Principal, Major Event Strategy & Operations

Delinea

. Own the flagship Customer Conference end to end, including venue sourcing and contracting, attendee journey design, content and agenda, production, and direct management of executive stakeholders and speakers .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $156,000 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the flagship Customer Conference end to end, including venue sourcing and contracting, attendee journey design, content and agenda, production, and direct management of executive stakeholders and speakers
Lead strategic planning and delivery for assigned major events
Set each event’s audience, objectives, budget, experience, and measures of success
Build integrated plans with sales, demand generation, brand, and communications, including promotion and post-event follow-up
Manage event delivery against plans and use results to improve future investment
Build the event scorecard and pipeline attribution model to finance-accepted standards
Own reporting cadence for marketing leadership on event-spend returns by event and tier
Build and run a speaker’s bureau for executive and subject matter expert participation
Maintain a speaker roster and CFP calendar, develop abstracts, and coordinate speaker preparation with the communications team
Report to the Senior Director of Strategic & Major Events

Requirements

What you’ll need

Eight or more years in B2B event marketing, with progressive ownership of larger and more complex events
Direct, end-to-end ownership of a multi-day owned conference with several hundred attendees or more, covering venue, content, production and executive stakeholders
Built event measurement and pipeline attribution accepted and used by a finance organization
Run a speakers bureau or CFP program, including sourcing, preparing and coaching senior executive speakers
Experience at $5M or greater annual event program scale across owned events and third-party sponsorships
Ability to influence senior stakeholders outside the reporting line, particularly sales leadership and executive speakers
Cybersecurity, identity security, or enterprise infrastructure software background preferred
Experience running an event series for an acquired brand alongside a parent-company portfolio preferred
Working fluency in Salesforce campaigns, campaign member status and lead flow preferred
Global event experience, particularly EMEA preferred
Candidates are required to complete a comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment upon conditional offer

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful bonus program
Healthcare insurance
Pension/retirement matching
Comprehensive life insurance
Employee assistance program
Time off plans
Paid company holidays
Career progression
Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action