Senior Director of Global Events Management and Strategy, Illumio
$229-275k
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Automated enforcement against cyberattacks
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Automated enforcement against cyberattacks
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$229-275k
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To enable every organization to realize a future without high-profile breaches.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of marketing experience in B2B, ideally in the cybersecurity or SaaS space, with at least 10 years in senior leadership roles focused on global events
- Proven experience in developing and executing event strategies that drive pipeline generation, customer engagement and brand awareness
- A deep understanding of the role of events in supporting demand generation and ABM motions across various customer segments
- A proven ability to lead global teams and manage large-scale budgets while driving high ROI
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
- Willingness to travel internationally as needed to collaborate with global teams and attend key industry events
- Skilled at communicating complex ideas clearly and persuasively to a variety of audiences. A strong influencer with the ability to inspire cross-functional teams and lead change
- Leverages analytics to optimize campaigns, drive strategic decisions, and deliver measurable results
- Creative and strategic thinker who can develop new, inspirational programs that align with business priorities and deliver results in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- The Senior Director of Global Events and Strategy is a visionary leader who will own the strategy, planning, and optimization of Illumio’s global events, sponsorships, and internal company events
- This role is integral to accelerating Illumio’s market penetration and driving brand recognition in a rapidly growing cybersecurity market
- Reporting directly to the VP of Corporate Marketing, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact events that support brand awareness, lead generation, and customer loyalty
- You will lead a global team focused on creating, executing, and optimizing Illumio’s event strategy to ensure seamless execution, maximum ROI, and measurable impact on our business objectives
- From internal events to large-scale third-party industry conferences, this role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership and project management skills who can collaborate across teams to drive results
- Strategic Planning: Develop and execute integrated event strategies that align with Illumio’s overall marketing and business objectives, ensuring that every event and program supports brand growth and customer engagement
- Event Management: Oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of global events, including internal company events, sponsorships, and major third-party industry conferences (e.g., RSA, Black Hat). Manage the event lifecycle from conceptualization to post-event analysis, ensuring seamless execution
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product marketing, field marketing, brand marketing, sales, and customer success teams to ensure alignment and integration across marketing initiatives. Support these teams with insights and resources to enhance campaign success
- Budget Management: Oversee the global events and sponsorship budget, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to maximize ROI and meet business goals
- Vendor and Partner Management: Build and maintain relationships with event vendors, agencies, and strategic partners to enhance event execution, secure sponsorship opportunities, and optimize the use of resources
- Metrics and Analytics: Establish KPIs to measure the effectiveness of events and sponsorships. Use data and analytics to continuously improve event strategies and demonstrate their impact to senior leadership
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global team of events professionals. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement with career growth in mind
Our take
Cybersecurity remains an ongoing battle, with evolving cyberthreats and ever-more determined cybercriminals, and major data breaches such as the SolarWinds hack have the potential to cause widespread disruption. Illumio is taking a different approach to most of the mainstream security companies, with a process called "microsegmentation". This makes it easier to guard companies from security breaches, and contain any breaches that occur.
Detection of viruses is no longer considered sufficient to keep companies and individuals safe. Illumio takes a “zero trust” approach, in which everything is viewed as suspicious, a similar approach to that which is used by the White House. The company operates at the cutting edge of microsegmentation, focusing on protecting cloud datacenters and workloads. With more and more companies moving to the cloud, this approach is crucial.
Illumio also protects endpoints, partnering with big players such as Citrix, Amazon Web Services, and Splunk. A collaboration with Appgate, a Zero Trust secure access company, delivers the industry's first integrated Zero Trust Network Access and Segmentation solution, which can reduce risk across hybrid infrastructure, and proves Illumio's dedication to innovating the space. Additionally, the company announced a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), that is tailored to assist federal agencies in reducing risk.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2021
$225m
SERIES F
Feb 2019
$65m
SERIES E
Total funding: $550.5m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
- Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
- Life and Disability Programs
- Paid Parental Leave
- Voluntary Benefit Programs
- Company Sponsored Wellness Program
- Wellness Reimbursement Program
- Retirement Savings
- Equity Opportunities
- Paid time off and Paid Holidays
- Employee Incentive Program
Company values
- Seek Truth
- Run to challenges
- Bring your best
- Onwards Together
- Leverage differences
- Build trust
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Articles
Leadership
Andrew Rubin
(CEO)Started in Business Development, as an Analyst at VoiceNet Communications, and as a Director at VoiceNet. Worked at Cymtec Systems for over 8 years, promoted from VP of Sales to CEO. Seed Investor in Tory Burch, and Powermat. Current Strategic Advisor to Menlo Security, and Bolt.
PJ Kirner
(CTO)Studied Computer Science at Cornell. Worked as an Engineer Manager for over 6 years at Trilogy. Software Architect at Funkware for over 3 years. Was Principal Systems Engineer at Cluster File Systems. Distinguished Engineer for over 5 years at Juniper Networks. Was CTO of Cymtec Systems.
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