Manager, Industry Events

About the role

The Manager, Industry Events reports to the SVP, Industry Trade Partnerships, Co-Marketing & Events within Horizon's Corporate Marketing organization. The role brings Horizon's Trade Marketing strategy to life by overseeing the planning and execution of industry programs, including tentpole events, executive experiences and partner activations, and building scalable processes across the function.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of Horizon-owned events, third-party industry conferences, executive experiences and client-facing activations, including project plans, budgets, timelines and production schedules.
• Oversee venue selection, registration, travel logistics, speaker management, run-of-show and onsite execution, and manage relationships with venues, production partners, agencies and vendors.
• Serve as operational lead for high-profile agency initiatives, anticipating and mitigating operational risks.
• Lead sponsorship benefits and partner activation plans, coordinating partner communications, assets, promotional timelines and co-marketing deliverables.
• Build scalable project management processes, operational playbooks and standardized workflows, and create tools and templates for the Trade Marketing function.
• Manage event budgets, purchase orders, invoices and financial reconciliation with Finance, and identify efficiency improvements.
• Collaborate with Corporate Marketing, Communications, Product Marketing, Creative, Executive Leadership, Client Management, Investment Partnerships, Finance, Legal and Procurement, and act as the central point of coordination across stakeholders.
• Support process improvements, knowledge sharing, department initiatives and mentoring and onboarding of new team members.

Required profile

• 5-7+ years of experience in event marketing, experiential marketing, integrated marketing, partnership marketing or project management within an agency, media, marketing or technology environment.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, high-visibility events with executive stakeholders and external partners.
• Experience managing budgets, vendor relationships, contracts and production timelines.
• Ability to travel domestically for industry events; occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

Required skills

• Project management tools such as Monday.com and Microsoft Office Suite.
• AI literacy and willingness to adopt emerging tools and technologies.
• Strong communication, collaboration and relationship-building skills.

What we offer

• Salary range of $100,000 - $130,000, with actual base pay depending on experience and qualifications.
• Discretionary bonus and benefits including health, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, company-paid holidays and unlimited PTO.
• Mental health and wellness resources, pet insurance, childcare resources, identity theft insurance, fertility assistance and fitness reimbursement.