Full-Time Senior Global Event Manager
Palo Alto Networks is hiring a remote Full-Time Senior Global Event Manager. The career level for this job opening is Senior Manager and is accepting CA, Remote based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Senior Global Event Manager to lead the strategy, design, and execution of our Proprietary Global Conferences and user conference series.
This high-impact role sits at the intersection of customer experience, brand storytelling, executive engagement, and business growth.
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and operational expert who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments and brings a proven track record of delivering large-scale global events that delight customers and deliver measurable results.
Your Impact
Global Strategy & Program Leadership
- Own and evolve the Proprietary Global Conference strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, brand, and regional teams.
- Serve as the central point of coordination across regions to ensure consistency in experience, messaging, and execution.
- Develop and manage event roadmap, timelines, and resource plans to deliver high-quality experiences.
- Strategically plan and lead the execution of our events across the Global Events portfolio with a live, virtual and hybrid strategy.
- Work closely with executives, senior leaders and stakeholders to define agenda, speakers, training, content strategy, etc.
- Work closely with Go To Market (GTM) partners and cross-functional marketing teams to develop repeatable content, tools, systems, processes and guidelines to drive scale and impact.
- Manage key audiences, accelerate sales pipeline and drive marketing-influenced bookings for all events.
- Partner closely with the broader marketing teams to ensure there is consistency of messaging across all aspects of events.
- Have a true strategic cross collaborative approach when working with different business units
Customer Experience & Content Design
- Lead the development of content strategy, including breakout tracks, hands-on workshops, and CxO-level programming.
- Drive a customer-first mindset across all aspects of event planning and execution.
- Implement best practices from world-class user conferences to elevate the Ignite experience.
Executive & CxO Engagement
- Build a differentiated CxO program to scale executive attendance and deepen relationships.
- Curate exclusive content, networking, and hospitality experiences for senior decision-makers.
Sponsorship & Partner Enablement
- Create and scale a global sponsorship program that drives revenue and partner value.
- Collaborate with product marketing, sales, and partner teams to develop meaningful sponsor activations.
Team & Stakeholder Management
- Lead a cross-functional team of internal leads, vendors, and regional partners.
- Manage direct reports, fostering growth, accountability, and collaboration.
- Partner with leadership on KPIs, reporting, and post-event analysis.
- Maintain a budget for events and closely track spend against targets.
- Set success criteria, measure and report out the impact of each major event on awareness, engagement and pipeline acceleration metrics.
- Validate event investment versus the ROI driven from each major event.
- Develop strong cross-functional relationships to ensure involvement and input on event strategy from product, customer success, and sales
Your Experience
- 12+ years of experience in event management, with at least 5 years leading large-scale, global user conferences.
- Demonstrated success managing executive-level programs and high-touch experiences.
- Experience leading sponsorship programs with revenue accountability.
- Exceptional project management, communication, and stakeholder alignment skills.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global environment with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to travel internationally as needed (estimated 30–40%).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in tech, SaaS, or B2B enterprise events.
- Familiarity with event tech platforms (e.g., Cvent, Splash, Swoogo).
- Strong storytelling and customer experience design sensibilities.
- Data-driven mindset with a focus on outcomes and ROI.