Senior Strategic Events Manager

Remote · USD 118,600-170,500 · 7+ years experience · Remote · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

As Senior Strategic Events Manager, you'll play a leading role in bringing experiences to life with a primary focus on Abnormal's owned, executive, and internal events, while also supporting select high-impact third-party programs.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role for someone who thinks like a strategist and executes like an owner, with autonomy to build and a clear path toward greater strategic ownership.

Lead end-to-end planning and execution of some of Abnormal's key strategic events from strategy and budget through delivery, measurement, and post-event analysis.
Own every component that makes an owned event work including venue and vendor selection, production, registration and attendee journey, hospitality, staffing, technology, and on-site operations.
Build the run-of-show, the project plan, the timeline, and the contingency plan.
Partner with Sales, Strategic Alliances, Campaigns, Field Marketing, Product Marketing, and others to make sure every event is engineered for pipeline and customer engagement.
Manage budgets, contracts, POs, and vendor deliverables with real rigor.
Develop repeatable playbooks, templates, and standards so the portfolio scales without losing quality.
Design and deliver premium executive programs including advisory boards, curated hospitality, and executive tracks inside larger events.
Co-own the planning and delivery of Abnormal's largest internal moments such as Sales Kickoff and President's Club.
Define and track KPIs for every program including attendance, engagement, meetings, pipeline influence, customer participation, and ROI.
Deliver post-event reporting with real recommendations.

7+ years in strategic events, executive programs, or field marketing including direct experience owning executive-level programs.
Proven ownership of complex, high-visibility owned events and executive programs from strategy through execution and analysis.
Strong program management chops including being organized, proactive, structured, relentless about deadlines, and skilled at driving cross-functional work.
Experience delivering large internal events such as Sales Kickoff, sales incentive or club trips, or company offsites.
Real budget, vendor, agency, and contract management experience across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Exceptional communication skills including polished agendas, briefing docs, and executive-facing communications.
Executive maturity and comfort in a room full of senior leaders, internal or customer-side.
Composure under pressure to build plans months out and solve unexpected on-site problems.
Commercially minded understanding of how events drive brand, customer relationships, and pipeline.
Demonstrated use of AI to improve how you work, streamline workflows, sharpen decisions, and create leverage.

Experience in B2B technology, cybersecurity, SaaS, or another high-growth environment.
Cybersecurity experience.