Founding Events Lead

Listen Labs is an AI-powered research platform that helps teams uncover insights from customer interviews in hours — not months. We help customers analyze conversations, surface themes, and make faster, smarter product decisions.

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  Partner with the Head of Marketing to shape brand and campaign strategy

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  Develop and execute campaigns that break through the noise and drive awareness, engagement, and pipeline

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  Own campaign planning from concept to launch, including messaging, timelines, creative coordination, and rollout

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  Own and elevate how Listen shows up at events, from small marketing moments to larger brand experiences

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  Create event experiences that attract the right audience, generate excitement, and leave a strong brand impression

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  Work cross-functionally with sales, product marketing, design, and leadership to ensure campaigns and events are cohesive and effective

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  Manage the operational details that make campaigns and events excellent, from planning and vendors to onsite execution and follow-through

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  Measure performance, gather learnings, and continuously improve what we do

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  Partner with the Head of Marketing to shape brand and events strategy

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  Revamp how Listen shows up at industry conferences, elevating booth presence, speaking moments, sponsorships, and adjacent side events so every appearance reflects the brand and drives real pipeline

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  Build the playbook for Listen's owned events, from intimate dinners and customer roundtables to larger brand experiences, establishing repeatable formats that attract the right audience and leave a lasting impression

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  Work cross-functionally with sales, product marketing, design, and leadership to ensure events ladder up to broader campaigns

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  Measure performance, gather learnings, and continuously improve what we do

• Strong operator who can manage multiple moving pieces without losing quality

• Has a strong POV on creating a world-class conference presence, from booth design to side events to the small details that make people remember Listen

• Understand the ins and outs of putting on great events, with a strong sense for what creates real energy and audience pull

• Highly detail-oriented and organized, with strong follow-through; you catch the things others miss

• Excited to play a leadership role in the org, shaping how Listen shows up in the market

• Collaborative and low-ego, with the ability to work across functions and bring people together around a shared plan

• Commercially minded; you think about pipeline and impact, not just logistics

• Excited to travel and be in the field representing the company as needed

• Competitive Compensation: We're backed by world-class investors, including Sequoia Capital, Ribbit, and Conviction, alongside Evantic, AI Grant, and Pear VC, and offer competitive compensation packages with meaningful equity ownership in a market where over 30B has been created in adjacent industries (Medallia, AlphaSense, GLG, Ipsos, Kantar). Our Sequoia partner, Bryan Schreier, was the first investor in Qualtrics—a $12B company tackling similar problems to ours.

  • The range for this role is $150,000 – $200,000 OTE. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, experience, and work location. If this range doesn't match your expectations, we still encourage you to apply.

• Benefits that Support You: Comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage, flexible time off to recharge, and an environment that values balance and trust.

• Room to Grow: As an early member of the team, you’ll have the opportunity to have end-to-end ownership over new responsibilities, shape processes from scratch, and grow alongside the company. We value people who want to stretch beyond their role and build something lasting.