Summary:

Temporal’s Global Events & Field Marketing Team is seeking a Senior Manager, Events & Field Marketing – AMER to lead the strategy and execution of our North America events and field marketing program while providing leadership and operational oversight to our field marketing teams in EMEA, APJ, and AMER. Reporting to the Global Lead, Events & Field Marketing, this role will own the North America events strategy and execution, partner closely with sales leadership across new logo, growth, and commercial segments, and ensure regional programs align to a cohesive global events and field marketing strategy.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution. You will be responsible for building programs that drive measurable pipeline, accelerate opportunities, and contribute to revenue growth while creating consistency, best practices, and operational excellence across regions. You will work cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, Developer Relations, Product Marketing, and Executive Leadership to ensure events and field marketing programs deliver business impact at scale.

What You’ll Do:

Event Strategy Leadership: Own the North America events and field marketing strategy, including annual planning, quarterly priorities, target audiences, budget allocation, and success metrics.
Program Development & Execution: Lead the planning and execution of North America event programs, including industry conferences, trade shows, executive dinners/experiences, workshops, partner events, etc.
Sales Partnership: Partner directly with North America sales leadership across new logo, growth, and commercial segments to develop programs that generate pipeline, accelerate opportunities, and drive revenue outcomes.
Campaign Integration: Build integrated event plans in partnership with Demand Generation and Sales teams, including pre-event engagement and post-event follow-up strategies.
Budget & Investment Management: Manage the North America events budget, forecasting, vendor negotiations, contract management, and program ROI.
Regional Team Leadership: Provide leadership and oversight for Field Marketing Managers in EMEA and APJ, ensuring alignment to global objectives while allowing flexibility for regional market needs.
Global Program Alignment: Establish and maintain global field marketing frameworks, planning processes, reporting standards, and best practices across regions.
Performance Management: Conduct regular business reviews with regional field marketers to evaluate performance, share learnings, and optimize investments.
Vendor Management: Lead vendor relationships, including sourcing, statement-of-work development, negotiations, and performance management.
Operational Excellence: Develop scalable playbooks, processes, and operational frameworks that improve execution quality and consistency globally.
Analytics & Measurement: Define and track event KPIs, including attendance, engagement, pipeline generation, opportunity acceleration, influenced revenue, and overall program ROI.
Executive Communication: Present program performance, strategic recommendations, and investment plans to executive stakeholders.

What You’ll Bring:

10+ years of experience in field marketing, events marketing, or integrated marketing within B2B SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, developer tools, or enterprise technology organizations.
4+ years of people management experience, including leading distributed teams or managing regional marketers.
Proven success building and executing field marketing strategies that drive measurable pipeline and revenue outcomes.
Deep experience managing conferences, trade shows, executive events, customer events, and field programs from strategy through execution.
Strong understanding of sales-led marketing motions, including account-based marketing and pipeline development.
Exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, budgets, and timelines simultaneously.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across sales, marketing, partnerships, developer relations, and executive teams.
Strong analytical mindset with experience measuring program effectiveness and making data-driven investment decisions.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
Experience with Salesforce, Marketo, event technology platforms, and marketing reporting tools is preferred.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with changing priorities and ambitious goals.

Leadership Expectation

Lead with a global mindset, balancing regional autonomy with organizational consistency.
Build strong partnerships across Sales and Marketing while serving as a trusted strategic advisor.
Operate with high ownership, accountability, and attention to detail.
Coach and develop regional field marketers while fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.
Drive continuous improvement through process optimization, measurement, and innovation.

Travel

Approximately 30-50% travel, with heavier travel during peak event seasons and as required to support global team alignment and key event programs.

Compensation

The estimated pay range for this role is $156,000 - $195,000 depending on experience and location.
This role is eligible to participate in Temporal's equity plan

Senior Manager, Events & Field Marketing - AMER