Kristien Dalton ยท Daily Opportunity Brief

Events roles worth
opening today.

August 15, 2026 โ€” San Francisco and U.S.-remote event marketing, tradeshow, corporate events, and senior event-operations opportunities targeting $100K+. Every included card links straight to the posting and has a documented open-status signal.

25OPEN ROLES INCLUDED
15NEW TODAY
20STRONG MATCHES
76FILTERED OUT

๐ŸŒŸ Top Picks

Best alignment on event ownership, location, and compensation

#1
๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Developer Events Lead

Buildkite
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $170Kโ€“$190K base

Exceptional title match: owns Buildkite's developer-event portfolio, tradeshow strategy, experiential programs, vendors, budgets, and ROI from the San Francisco hub.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed the exact title/location, compensation text, an active Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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#2
๐ŸŒŸ Top Pickโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Manager / Tradeshow โ€” Senior Manager

Aquent
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $76โ€“$85/hr (about $158,080โ€“$176,800 annualized at 40 hr/week)

The closest tradeshow-title match in the run: a fully remote senior contract assignment leading Adobe MAX tradeshow strategy, vendor execution, operations, and attendee experience.

Open verification: Rendered LinkedIn direct job view showed Remote, posted 3 days ago, the $76โ€“$85 hourly range, and an active Apply button on August 15.

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#3
๐ŸŒŸ Top Pickโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Events Manager

SentiLink
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $140Kโ€“$170K + equity + benefits

Direct senior-events fit owning conferences, roadshows, field programs, vendor coordination, booth strategy, and pipeline impact in a genuinely U.S.-remote role.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby page identified this as a remote U.S.-based role, displayed the compensation, and showed an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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#4
๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Marketing Manager

Gusto
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $154Kโ€“$188K base in San Francisco

An exact event-marketing title with ownership across trade shows, conferences, Gusto-owned activations, budgets, vendors, campaign strategy, and measurable pipeline.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed San Francisco among the locations, the SF compensation range, an active Apply button, and application fields on August 15.

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#5
๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Event Marketing Manager

Assort Health
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA or Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $145Kโ€“$178K in SF/NYC; remote localized to 80โ€“100% of range

Exact senior event-marketing match building an end-to-end conference, roundtable, trade-show, executive-dinner, and owned-summit program tied directly to pipeline.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed Remote, USA, stated SF/NYC or remote eligibility, displayed pay transparency, and offered an active Apply for this Job button on August 15.

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โœจ New Today

Freshly surfaced and browser-verified in this run

๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Developer Events Lead

Buildkite
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $170Kโ€“$190K base

Exceptional title match: owns Buildkite's developer-event portfolio, tradeshow strategy, experiential programs, vendors, budgets, and ROI from the San Francisco hub.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed the exact title/location, compensation text, an active Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Marketing Manager

Gusto
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $154Kโ€“$188K base in San Francisco

An exact event-marketing title with ownership across trade shows, conferences, Gusto-owned activations, budgets, vendors, campaign strategy, and measurable pipeline.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed San Francisco among the locations, the SF compensation range, an active Apply button, and application fields on August 15.

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๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Event Marketing Manager

Assort Health
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA or Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $145Kโ€“$178K in SF/NYC; remote localized to 80โ€“100% of range

Exact senior event-marketing match building an end-to-end conference, roundtable, trade-show, executive-dinner, and owned-summit program tied directly to pipeline.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed Remote, USA, stated SF/NYC or remote eligibility, displayed pay transparency, and offered an active Apply for this Job button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Webinar & Digital Events Strategist

OpenAI
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $266Kโ€“$295K + equity

Owns the global webinar and digital-events strategy, executive programming, vendors, operations, measurement, and cross-functional activation from OpenAI's SF office.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed San Francisco, the compensation range, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Manager, Events & Field Marketing

Retool
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $187,900โ€“$232,100 base

Senior ownership of Retool's flagship conference and global events portfolio, with clear field-marketing, community, agency, budget, and pipeline accountability.

Open verification: Rendered LinkedIn job view showed San Francisco, posted 3 days ago, the listed base range, and an active Apply button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Field Marketing Manager โ€” Regional Events

Fin (Intercom)
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $175Kโ€“$188K base + bonus + RSUs

Plans and executes regional field events, executive dinners, roundtables, community activations, and pipeline programs for a B2B SaaS sales organization.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed the exact title, San Francisco location, compensation text, an Apply button, and live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Field Marketing Manager

Descript
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $145Kโ€“$160K base

A build-from-scratch field-events role spanning executive dinners, conferences, workshops, webinars, community gatherings, vendors, budgets, and pipeline reporting.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed San Francisco, the $145Kโ€“$160K range, an active Apply button, and application fields on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Head of Events

PlanetScale
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA / Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $180Kโ€“$250K

Leads the complete events function across owned experiences, major industry conferences, community programs, sponsorships, vendors, logistics, and measurable business outcomes.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse page showed San Francisco/remote eligibility, the compensation range, an Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Global Event Marketing Manager

Braze
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $103Kโ€“$150K base; $117Kโ€“$173K OTE

Global B2B event-marketing ownership with strategy, sponsorships, integrated campaigns, vendor and budget management, executive stakeholders, and demand-generation goals.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse job page showed Remote โ€” United States, listed base/OTE ranges, an Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Sr. Field Marketing Manager

Socure
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $135Kโ€“$160K base + equity + bonus

Runs West Coast field marketing through trade shows, owned events, executive programs, ABM campaigns, sales alignment, vendor management, and pipeline measurement.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby page showed San Francisco, compensation, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open

Senior Manager, Marketing & Enablement

Harvey
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $122,400โ€“$183,600 base

Adjacent but relevant senior role leading a global community and events strategy, including conferences, roundtables, VIP dinners, thought-leadership programming, and pipeline measurement.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed the SF location, compensation, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open

Marketing Events Producer

Anthropic
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA or New York City๐Ÿ’ต $255Kโ€“$320K

Senior live-event production role owning conferences, keynotes, summits, run-of-show, stage and AV, rehearsals, budgets, vendors, and on-site show calling.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed SF/NYC, annual salary, an active Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Event Sponsorship Program Manager

Snowflake
๐Ÿ“ Menlo Park, CA๐Ÿ’ต $143,800โ€“$224,300 base

Owns the sponsorship program for Snowflake's major event portfolio, including packaging, partner activation, sales enablement, contracts, operations, and revenue goals.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed Menlo Park, the compensation range, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open

Creative Producer, Experiential

Airbnb
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (on-site)๐Ÿ’ต $157Kโ€“$185K

Produces high-visibility employee and executive experiences end-to-end, covering creative briefs, timelines, budgets, vendors, run-of-show, AV, activations, and communications.

Open verification: Rendered Airbnb career page showed San Francisco, the pay range, an Application tab, and an active Apply Now control on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Field Marketing Manager

Asana
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $133Kโ€“$151K base

Owns North American field programs across sponsored and hosted events, experiential campaigns, executive roundtables, budgets, vendors, sales partnership, and event ROI.

Open verification: Rendered Asana career page showed San Francisco, the estimated salary range, an active Apply link, and detailed live role content on August 15.

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๐Ÿ—“ Event Coordinator / Corporate Event Planner

Corporate, internal, program-content, and brand-experience work

New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open

Marketing Events Producer

Anthropic
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA or New York City๐Ÿ’ต $255Kโ€“$320K

Senior live-event production role owning conferences, keynotes, summits, run-of-show, stage and AV, rehearsals, budgets, vendors, and on-site show calling.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed SF/NYC, annual salary, an active Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open

Creative Producer, Experiential

Airbnb
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (on-site)๐Ÿ’ต $157Kโ€“$185K

Produces high-visibility employee and executive experiences end-to-end, covering creative briefs, timelines, budgets, vendors, run-of-show, AV, activations, and communications.

Open verification: Rendered Airbnb career page showed San Francisco, the pay range, an Application tab, and an active Apply Now control on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open

Events & Remote Experience Manager

Tailscale
๐Ÿ“ Remote (Americas)๐Ÿ’ต $130Kโ€“$163,500 base

Corporate-experience role spanning company offsites, retreats, culture programming, remote engagement, vendor management, budgets, logistics, communications, and experience measurement.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed Remote (Americas), the pay range, an Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open

Creative Director, Brand Experiences

Column
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $170Kโ€“$240K + equity

Senior brand-experience ownership across offsites, retreats, All Hands, celebrations, and experiential brand moments, with hands-on production and vendor leadership.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby page showed San Francisco, compensation, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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๐ŸŸ Tradeshow Manager

Tradeshow-led roles with clear strategic ownership

๐ŸŒŸ Top Pickโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Manager / Tradeshow โ€” Senior Manager

Aquent
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $76โ€“$85/hr (about $158,080โ€“$176,800 annualized at 40 hr/week)

The closest tradeshow-title match in the run: a fully remote senior contract assignment leading Adobe MAX tradeshow strategy, vendor execution, operations, and attendee experience.

Open verification: Rendered LinkedIn direct job view showed Remote, posted 3 days ago, the $76โ€“$85 hourly range, and an active Apply button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Event Sponsorship Program Manager

Snowflake
๐Ÿ“ Menlo Park, CA๐Ÿ’ต $143,800โ€“$224,300 base

Owns the sponsorship program for Snowflake's major event portfolio, including packaging, partner activation, sales enablement, contracts, operations, and revenue goals.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed Menlo Park, the compensation range, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Trade & Industry Events Manager

Block
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $135,100โ€“$253,300 base, location-tier dependent

Direct tradeshow match leading Block's global trade and industry event strategy across sponsorships, conferences, activations, agencies, budgets, and ROI.

Open verification: Rendered Block career page showed Remote, United States, tiered U.S. pay ranges, and an active Apply control on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Marketer

Sierra
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $190Kโ€“$220K base + equity

Owns Sierra's field-event strategy across trade shows, executive experiences, intimate gatherings, ABM programs, agencies, budgets, and pipeline outcomes.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed San Francisco, compensation, and active Apply for this Job controls on August 15.

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๐Ÿ“ฃ Event Marketing Manager / Senior Associate

Senior event, field, content, and brand-marketing roles

๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Developer Events Lead

Buildkite
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $170Kโ€“$190K base

Exceptional title match: owns Buildkite's developer-event portfolio, tradeshow strategy, experiential programs, vendors, budgets, and ROI from the San Francisco hub.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed the exact title/location, compensation text, an active Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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๐ŸŒŸ Top Pickโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Events Manager

SentiLink
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $140Kโ€“$170K + equity + benefits

Direct senior-events fit owning conferences, roadshows, field programs, vendor coordination, booth strategy, and pipeline impact in a genuinely U.S.-remote role.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby page identified this as a remote U.S.-based role, displayed the compensation, and showed an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Marketing Manager

Gusto
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $154Kโ€“$188K base in San Francisco

An exact event-marketing title with ownership across trade shows, conferences, Gusto-owned activations, budgets, vendors, campaign strategy, and measurable pipeline.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed San Francisco among the locations, the SF compensation range, an active Apply button, and application fields on August 15.

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๐ŸŒŸ Top PickNew Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Event Marketing Manager

Assort Health
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA or Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $145Kโ€“$178K in SF/NYC; remote localized to 80โ€“100% of range

Exact senior event-marketing match building an end-to-end conference, roundtable, trade-show, executive-dinner, and owned-summit program tied directly to pipeline.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed Remote, USA, stated SF/NYC or remote eligibility, displayed pay transparency, and offered an active Apply for this Job button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Webinar & Digital Events Strategist

OpenAI
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $266Kโ€“$295K + equity

Owns the global webinar and digital-events strategy, executive programming, vendors, operations, measurement, and cross-functional activation from OpenAI's SF office.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed San Francisco, the compensation range, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Manager, Events & Field Marketing

Retool
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $187,900โ€“$232,100 base

Senior ownership of Retool's flagship conference and global events portfolio, with clear field-marketing, community, agency, budget, and pipeline accountability.

Open verification: Rendered LinkedIn job view showed San Francisco, posted 3 days ago, the listed base range, and an active Apply button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Field Marketing Manager โ€” Regional Events

Fin (Intercom)
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $175Kโ€“$188K base + bonus + RSUs

Plans and executes regional field events, executive dinners, roundtables, community activations, and pipeline programs for a B2B SaaS sales organization.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed the exact title, San Francisco location, compensation text, an Apply button, and live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Field Marketing Manager

Descript
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $145Kโ€“$160K base

A build-from-scratch field-events role spanning executive dinners, conferences, workshops, webinars, community gatherings, vendors, budgets, and pipeline reporting.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed San Francisco, the $145Kโ€“$160K range, an active Apply button, and application fields on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Head of Events

PlanetScale
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA / Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $180Kโ€“$250K

Leads the complete events function across owned experiences, major industry conferences, community programs, sponsorships, vendors, logistics, and measurable business outcomes.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse page showed San Francisco/remote eligibility, the compensation range, an Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Senior Global Event Marketing Manager

Braze
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $103Kโ€“$150K base; $117Kโ€“$173K OTE

Global B2B event-marketing ownership with strategy, sponsorships, integrated campaigns, vendor and budget management, executive stakeholders, and demand-generation goals.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse job page showed Remote โ€” United States, listed base/OTE ranges, an Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Sr. Field Marketing Manager

Socure
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $135Kโ€“$160K base + equity + bonus

Runs West Coast field marketing through trade shows, owned events, executive programs, ABM campaigns, sales alignment, vendor management, and pipeline measurement.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby page showed San Francisco, compensation, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open

Senior Manager, Marketing & Enablement

Harvey
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $122,400โ€“$183,600 base

Adjacent but relevant senior role leading a global community and events strategy, including conferences, roundtables, VIP dinners, thought-leadership programming, and pipeline measurement.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed the SF location, compensation, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job button on August 15.

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New Todayโœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Field Marketing Manager

Asana
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $133Kโ€“$151K base

Owns North American field programs across sponsored and hosted events, experiential campaigns, executive roundtables, budgets, vendors, sales partnership, and event ROI.

Open verification: Rendered Asana career page showed San Francisco, the estimated salary range, an active Apply link, and detailed live role content on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Developer Events Manager

Prefect
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $165Kโ€“$219K SF/NYC; $149Kโ€“$193K other U.S. metros

Owns the developer-event lifecycle from conference selection through experiential execution, community activation, pipeline impact, playbooks, and venue/vendor logistics.

Open verification: Rendered Ashby posting showed Remote, U.S. metro salary bands, Overview/Application tabs, and an active Apply for this Job control on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Principal Event Marketing Manager โ€” Data + AI World Tour

Databricks
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA (hybrid)๐Ÿ’ต $186,200โ€“$260,775 base

Principal-level ownership of a flagship global roadshow, combining event strategy, multi-city operations, cross-functional campaign design, agencies, budgets, and pipeline goals.

Open verification: Rendered Databricks career page showed San Francisco, both displayed pay bands including the SF range, and two active Apply Now controls on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Event Marketing Manager โ€” East

Cresta
๐Ÿ“ Remote (United States)๐Ÿ’ต $150Kโ€“$175K base

Exact event-marketing title with ownership across executive programs, hosted events, industry conferences, sales partnership, agencies, budgets, and pipeline measurement.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse posting showed United States, the base range, an Apply button, and a live application form on August 15.

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โœ“ Browser Verified Open$100K+ strong match

Head of Field Marketing and Events, Gen AI

Scale AI
๐Ÿ“ San Francisco, CA๐Ÿ’ต $189,600โ€“$237,000 base

Leads GenAI and research event strategy across executive events, practitioner programs, conferences, trade shows, hosted summits, teams, vendors, budgets, and pipeline ROI.

Open verification: Rendered Greenhouse page showed San Francisco, the base range, an active Apply button, and live application fields on August 15.

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Search coverage & verification

76 candidates were filtered out as closed, filled, expired, unavailable, or unverified. Search-index and ATS-feed presence alone were never treated as proof that a job was open. The two included LinkedIn listings were both admitted only after their direct rendered pages showed recent posting age and active Apply controls.