Corporate Events Manager

<div class="content-intro"><h2>About Vercel:</h2> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">Vercel gives developers the tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. As the team behind v0, Next.js, and AI SDK, Vercel helps customers like Ramp, Supreme, PayPal, and Under Armour build for the AI-native web.<br></span></p> <p><span data-sheets-root="1">Our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products. That starts with creating a place where everyone can do their best work. Whether you're building on our platform, supporting our customers, or shaping our story: You can just ship things.</span></p></div><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2> <p>We're hiring a <strong>Corporate Events Manager</strong> to own the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of these tentpoles, delivering experiences that <strong>inspire developers, excite enterprise buyers, and capture the attention of the global tech press</strong>. Reporting to the Head of Demand Generation and partnering closely with marketing, product, and sales, you will be a key force in how Vercel shows up to the world.</p> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> <h2><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Execute Vercel's flagship events</strong>: Support the editorial calendar and creative direction for Ship, Next.js Conf, and more coordinating across launches, narrative arcs, and the partner ecosystem.</li> <li><strong>Deliver world-class execution</strong>: Lead end-to-end planning and stagecraft (budgeting, vendors, programming, production, branding, on-site ops) with clear targets for attendance, NPS, influenced pipeline, and content reach.</li> <li><strong>Help shape the story</strong>: Collaborate with PMM and leadership to develop keynotes, demos, and narrative arcs; and help curate a speaker bench of customers, OSS leaders, and partners.</li> <li><strong>Drive high-impact sponsored presence</strong>: Execute activations for AWS re:Invent and other key industry events—ensuring Vercel's presence is unmissable.</li> <li><strong>Connect events to company goals</strong>: Work closely with product, developer relations, sales, and marketing to ensure each event drives measurable awareness, demand, and community growth.</li> <li><strong>Manage budgets and logistics</strong>: Track event spend, reconcile invoices, and support forecasting and ROI modeling; contribute to the event tech stack to attribute impact end to end.</li> <li><strong>Coordinate cross-functional teams</strong>: Provide day-to-day coordination with design, video, and PMM, and manage agencies and contractors to deliver at scale.</li> <li><strong>Support global programming</strong>: Assist with multi-region timing, localization, and <strong>follow-the-sun</strong> programming as Vercel expands tier-1 events internationally in 2026.</li> <li><strong>Track and report on outcomes</strong>: Maintain KPIs for reach, engagement, pipeline impact, and brand lift—and surface data-driven insights to optimize future events.</li> <li><strong>Experiment with format and experience</strong>: Contribute ideas and execution for in-person, hybrid, and virtual formats that meet our audiences where they are while staying true to Vercel's developer-first DNA.</li> </ul> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> <h2><strong>What You Bring</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Solid event management experience</strong>: 4–6 years in event planning and execution, including hands-on experience running conferences or product launches with 1000+ attendees.</li> <li><strong>Familiarity with global industry stages</strong>: Working knowledge of events like AWS re:Invent, with the operational skill to execute effectively in competitive environments.</li> <li><strong>Detail-oriented and organized</strong>: You thrive in the weeds—run-of-show documents, speaker prep, A/V coordination, and vendor management are where you shine.</li> <li><strong>Commercial awareness</strong>: You understand how events connect to pipeline impact, sponsorship value, and ROI, and can report on those metrics clearly.</li> <li><strong>Strong cross-functional collaborator</strong>: Skilled at working across teams and managing external partners to a high standard.</li> <li><strong>Developer empathy</strong>: You understand how to speak to and design for technical audience