Head of Events

PlanetScale
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 180,000 - 250,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Creative vision","Project management","Vendor management","Stakeholder management","Communication"]

Own the end-to-end events strategy and portfolio, creating high-impact developer experiences across conferences, partner events, executive dinners, meetups, field programs, and hybrid/digital formats. Set the creative bar for design, storytelling, branding, and on-site details while driving measurable outcomes across developer acquisition, product adoption, community growth, pipeline, and brand love. Build a global events calendar, manage budgets with ROI discipline, and lead execution hands-on.

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PlanetScale
PlanetScale
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Head of Events

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end events strategy and portfolio, creating high-impact developer experiences across conferences, partner events, executive dinners, meetups, field programs, and hybrid/digital formats. Set the creative bar for design, storytelling, branding, and on-site details while driving measurable outcomes across developer acquisition, product adoption, community growth, pipeline, and brand love. Build a global events calendar, manage budgets with ROI discipline, and lead execution hands-on.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the end-to-end events strategy and portfolio across owned experiences, conference presence, partner events, executive dinners, pop-up activations, meetups, field programs, and hybrid/digital formats.
  • •Set the creative and experiential bar across design, storytelling, branding, and operational details so every touchpoint reflects the PlanetScale brand.
  • •Drive measurable outcomes in developer acquisition, product adoption, community growth, pipeline, and brand love by defining and tracking key metrics.
  • •Build and manage a global events calendar, evaluating and prioritizing a disciplined portfolio of events.
  • •Manage the events budget and external partners, including vendors, agencies, venues, AV, and creative partners, while maintaining quality standards.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 250,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of experience in events, experiential marketing, field marketing, Developer Relations, or developer community roles with meaningful ownership of strategy and execution.
  • •Experience working with developer, engineering, or technical audiences.
  • •Demonstrated ability to manage event budgets and deliver measurable results.
  • •Experience producing or significantly contributing to a mix of owned events, conference presence, executive/customer dinners, meetups, and field activations.
  • •Excellent project management, vendor management, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience:3+ yearsDeveloper toolsInfrastructureDatabases
Skills:Creative visionProject managementVendor managementStakeholder managementCommunication
Tech Stack:PostgresVitessMySQL

Company Brief

PlanetScale
Provides a serverless, MySQL-compatible distributed database platform built on Vitess for developers and enterprises, enabling scalable, resilient, and cloud-native database operations with features like branching, zero-downtime schema changes, and multi-region deployment.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2018
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