Events Manager

Higgsfield AI

$150K — $185K *
Hospitality & Recreation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in events or related field, preferably in a tech company
  • Demonstrated ability to scale events programs, not just execute
  • Experience managing both customer-facing and internal events
  • Proficiency in running complex events from inception to execution
  • Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail
  • Proven track record managing event budgets and vendor negotiations
  • Excellent communication skills for interacting with executives and cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

  • Create and implement Higgsfield's event playbook and standards
  • Build and manage an annual events calendar to prioritize engagements
  • Develop scalable templates, processes, and metrics for events
  • Manage major industry events and brand experiences fully
  • Plan and execute internal company events to enhance culture and connection
  • Oversee event budgets and vendor relationships, ensuring quality and value
  • Balance multiple events simultaneously with exceptional detail management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI products in a dynamic team
  • Significant ownership and direct impact on company growth
  • Professional growth opportunities as the company scales
Full Job Description
About the role:

Reporting to the Head of PR, you'll create the systems, processes, and playbooks for how Higgsfield approaches events as we scale. You'll determine what great looks like, turn it into a repeatable operating model, and then be hands-on in executing against it.

You'll manage events end-to-end: developing the concept, building the plan and budget, coordinating vendors and stakeholders, managing logistics, and being on the ground to ensure execution is exceptional.

You'll partner closely with Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, People, Investor Relations, and our executive team.

What you'll do:
Build the Events Function
  • Create and own Higgsfield's event playbook, establishing repeatable standards and processes for planning, budgeting, approvals, vendors, logistics, communications, onsite execution, and post-event measurement.
  • Build the annual events calendar and framework for determining which events Higgsfield should attend, sponsor, host, or skip.
  • Create scalable templates, checklists, timelines, vendor databases, budgets, and operating processes from the ground up.
  • Establish clear success metrics and post-event retrospectives to continuously improve how we operate.
  • Identify gaps, solve problems proactively, and build infrastructure before it is needed.
  • Approach the role with an operator mindset: move quickly, create structure from ambiguity, and continuously find ways to make the events function more efficient and scalable.
External Events & Brand Experiences
  • Own Higgsfield's presence at major industry conferences, trade shows, customer events, executive dinners, activations, and partner events.
  • Develop experiences that reflect Higgsfield's brand and position across AI, technology, advertising, and creative industries.
  • Manage end-to-end event production, including venues, vendors, catering, AV, signage, branding, guest lists, travel, staffing, and onsite execution.
  • Partner with Sales, Partnerships, and Marketing to connect events to clear business objectives, including pipeline generation, customer engagement, partnerships, and brand awareness.
  • Coordinate executive participation, speaking engagements, VIP experiences, and customer meetings around key events.
  • Measure attendance, engagement, leads, pipeline influence, and overall ROI.
Internal Events & Employee Experience
  • Plan and execute company offsites, leadership gatherings, team events, celebrations, and other internal experiences.
  • Partner with People and leadership to build events that strengthen connection and culture across a fast-growing global organization.
  • Manage logistics for events involving employees traveling across multiple countries and time zones.
  • Build repeatable formats and processes that allow internal events to scale alongside the company.
Operations & Execution
  • Own event budgets, forecasts, contracts, and vendor relationships.
  • Negotiate with venues, agencies, production partners, and other vendors to maximize quality and value.
  • Manage multiple events and workstreams simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
  • Be willing to travel and work outside traditional hours when required for events.
  • Jump into whatever needs to get done-you should be equally comfortable developing an events strategy, negotiating a contract, building a spreadsheet, or troubleshooting an onsite issue.


Requirements:
  • 5+ years of experience in events, experiential marketing, field marketing, or a related role, ideally within a high-growth technology company.
  • Experience building or scaling an events program, not only executing within an established one.
  • Experience owning both external/customer-facing events and internal company events.
  • Proven ability to independently take complex events from an idea through execution.
  • Strong operator with a bias toward action and a track record of creating structure from ambiguity.
  • Exceptional project management and organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
  • Experience managing meaningful event budgets and negotiating with vendors.
  • Strong judgment and ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change quickly.
  • Excellent communication skills and confidence working directly with executives and cross-functional leaders.
  • Comfortable being both strategic and highly tactical.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Compensation & Benefits
  • We offer a competitive and thoughtfully structured compensation package designed to align with impact, experience, and long-term growth.
  • Base Salary: The anticipated salary range for this role is $150,000 - $185,000, depending on experience, skills, scope, and location.
  • Equity: In addition to cash compensation, employees are eligible to participate in the company's stock option program and share in Higgsfield's long-term growth.
  • Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees professionally and personally, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a competitive 401(k) retirement plan with company matching, and additional benefits and perks.
  • The opportunity to work on ambitious AI products alongside a highly experienced, fast-moving, and international team.
  • Significant ownership, direct impact, and opportunities for professional growth as the company scales.

This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Team members are expected to work from our San Francisco office three full days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely and are expected to be available during agreed working hours and to maintain sufficient overlap with the relevant team's time zone. We value in-person collaboration, active communication, responsiveness, and close partnership across teams.

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