Virtual Events ManagerActive$125K–$140K

Perplexity
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The opportunity

Perplexity is revolutionizing how companies get work done. We are seeking a Virtual Events Manager to build the channel that shows people what our products can do and teaches them how to use them.

What you'll do

  • Know the product cold. Develop a deeper working knowledge of our products: than anyone else in events, using new features as they ship, building the workflows yourself, and staying close to the teams that built them.

  • Own virtual events end to end. Run the channel from program strategy and: calendar planning through event briefs, speaker staffing, rehearsals, live production, follow-up, and retros. Build a reliable portfolio of onboarding programs, product launches, feature deep-dives, customer conversations, and use-case workshops.

  • Bring the product to life. Host, moderate, present, and demonstrate the: product live with energy and clarity. Turn complex capabilities into specific, accurate stories that audiences can understand and put to work.

  • Find and prepare the right people. Build relationships across Product,: Engineering, Research, Sales, Customer Success, Partnerships, and Marketing to identify the strongest speakers and subject-matter experts for each program. Brief them thoroughly, sharpen their stories, and make sure they are ready to deliver.

  • Build the audience. Partner with Growth, Lifecycle, Social, Comms, Sales, and: Customer Success on full-funnel promotion plans that drive qualified registrations. Track pacing closely, identify gaps early, and run experiments across audience, creative, channel mix, timing, and follow-up.

  • Turn every event into an engine. Extend the value of each program through: recordings, replays, clips, FAQs, demo flows, education materials, and sales follow-up. Build formats and templates that make the next event faster and better.

What they're looking for

  • + years of experience in virtual events, product marketing, customer: education, demand generation, or a related role, ideally within a high-growth technology company, or work that proves the skill regardless of title.
  • Proven ability to learn technical products deeply and translate complex: capabilities into simple, specific, and accurate live demonstrations.
  • A polished, credible on-camera presence, with experience hosting,: interviewing, moderating, or presenting to professional audiences.
  • Strong cross-functional instincts and the ability to find, recruit, brief,: and coordinate busy experts without relying on formal authority.
  • Full-funnel growth fluency, including registration strategy, audience: segmentation, campaign testing, conversion, and post-event nurture.
  • Analytical rigor, with experience defining channel metrics, working with CRM: and marketing automation data, and calculating return on investment.
  • Excellent production judgment and attention to detail, including rehearsals,: technical readiness, live moderation, and fallback planning.
  • High slope: you learn unfamiliar products and domains fast, and your rate of: improvement is your standout trait.