Event Marketing Manager

About Dash0 Imagine a world where observability is... well, easy. That’s what we’re building at Dash0. We’re not just another observability company, we’re a team of passionate experts who are obsessed with making observability accessible and delightful for every developer. We are OpenTelemetry-native, ensuring seamless interoperability within modern observability ecosystems, and our “welcome present” to the OpenTelemetry community, OTelBin, a free editing, visualization, and validation tool for OpenTelemetry collector configurations, has been extremely well received. Our mission is to make Dash0 the best observability experience in the world, and we’re seeking driven talent to shape that journey and grow alongside us. Your role at Dash0 As Event Marketing Manager, you’ll design and execute Dash0’s events strategy end-to-end - from planning to flawless delivery to measurable pipeline impact. You’ll partner closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Leadership to raise Dash0’s visibility across the most relevant developer, cloud, and observability stages, while strengthening our growing OpenTelemetry community. You’ll own the full spectrum of event formats, including:

• Meetups & community events (CNCF/OpenTelemetry meetups, DevOpsDays)
• Conferences & trade shows (e.g., KubeCon, WeAreDevelopers)
• Cloud partner events (e.g., AWS Summits & Pop-Ups across US cities)
• Owned experiences (executive roundtables, customer panels, hands-on workshops, webinars)

What You’ll Do

• Event strategy & calendar: Identify, tier, and prioritize US events by audience, reach, cost, and pipeline potential
• End-to-end execution: Manage sponsorships, booths, logistics, vendors, branding, shipping, swag - on time and on budget
• Content & programming: Coordinate compelling talks, demos, and workshops with SEs/PMs
• Lead engine: Design capture flows (badge scans, QR codes, forms), ensure clean CRM handoff, and enable fast SDR/AE follow-up
• Campaign orchestration: Drive pre-event promotion (outbound, social, email), on-site engagement (demos, meetings), and post-event nurture campaigns, write Event enablement for Sales follow up
• Budget & negotiation: Own budgets, track ROI, manage vendors, and negotiate sponsorships effectively
• Brand & community: Support strengthening Dash0’s presence in the OpenTelemetry community (meetups, ambassadors) and ensure consistent brand execution
• Compliance: Ensure all activities meet GDPR, legal, and security requirements

What You Bring

• 2–3+ years in event marketing / planning
• Experience managing multiple large-scale events in parallel
• Comfortable working with technical content
• Excellent project and stakeholder management skills—organized, detail-driven, hands-on, fast
• Fluent English (written and spoken)

Bonus points if you have:

• Existing relationships in the CNCF/AWS ecosystem and with US event organizers
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and large-scale observability challenges
• Experience in high-growth startups, building programs from the ground up (0 -> 1)

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Equity participation
• Flexible, remote-first work environment
• Dedicated event budget and high ownership to shape Dash0’s US presence
• Travel to US events (~20–30%, seasonally)
• Collaborative and highly supportive team culture