Senior Manager, Global Meetings & Events

Location: Dublin, California, United States; hybrid

Salary: $172K–$225.7K annually

Company

Snowflake provides a cloud data platform and is developing AI-native ways of working across the organization.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the global meetings and events program roadmap, including scalable processes, governance, service tiers, sourcing thresholds, and decision frameworks.
• Lead strategic sourcing for complex and high-value spend across event agencies, hotels and venues, production partners, destination management companies, event technology, and related suppliers.
• Run complex RFPs, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, contracting, preferred supplier strategies, and supplier performance programs.
• Establish visibility into demand, spend, supplier utilization, sourcing activity, negotiated value, KPIs, savings, compliance, and sourcing cycle time.
• Support M&E technology, self-service capabilities, automation, reporting, and the application of AI and advanced analytics.
• Partner with M&E Operations, Travel, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Sales, and regional stakeholders to drive adoption and advise senior leadership.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in meetings and events, strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, program management, or related disciplines.
• Significant experience sourcing meetings and events and negotiating with agencies, hotels and venues, production partners, destination management companies, and other event suppliers.
• Experience leading complex RFPs, negotiations, supplier selections, and contracts.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including spend analysis, savings methodologies, and supplier economics.
• Experience developing preferred supplier strategies and supplier performance programs.
• Ability to build scalable programs and lead complex cross-functional initiatives across multiple regions and business functions.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence in a highly matrixed global organization.
• Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to translate data into business recommendations.

Nice to have

• Experience building or transforming a global enterprise meetings and events program.
• Experience with M&E technology, sourcing platforms, and self-service meeting solutions.
• Experience developing global supplier strategies and governance models.
• Experience applying automation, AI, or advanced analytics within meetings and events, sourcing, or procurement.
• Experience working within a large, global technology organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid work in Dublin, California, United States.
• Work in a fast-growing technology organization focused on innovation, experimentation, and AI-native collaboration.
• Success is measured through scalable program development, measurable savings, supplier adoption and performance, sourcing efficiency, technology adoption, and consistent data-driven practices.