person will be a team player who keeps accounts moving to help clients achieve their goals. We're looking for candidates who are pass

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📍 San Francisco, Canada· Full-time
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From $189.6K/yr

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At Scale, we believe that AI will dramatically improve the world, and our mission is to accelerate the development of AI. We’re looking for a Field Marketing and Events leader to continue to build and manage Scale’s robust Gen AI and Research field marketing and events program, including but not limited to Scale hosted executive events, Scale hosted practitioner events and meetups, research conferences, and our annual flagship conference, AI Leadership Summit. You will join a rapidly growing team with the opportunity to manage and execute events from start to finish, drive lead generation and pipeline growth, and plan event programming with the largest names in AI. The successful candidate will have a solid understanding of technology, model builder, and research markets, strong project management skills, a strategic mindset, ability to manage and grow a team, and a passion for AI & technology. You will: Own annual planning for all Gen AI and Research events including strategy and budget Establish event activities in line with sales goals and deal acceleration, prioritizing goals from the go-to-market leadership and business development teams on event location and audience Manage team of field marketing and events managers who will execute on planning and logistics. This role should have a player-coach mentality and ability to also execute on nuts to bolts planning for all executive dinners, meetups, happy hours, sponsored trade shows, and hosted conferences Manage contractor relationships including event production firms and outside vendors, and event budgets Align with growth marketing on marketing campaigns and marketing qualified lead (MQL) reporting Track event campaign performance, measuring ROI, results, and metrics through Salesforce and own any course correction for events that are not performing Own all aspects of Scale hosted conference, Scale AI Base Camp, including venue selection, vendor management, logistics, speaker

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