Events Manager

2 Months ago • All levels • Events

Job Summary

Job Description

Canonical is seeking a B2B Events Manager to develop a long-term event strategy and execute events across the APAC region. This role involves collaborating with various teams such as Sales, Partners, Product Marketing, and Design. The ideal candidate will be passionate about technology and marketing, with a hands-on approach to problem-solving, experimentation, and the use of automation. Responsibilities include maintaining an event list, setting KPIs, sourcing deals, providing logistical support, and managing event budgets. The candidate should be an excellent communicator comfortable working with a diverse group of professionals.
Must have:
  • Experience in B2B events organization (trade show, customer events, webinar...)
  • Excellent academic results, with Bachelor’s or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
  • Excellent verbal, written, presentation skills in English
  • Hands-on mindset and a passion for experimentation
  • Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and work ethic with a ‘can do’ attitude
  • Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
  • Proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality
Perks:
  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

Job Details

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical is looking for B2B events manager who will be responsible for developing a long-term event strategy and executing various events across APAC. This is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary and dynamic position, requiring close collaboration with the regional Sales Teams, the Partner & Alliances Teams, Product Marketing Teams, Design Teams and other Marketing functions.

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier.

This role reports to the VP of marketing.

Location: This role will be office based in Canonical Taiwan office.

What your day will look like

  • Maintain list of events Canonial should participate in based on primary research and input from team members.
  • Set relevant KPIs to measure individual event effectiveness and justify spend
  • Source best possible deals to maximise visiblity and minimse costs
  • Provide full logistic support to all events globally with occasional travel to major events 
  • Be responsible for the event budget planning and execution constantly monitoring and adjusting it accordingly
  • Create systems to measurably improve events effectiveness over time

We expect members of the Canonical marketing team to be excellent communicators who are at ease working with a complex mix of engineers, product managers, sales representatives and executives.

Read more about the marketing team

What we are looking for in you

  • Experience in B2B events organisation (trade show, customer events, webinar...)
  • Excellent academic results, with Bachelor’s or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
  • Excellent verbal, written, presentation skills in English
  • Hands-on mindset and a passion for experimentation
  • Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and work ethic with a ‘can do’ attitude
  • Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
  • Proven ability to prioritise and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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