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Events Lead

Sardine· Marketing
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Remote$155k - $175kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

We’re looking for an Events Lead to own and scale Sardine’s global events program, from major industry conferences and tradeshows to SardineCon and related executive dinners, happy hours, and partner events. Responsible for strategy, ROI, budgeting, vendor management, and building a scalable events team across regions.

Responsibilities

  • Own Sardine’s global events calendar, including sponsored conferences and tradeshows, SardineCon, executive dinners, happy hours, partner events, and other field marketing programs.
  • Lead end-to-end event planning and execution, from sponsorship negotiations, budgeting, venue selection, and vendor management to logistics, production, staffing, and on-site execution.
  • Oversee on-site execution to ensure booths, branding, meetings, hospitality, and event experiences meet a consistently high standard, while keeping the Sardine team organized and prepared.
  • Identify, evaluate, and source new event opportunities across industries, verticals, and regions, prioritizing those that reach the right audiences and deliver the strongest ROI.
  • Build repeatable pre-event playbooks covering account targeting, meeting booking, staffing, team briefings, promotion, and everything needed to maximize our presence before an event begins.
  • Own event performance reporting, tracking attendance, target account engagement, meetings, pipeline generation, influenced revenue, and ROI to understand which investments are working.
  • Lead post-event retrospectives with internal stakeholders, using feedback and performance data to improve execution, refine event selection, and continuously raise the quality of our program.
  • Manage the global events budget, including forecasting, sponsorship and vendor negotiations, cost optimization, and allocating investments across different event formats and markets.
  • Build and lead an internal events team as our calendar grows, establishing clear responsibilities, processes, and systems that allow us to scale without sacrificing quality.
  • Manage our external events agency, vendors, and contractors, holding partners accountable for execution quality, timelines, and budgets.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience leading B2B events or field marketing programs, ideally in enterprise SaaS, fraud prevention/AML, fintech, cybersecurity, or a related industry.
  • A track record of managing a high volume of events across multiple regions and formats.
  • Strong understanding of how events contribute to pipeline and revenue, with experience setting event goals, measuring ROI, and partnering with sales teams to drive business outcomes.

Skills

Required:Event strategy and planningSponsorship negotiationsBudgeting and financial managementVendor and agency managementCross-functional leadership

Benefits

  • Generous compensation in cash and equity
  • Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
  • Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
  • Flexible paid time off and Year-end break
  • Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific
  • 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific
  • MacBook Pro delivered to your door
  • One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.
  • Monthly meal stipend
  • Monthly social meet-up stipend
  • Annual health and wellness stipend
  • Annual Learning stipend
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Sardine

The AI risk platform for fraud, credit, and compliance

Sardine’s AI platform is at the core of enterprise risk and fraud workflows, allowing them to consolidate vendors and improve operational efficiency. Hundreds of enterprises in over 70 countries trust Sardine to stop fraud in real-time, streamline BSA/AML compliance, and unify data across risk teams.

fraud preventionKYC/AMLTransaction monitoringBot detectionScams and ATOCard issuing fraudAML MonitoringCustomer dashboard
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