Senior Event Operations Manager

Role Description

As a Senior Event Operations Manager, you will own the operational execution of Docker's event portfolio. You will:

• Coordinate planning timelines, manage vendors and logistics, own budgets, and the event tech stack.
• Build repeatable playbooks that keep programs running smoothly and consistently across the year.
• Report to the Director of Events within Marketing and partner daily with Product Marketing, Developer Relations, Field Marketing, and Sales.
• Travel 35% of the time across North America, along with international travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in full-time, professional event management, event operations, and/or experiential program management.
• Strong project management skills, with a track record coordinating complex programs across multiple stakeholders and concurrent events without losing attention to detail.
• Hands-on vendor, agency, and production-partner management, including contracts, budgets, and performance.
• Comfortable using AI to scale repeatable processes without sacrificing quality.
• Demonstrated professional experience with event and marketing tech (registration platforms, lead retrieval, mobile apps) and how event data flows into Salesforce and Marketo and lead management workflows.
• Experience building operational frameworks or playbooks that let event programs scale.
• Developer, technical, or enterprise event experience is highly preferred; background in SaaS, developer platforms, cloud, or technology companies is an advantage.
• Comfort working in fast-moving environments where priorities can evolve.

Requirements

• Ability to travel 35% of the time across North America, with potential for international travel.

Benefits

• Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life.
• Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break.
• Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work.
• 16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment).
• Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month.
• PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy.
• Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes.
• Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company.
• Docker Swag.
• Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country.
• Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris.