Director – Corporate and Strategic Events @ Amplitude

Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. More than 3,200 customers, including Atlassian, Jersey Mike’s, NBCUniversal, Shopify, and Under Armour, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth.

As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

About the Role & Team

The Director, Corporate & Strategic Events will lead the creation and execution of impactful brand experiences for both internal and external audiences. In this role, you will partner with stakeholders across the organization to co-create the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a diverse range of events. These include company kick-offs, customer advisory boards, executive summits, executive briefing center meetings, premium customer experiences, and our participation in top-tier industry trade shows. This position reports directly to the VP of Corporate Marketing.

As a Director, Corporate & Strategic Events, you will:

Drive event strategy: Develop and execute the strategy, production, roadmaps, project management, and budgets for internal and external corporate events.
Manage event execution: Oversee the delivery and experience of strategic in-person and virtual events for customers, prospects, and employees.
Engage multiple stakeholders: Present, promote, and drive executive buy-in for decisions internally and externally, regularly keeping teams informed and updated.
Oversee logistics: Support the team to manage overall logistics for events, including space allocation, risk minimization, technology staffing, swag, signage, and communications.
Partner with agencies: Cultivate deep relationships with best-in-class agencies to enhance event experiences.
Extend the brand experience: Bring creativity and innovation to the Amplitude brand experience to foster advocacy from employees, customers, partners, and other stakeholders.
Demonstrate project management excellence: Apply proficient project management skills to ensure all milestones are achieved on time and on budget before, during, and after events.

You’ll be a great addition to the team if you have:

10+ years of experience delivering unique, brand-defining moments through enterprise/technology/SaaS strategic events—as well as executive briefing center programs and sales/internal kick-offs.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work with C-suite executives to produce and deliver world-class events.
A love for and understanding of event content and the ability to identify the right partners for content direction and development.
Experience working in both digital and in-person event environments, with in-depth knowledge of managing internal and external production teams.
Expertise with agency coordination, vendor RFP and management, budget tracking, and internal tech-team enablement.
Strong leadership and execution capability for end-to-end event planning.
A data-driven approach to setting goals, measuring KPIs, communicating milestones, and collaborating to showcase the outcomes of each event to stakeholders.

Who We Are

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.

The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform—we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

We care about the wellbeing of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our Ampliteers.

Some of our benefit programs include:

Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (annual), home office equipment (annual), and much more
Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

G2: #1 product analytics solution and #3 best software product according to the 2022 G2 Best Software report.
Business Insider: A top tech company to bet your career on.
Fast Company: #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
Amplitude went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and is now trading under the ticker AMPL.
Founded in 2012, Amplitude is backed by Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Battery Ventures, Y Combinator and other top tier investors.
We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and employees around the world.
Our mascot is the datamonster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $222,000 - $333,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

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