Director, Event Marketing – AI Accelerators

C3 AI
Redwood City, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level marketing professionals who have experience with multi-city event programs and direct-marketing campaigns. The role emphasizes hands-on execution, global coordination, and integration into Tier 1 industry events.

Best fit for

  • Individuals who have led teams and executed multi-city programs with consistent quality and high standards
    — “Experience running multi-city event programs at a consistently high standard”
  • Professionals with experience in AI or enterprise software marketing, especially with developer audiences
    — “Preferred: B2B enterprise software, AI, or developer-audience event experience”

Things to consider

  • This role requires full-time in-office presence in Redwood City, CA, with extensive travel
    — “requires being in the office 5 days a week, with travel as necessary”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your ability to manage and scale event marketing programs with clear playbooks and checklists
    — “Maintain and apply the Accelerator Playbook, including operating model, checklists, and decision rights, to ensure consistency as the program scales”
  • Showcase your experience with direct-marketing campaigns that generate qualified leads and drive pipeline
    — “Proven success in direct marketing, with campaigns and conversion results you can demonstrate from invitation through attendance to pipeline”
  • Demonstrate your ability to coordinate with agencies, vendors, and venues across multiple cities
    — “Own the workback, market intake, and activation checklist for each city, including agency, venue, and vendor coordination”
  • Demonstrate a data-driven approach to measuring event impact and attributing pipeline results
    — “Data-driven approach to measurement and pipeline attribution”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • successful execution of multi-city event programs
  • high conversion rates from events to pipeline
Typical background
marketingevent planningsales

Skills & requirements

Required

Event MarketingDirect MarketingCampaign ManagementBudget ManagementTeam Leadership

Preferred

Enterprise Software MarketingAI Marketing

Stack & domain

Oracle ERPOdooSalesforceJiraSlackExcelLeadershipCommunicationTeamworkEnterprise AiEvent Marketing

About the role

Original posting from C3 AI

C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise. Learn more at: C3 AI

C3 AI is looking for a results-driven, hands-on marketing leader to run the C3 AI Accelerator Series day to day. The Accelerator is a one-day, hands-on masterclass in agentic AI where customers and prospects describe a business problem in plain language and build a working application on their own data with C3 Code, our enterprise agentic app builder. C3 AI will host Accelerators monthly in major cities worldwide and integrate them into Tier 1 industry events.

Working closely with marketing and sales leadership, you will drive the direct-marketing engine that fills every room with the right people and ensure flawless delivery in every market. Success requires proven direct-marketing results, rigorous execution across many cities at once, and the ability to tie every event to pipeline.

This role is based in Redwood City, CA and requires being in the office 5 days a week, with travel as necessary.

Responsibilities

Execute the Accelerator strategy, global calendar, messaging, and creative in partnership with marketing leadership

Maintain and apply the Accelerator Playbook, including operating model, checklists, and decision rights, to ensure consistency as the program scales

Plan and run the direct-marketing campaigns behind every event: personalized outbound, email, account-based campaigns, and partner channels

Manage the registration funnel and data; drive qualified attendance, show rate, and cost per qualified attendee

Partner with sales on target accounts, seller activation, and direct outreach, and drive post-event follow-up that converts attendees into account conversations

Own the workback, market intake, and activation checklist for each city, including agency, venue, and vendor coordination

Ensure attendee, technical, and facilitator readiness for a working session where every participant builds

Run the scorecard and post-event debriefs, and report results, including pipeline influenced, to marketing leadership

Manage the event budget and lead a small team of event and campaign marketers

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree; advanced degree (MBA or master's) preferred

7+ years of professional experience, including significant marketing experience

Proven success in direct marketing, with campaigns and conversion results you can demonstrate from invitation through attendance to pipeline

Experience running multi-city event programs at a consistently high standard

Experience managing budgets, agencies, and vendors; experience leading or mentoring a team

Data-driven approach to measurement and pipeline attribution

Strong communication skills and the presence to work with senior executives and customers

Willingness to travel extensively, domestically and internationally

Preferred: B2B enterprise software, AI, or developer-audience event experience; experience with large industry conferences; account-based marketing alongside enterprise sales

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan. 

California Base Pay Range$174,000—$225,000 USDC3 AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristics, including disabled and veteran status. 

Source: C3 AI careers

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