Events Manager | EMEA | Remote

Grafana Labs
Sweden
Workplace: RemoteFull timeSEK 670,000 - 805,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Written communication","Verbal communication","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving","Independent work"]

Own and deliver Grafana’s EMEA events portfolio end to end, including user conferences and third-party sponsorships. Manage logistics, venue sourcing and contracting, vendors, budgets, timelines, and post-event success metrics. Create and approve event assets for brand consistency, use AI/automation to improve planning and reporting, and make real-time decisions on-site while aligning event strategy with cross-functional marketing, sales, product, and regional teams.

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Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs
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Events Manager | EMEA | Remote

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Job Summary

Own and deliver Grafana’s EMEA events portfolio end to end, including user conferences and third-party sponsorships. Manage logistics, venue sourcing and contracting, vendors, budgets, timelines, and post-event success metrics. Create and approve event assets for brand consistency, use AI/automation to improve planning and reporting, and make real-time decisions on-site while aligning event strategy with cross-functional marketing, sales, product, and regional teams.
Location: Sweden
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Independently manage and execute a portfolio of in-person events across EMEA and eventually APJ, including owned regional user conferences and third-party sponsorships.
  • •Lead end-to-end event logistics: venue sourcing, negotiating and contracting, vendor coordination, booth design and setup, and on-site execution.
  • •Own event project management by maintaining timelines, budgets, contracts, and vendor communications with alignment across stakeholders.
  • •Define and track event success metrics, deliver post-event analysis, and translate insights into improvements that increase performance and ROI.
  • •Create and approve event assets (signage, collateral, presentations, registration experiences) and use AI/automation tools to improve planning efficiency and reporting.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: SEK 670,000 - 805,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Rsus

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of direct event management experience, including conferences you personally owned end to end and third-party sponsorships you ran independently.
  • •Proven ownership across the full event lifecycle: venue sourcing and contracting, budget ownership and reconciliation, vendor management, registration build, on-site lead delivery, and post-event analysis.
  • •Experience as the primary on-site lead for in-person events, making real-time decisions on vendors, staffing, run of show, and problems without escalation.
  • •Ability to manage multiple concurrent events with competing deadlines while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
  • •Comfort adopting new marketing technologies and using AI-driven tools (e.g., Claude Code) to improve planning, reporting, and operational efficiency.
Skills:Written communicationVerbal communicationStakeholder managementProblem-solvingIndependent work
Tech Stack:Claude CodeZuddlSalesforceMonday.com

Company Brief

Grafana Labs
Develops open-source and commercial observability tools, including Grafana for metrics visualization, Loki for log aggregation, and Tempo for tracing, enabling organizations to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance and telemetry data.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2014
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