Company Name: Slalom
Location: Seattle, WA
Type: Full Time
Salary: $167,000-$200,000
Job Description:
The Director of Events & Experiences will define and lead the next evolution of Slalom’s global events function — transforming it from a strong execution engine into a strategic, experience-led marketing capability that drives measurable business impact.
This leader will be responsible for setting a clear vision for event marketing and experiences, elevating how we engage clients and prospects, and ensuring our events are directly contributing to pipeline, brand differentiation, and growth.
What you’ll do
Set the vision for event marketing and experiences
- Define and articulate a clear, forward-looking vision for how events drive business outcomes at Slalom
- Evolve the function from event execution to fully integrated event marketing tied to pipeline and growth
- Establish Slalom as a leader in differentiated, high-impact client and partner experiences
Elevate experience design and innovation
- Lead the design of distinctive, memorable event experiences that differentiate Slalom in the market
- Push beyond traditional formats to create experiences that deepen client engagement and accelerate relationships
- Set standards for what “premium” looks like, especiallyacross Tier 1 and flagship events
Own business impact and pipeline alignment
- Partner closely with sales, partner, and industry leaders to align events to pipeline goals and account priorities
- Ensure events are designed and executed as demand generation and relationship acceleration motions
- Define and operationalize clear success metrics, including pipeline contribution, engagement, and ROI
Lead and evolve the events team
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team across event marketing, execution, and enablement
- Create clarity of roles across strategy, experience design, and execution
- Build a culture of accountability, creativity, and continuous improvement
Drive executive and cross-functional influence
- Operate as a senior leader and thought partner to marketing and business leadership
- Facilitate strategic planning conversations with senior stakeholders across regions and functions
- Ensure alignment between events, campaigns, brand, and GTM priorities
Scale through systems, tools, and enablement
- Partner with enablement and operations to scale best practices, tools, and processes globally
- Ensure consistency and quality across regions while enabling flexibility for local market needs
- Advance event technology and data capabilities to improve efficiency and insight
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years of proven experience leading event marketing or experiential marketing at a strategic level, not just execution
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver differentiated, high-impact customer experiences
- Strong commercial acumen, with experience tying events to pipeline, revenue, and business outcomes
- B2B marketing experience,specificallyin professional services, consulting, or technologywith partner co-sell motionspreferred
- Executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Track record of setting vision and leading teams through transformation
- Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on guidance in a fast-paced environment
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
