Program Manager, Corporate Events & Experience

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic, highly organized, and hands-on Program Manager - Corporate Events & Experience to help shape how Crusoe shows up for our employees, partners, and clients. This role will play a key part in bringing our internal culture and external market presence to life through thoughtfully designed, high-impact event experiences.

As Program Manager, you will develop and execute end-to-end event programming in partnership with Workplace and Organizational Development leadership. You will lead the planning and execution of a diverse portfolio of experiences, including multi-day development workshops, leadership summits, employee incentive trips, and enterprise-wide recognition programs, ensuring each experience reflects Crusoe’s mission and values.

This is a highly collaborative, execution-focused role requiring someone who can balance strategic program development with hands-on event management. You will bring strong project management, vendor negotiation, and budget management skills while seamlessly navigating everything from executive-level presentations and complex event logistics to flawless on-the-ground execution.

What You'll Be Working On

• Internal Events, Incentive Programming and Culture
• Enterprise Event Structure: Build a scalable, annual internal events framework from the ground up, ensuring consistent, memorable experiences that reflect Crusoe's mission and values.
• Incentive & Recognition Trips: Design and operationalize elite employee incentive programs, milestone celebrations, and high-performer reward trips from venue sourcing to final execution.
• Leadership & Offsite Programming: Own the end-to-end execution of executive retreats, board meetings, and company-wide leadership summits, ensuring precise alignment on goals and scheduling.
• Cross-Functional Workplace Engagement: Partner with People Operations and Workplace teams to align internal events with onboarding, employee engagement initiatives, and workplace culture spotlights.
• Operational Excellence, Budget and Data
• Fiscal Oversight: Manage the total corporate events budget across all internal and external portfolios, maximizing ROI and driving cost-efficiencies through strategic vendor contract negotiations.
• Data-Driven Optimization: Establish KPIs for both internal employee satisfaction and external marketing ROI; leverage post-event data and metrics to continuously evolve event formats.
• Process Scaling: Build reusable playbooks, vendor networks, tech-stack integrations (e.g., Salesforce, project management tools), and AI-driven workflows to streamline event production.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience leading event management, corporate hospitality, or experiential marketing, ideally within a high-growth technology, energy, or cloud infrastructure environment.
• Certifications in meetings and events preferred, including but not limited to CMP (Certified Meeting Professional), CMM (Certificate in Meeting Management), CIS (Certified Incentive Specialist) or CITP (Certified Incentive Travel Professional).
• Strategic Architecture & Execution: Proven ability to build event programs from scratch, managing simultaneous large-scale projects with an exceptional eye for detail.
• Executive Presence: High emotional intelligence and comfort collaborating with, advising, and managing events for C-suite executives, enterprise clients, and external VIPs.
• Vendor & Contract Mastery: Strong background in global venue sourcing, high-ticket catering, production contracts, and vendor management.
• Tools & Tech Literacy: Experience utilizing CRM tools (Salesforce), marketing automation, modern project management software (Asana/Monday), and an openness to leveraging AI tools to optimize event planning workflows.
• Travel: Willingness to travel up to 30-40% of the time to support field locations, client entertainment events, and offsite programs.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance
• Additional perks & programs specific to location

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $110,000 - $135,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.