Marketing Events Lead, Enterprise

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<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.</p></div><h2><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <p>As the Enterprise Events Lead at Anthropic, you will own the development and execution of enterprise-focused events that accelerate pipeline, deepen customer relationships, and elevate Anthropic's brand presence with key enterprise audiences. You will be responsible for designing and delivering high-impact event experiences—from major industry conferences to hosted summits, and partner activations.</p> <p>In this role, you'll collaborate closely with Sales, Partnerships, Product Marketing, and Creative teams to ensure every event touchpoint reinforces Anthropic's position as a leader in safe, frontier AI. You'll bring a strategic mindset grounded in data, a talent for flawless execution under pressure, and the ability to translate complex enterprise goals into compelling in-person and hybrid experiences. This is a high-visibility role with significant cross-functional impact, ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and logistics in a fast-moving environment.</p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Lead the development and execution of enterprise events, aligning programs to pipeline generation, account engagement, and brand objectives</li> <li>Manage a team of full time and contracted employees</li> <li>Conceptualize and produce hosted events such as executive roundtables, customer summits, and intimate dinners that support account-based marketing goals</li> <li>Collaborate with Sales and Partnerships teams to optimize meeting programs, briefing schedules, and on-site engagement strategies at events</li> <li>Partner with Creative Studio on experience design, ensuring Anthropic and Claude brands are represented consistently and compellingly</li> <li>Manage end-to-end event logistics including vendor relationships, budgets, contracts, staffing plans, and timelines</li> <li>Develop pre-event and post-event communications, including "Know Before You Go" guides, staff and speaker training, and attendee follow-up plans</li> <li>Establish and track event KPIs—including lead generation, pipeline influence, meeting volume, and attendee engagement—to measure ROI and inform future strategy</li> <li>Build scalable event processes, playbooks, and documentation to support Anthropic's growing event portfolio</li> <li>Manage relationships with external event agencies, vendors, and venue partners</li> <li>Travel on-site to events to provide hands-on logistics management and ensure seamless execution</li> <li>Drive continuous improvement through post-event analysis and stakeholder feedback</li> </ul> <h2><strong>You may be a good fit if you:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Have 18+ years of experience in enterprise event marketing, field marketing, or a related role, ideally at a high-growth B2B technology company</li> <li>Have a proven track record of executing large-scale conferences, trade shows, and hosted executive events that drive measurable business outcomes</li> <li>Are highly organized with exceptional project management skills and the ability to manage multiple complex events simultaneously</li> <li>Have experience partnering with enterprise sales teams to align event programs with pipeline and revenue goals</li> <li>Are a clear, effective communicator who can collaborate across functions—from Creative and Marketing to Sales and Executive leadership</li> <li>Have strong budget management experience, including vendor negotiation and contract management</li> <li>Are comfortable with data and analytics, using event metrics to optimize programs and demonstrate ROI</li> <li>Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can adapt quickly when priorities shift</li> <li>Are willing and excited to travel regularly (approximately 40% of the time) for on-site event execution</li> <li>Have a genuine interest in AI and care about ensuring that transformative AI systems are developed and deployed responsibly</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Strong candidates may also:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Have experience with event technology platforms (e.g., Splash, Cvent) </li> <li>Have experience building an enterprise events function or program from an early stage</li> <li>Bring a strong network of event industry contacts, including venues, production agencies, and AV partners</li> <li>Have experience with account-based marketing (ABM) strategies and how events fit within a broader demand generation ecosystem</li> </ul> <p><strong>Deadline to apply: </strong>None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. </p> <p>For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.</p></div><div…