<p>We are looking for a dynamic Event Manager for a contract opportunity. This role will provide maternity leave coverage, ensuring continuity and momentum across internal and external event initiatives. The focus is on day-to-day management, keeping projects on track, and serving as a steady, experienced resource for a highly tenured events team.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Role</strong>: Event Manager</p><p><strong>Role type</strong>: W2 Contract</p><p><strong>Location</strong>: 100% Remote</p><p><strong>Start date</strong>: 1/12/26</p><p><strong>Duration</strong>: Until early July</p><p><strong>Hours per week</strong>: ~30, Pacific Time</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Act as interim manager to ensure event planning and execution progress does not stall during leave coverage</li><li>Provide structure, prioritization, and accountability for ongoing internal and external event programs</li><li>Partner cross-functionally with teams and senior leadership to support broader marketing initiatives</li><li>Serve as a resource to the team by reinforcing processes, best practices, and available tools</li><li>Manage timelines, dependencies, and communication across multiple event workstreams</li><li>Support both internal-facing and externally visible events, balancing multiple stakeholder needs</li></ul>

<ul><li>5+ years of leadership experience</li><li>Proven experience as a Marketing Project Manager, Event Project Manager, or Event Manager</li><li>Comfortable stepping into a true people-management and coordination role, even with a senior team</li><li>Strong cross-functional communicator with experience supporting marketing, brand, and leadership teams</li><li>Background in professional services or similarly structured organizations preferred</li><li>Calm, organized, and adaptable, especially in environments that have experienced recent change</li><li>Project management tools- they use Wrike, open to others like Trello, Monday, etc.</li></ul>

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