Virtual Events Manager

Perplexity

Virtual Events Manager building Perplexity’s product education and demand-generation engine. Hosting live demonstrations, scaling event programs, and converting audiences into users and qualified pipeline.

Posted 9/3/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in virtual event management, product marketing, and customer education, with a strong ability to translate complex product features into engaging live demonstrations. Proficient in full-funnel growth strategies, audience segmentation, and performance measurement.

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Virtual Event ManagementProduct MarketingAudience SegmentationFull-Funnel Growth FluencyOn-Camera Presentation

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Hard Skills

Event ProductionCampaign TestingTechnical ReadinessCRM Data AnalysisROI CalculationContent CreationProgram StrategySpeaker CoordinationRegistration StrategyPost-Event Nurture

Soft Skills

Polished On-Camera PresenceAttention to DetailAbility to Learn QuicklyCommunication SkillsRelationship Building

Tools & Technologies

Marketing AutomationEvent Management SoftwareCRM SystemsVideo Conferencing ToolsAnalytics Platforms

Industry Keywords

High-Growth TechnologyDemand GenerationCustomer EducationProduct LaunchesLive Demonstrations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop deep working knowledge of Perplexity products and use new features as they ship
Own virtual events end to end, from program strategy and calendar planning through briefs, speaker staffing, rehearsals, live production, follow-up, and retrospectives
Build onboarding programs, product launches, feature deep-dives, customer conversations, and use-case workshops
Host, moderate, present, and demonstrate products live
Translate complex product capabilities into clear, accurate stories
Build relationships across Product, Engineering, Research, Sales, Customer Success, Partnerships, and Marketing to identify and prepare speakers and subject-matter experts
Partner with Growth, Lifecycle, Social, Communications, Sales, and Customer Success on promotion plans
Track registrations, identify audience gaps, and run experiments across audience, creative, channel mix, timing, and follow-up
Extend event value through recordings, replays, clips, FAQs, demo flows, education materials, and sales follow-up
Instrument and measure the funnel from registration through attendance, engagement, activation, qualified pipeline, and revenue
Track event costs, sourced and influenced pipeline, and channel ROI
Create intake processes, calendars, production checklists, run-of-show templates, speaker benches, readiness gates, contingency plans, scorecards, and reporting cadence

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience in virtual events, product marketing, customer education, demand generation, or a related role
Experience in a high-growth technology company is ideally preferred, or work that proves the skill regardless of title
Ability to learn technical products deeply and translate complex capabilities into simple, specific, and accurate live demonstrations
Polished, credible on-camera presence
Experience hosting, interviewing, moderating, or presenting to professional audiences
Ability to find, recruit, brief, and coordinate busy experts without formal authority
Full-funnel growth fluency, including registration strategy, audience segmentation, campaign testing, conversion, and post-event nurture
Experience defining channel metrics, working with CRM and marketing automation data, and calculating return on investment
Production judgment and attention to detail, including rehearsals, technical readiness, live moderation, and fallback planning
Ability to learn unfamiliar products and domains quickly
Comfort delivering clarity in high-velocity, ambiguous environments

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Retirement benefits
Fitness benefits
Commuter benefits
Dependent care accounts
Region-tailored benefits for employees outside the U.S.