Events Lead
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About Factory
Our mission is to create a world where software builds and improves itself.
We build the platform for self-improving software development, helping the world's largest enterprise engineering teams turn their organizations into autonomous software factories. Customers including Nvidia, Blackstone, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Palo Alto Networks, Adobe, and T-Mobile run Factory to ship code, review PRs, run tests, and deploy continuously - getting smarter with every cycle.
In 2026, we raised $200M at a $5B valuation, bringing our total funding to over $400M. We are backed by world-class investors and operators including Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, Blackstone, Ali Ghodsi (CEO of Databricks), and Frank Slootman (Former CEO of Snowflake).
About the Position
Events Lead
San Francisco, CA or New York, NY (in office), or Remote
Responsibilities
Factory is hiring an Events Lead to build and lead the events function.
- Define Factory's events strategy, build and lead the team, and own the full portfolio of programs: flagship experiences such as user conferences, Sales Kickoff, President's Club, and Tier-1 conferences like AWS re:Invent, alongside field marketing.
- Own the events strategy, global budget, operating rhythm, standards, and measurement, partnering closely with Marketing, Sales Enablement, and Executive Leadership to ensure every program strengthens Factory's brand and drives measurable business outcomes.
- Set the vision, build the organization, and define how Factory shows up through events - while staying close enough to execution to guarantee the most important programs are delivered at an exceptional standard.
- Hire and scale the team needed to support Factory's growth.
Requirements
- Experience building and leading an events function at a high-growth company, including hiring, managing, and developing high-performing teams.
- Proven track record owning a portfolio of flagship programs (e.g., SKO, President's Club, user conferences, Tier-1 industry conferences), managing multiple concurrent programs and stakeholders.
- Experience owning large, multimillion-dollar events budgets, including allocation across programs, forecasting, and ROI measurement.
- Strong track record aligning events to pipeline, revenue, and company priorities in close partnership with Sales and Marketing leadership.
- Experience negotiating and managing agencies, production companies, venues, and strategic vendors at scale.
- Excellent leadership, cross-functional influence, and executive communication skills.
- Comfort with event and marketing tools such as Salesforce, event management platforms, and registration tools.
- Willingness to travel for onsite production and execution of flagship events.
We Offer
- Competitive compensation
- Opportunity to work in a high-growth, innovative environment
- Collaborative and dynamic team culture
About the Company
Our mission is to create a world where software builds and improves itself. We build the platform for self-improving software development, helping the world's largest enterprise engineering teams turn their organizations into autonomous software factories.
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