Events Marketing Manager

Events Program Manager

One of The Sage Group's clients is looking for an Events Program Manager, ideally someone that has supported Dreamforce before. Client has Data Center products designed for enterprise organizations that need client's products to perform well at scale, with minimum downtime for their users. The client is a leading company when it comes to software development tools.

Overview: We are looking for a highly organized, proactive Events Manager Contractor to support the planning and execution of Dreamforce. This role is cross-functional in nature and will serve as a central coordination hub — managing work-back plans, tracking milestones, driving cross-org alignment with the Dreamforce product marketing leadership team, and ensuring all stakeholders are informed and on pace for large scale deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Program & Project Management: Own and maintain the master Dreamforce work-back plan, ensuring all milestones, deadlines, and dependencies are clearly documented and tracked. Proactively identify risks, blockers, and schedule slippage — escalate issues with recommended solutions. Manage and update project tracking tools (e.g., Asana, Google Sheets, or equivalent) in real time. Drive accountability across work streams by managing action items, owners, and due dates.
• Cross-Organizational Coordination: Support the Dreamforce Team Captain across key updates, communications and timelines to ensure seamless alignment and collaboration (Marketing, Sales, Product, Creative, Logistics, Executive Programs, etc.). Work with the Dreamforce Team Captain to facilitate regular syncs across orgs to align on priorities, surface dependencies, and resolve conflicts. Develop and distribute cross-org status updates on a weekly (or as-needed) cadence — keeping stakeholders informed without requiring them to chase information. Partner with team leads to define work stream scope, resource needs, and success metrics.
• Communications & Reporting: Draft and distribute stakeholder-facing status reports, including executive summaries via slides and dashboards. Create and maintain a central source of truth for Dreamforce program information (timelines, contacts, decisions, assets). Prepare briefing materials, meeting agendas, and recap documents for key planning meetings. Maintain a decisions/assumptions log to ensure alignment across work streams.
• Logistics & Operations Support: Coordinate logistics-related planning tasks as assigned (venue coordination, run-of-show support, vendor follow-ups, etc.). Assist with on-site coordination support during Dreamforce as needed. Support post-event wrap-up, including collecting retrospective feedback and documenting lessons learned.

Required Qualifications: 5+ years of experience in event program management, or a related field — with large-scale conference experience strongly preferred. Prior experience supporting Dreamforce or other large-scale Salesforce events. Background in marketing operations or event marketing a plus. Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder work-back plans with many interdependencies. Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to produce clean, concise status updates and exec summaries. Strong proficiency with project management tools (Slack, Asana, Quip, Smartsheet, Google Workspace, or similar). Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with shifting priorities. Collaborative team player who can also work independently with minimal direction. Experience working across multiple orgs or business units within a large enterprise.

Duration: 3 months plus potential extension. Location: Bay Area CA ideally, or 100% remote and can travel to the Bay Area rarely for large events. Compensation: $60/hour – $65/hour.