Senior Marketing Events Manager (Temp-to-Hire) (Public Sector)

Location: Remote-based on the continental United States; approximately 40–60% travel, including evenings, weekends, and back-to-back shows.

Salary: $55.12–$68.89 USD per hour, with geographic pay tiers; equity and subsidized benefits are also offered.

Company

hirify.global builds modular edge and sovereign AI infrastructure combining connectivity, compute, and AI for customers in sectors including energy, defense, and national security.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end logistics for trade shows, executive dinners, roadshows, customer forums, agency roundtables, and field activations.
• Design and execute public-sector event programs aligned with government ethics, procurement norms, federal year-end, and state budget cycles.
• Manage trade show exhibitor portals, booth operations, sponsorship deliverables, vendors, shipping, staffing, and compliance requirements.
• Align with Sales and BDRs on account targeting, event engagement, lead capture, follow-up, and delivery of lead lists within 24 hours.
• Build co-marketing programs with systems integrators, resellers, distributors, and contract-vehicle holders.
• Track pipeline influence, meetings, cost per lead, and ROI while creating playbooks, workflows, and event-readiness systems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of B2B field marketing, demand generation, or event management experience in a technology company.
• Hands-on experience with trade show exhibitor portals such as Freeman, Cvent, Experient, or similar platforms.
• Experience owning event strategy and execution without a large supporting team.
• Strong sales alignment, vendor management, budgeting, organization, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Comfort working with executives, technical subject-matter experts, and government stakeholders.
• Full availability for significant travel, long hours, evenings, and weekends is required.

Nice to have

• Public-sector field marketing experience involving federal agencies, defense, or national security audiences.
• Knowledge of government procurement cycles, ethics rules, and acquisition norms.
• Experience in industrial edge, energy, space, enterprise infrastructure, or AI/ML technology.
• Experience creating event playbooks, ROI dashboards, and scalable field marketing processes.
• Relationships with public-sector associations, systems integrators, or the defense ecosystem.

Culture & Benefits

• Temp-to-hire structure, with strong performers considered for full-time placement after the contract period.
• Eligible for overtime.
• Equity and subsidized benefits are available.
• Ownership, autonomy, and an entrepreneurial working environment.
• Significant travel is a core part of the role rather than an optional perk.