Lightning AI
Head of Global Events & Field Marketing
San Francisco, California, United States · Senior
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About the role
- Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute.
- We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises.
Responsibilities
- Own the marketing events strategy aligned to our business goals, go-to-market strategy, and integrated campaigns.
- Lead collaboration with Field leadership to identify and prioritize the markets, accounts, and formats that will have the greatest impact on pipeline and revenue.
- Partner with Product Marketing and Growth Marketing leaders to align events to key themes and moments for integrated multi-channel execution and to increase impact of key company initiatives.
- Build and scale ABM motions with Field and Growth Marketing to priority accounts, segments, and audiences across the sales cycle from pipeline creation, deal acceleration, to expansion.
- Build scalable processes, templates and playbooks. Create and maintain standardized documentation that enables the entire team to operate consistently and efficiently.
- Establish experimentation and AI-native automation as core operating principles and develop testing frameworks across different event types and activations.
- 12+ years experience and strong track record of building and scaling events and field marketing in high growth technology companies
- Strong business acumen and executive presence. Earns trust and builds credibility with strong communication skills and cross-functional leadership. Can hold a strong point of view and be comfortable making hard calls.
Requirements
- Sales-aligned operator with strong track record of partnering directly with executive sales leadership to shape GEO go-to-market plans and strategic alignment of resources to priorities.
- Analytical & Financial Acumen with deep proficiency in attribution, pipeline modeling, and managing budgets and vendors.
Skills
- Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning.
- Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.
- The Way We Work
- Here's what that looks like in practice:
- Move with Urgency:
- Take Ownership:
Compensation
- $260,000 - $270,000 USD
- Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.
Benefits
- We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and long-term success:
- Comprehensive Health Coverage:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
- 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.).
- Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and floating holidays to support work-life balance.
- Paid Parental & Family Leave:
- Paid leave to support you and your family through life's important moments.
- Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.
Company info
- Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems-designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.
- Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute. Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.
- We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises. Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.
- Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems-designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.
- Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.
- The people who thrive here are builders who move fast, communicate openly, take ownership, and continuously improve themselves, their teams, and our company.
- Move with Urgency: We move quickly, make thoughtful decisions, and keep momentum. We value action over perfection and learn by shipping.
- Take Ownership: We own outcomes, not just our individual work. We make decisions that move the company forward and follow through.
- Communicate Openly: We communicate directly, seek to understand, and create clarity for others. Honest conversations help us move faster together.
- Build Great Teams: We lead by example, empower others, and create healthy teams where people can do their best work.
- Raise the Bar: We're always improving ourselves. We learn from feedback, consistently challenge ourselves to grow, and focus on the work that matters most.
- Think Long-Term: We design for what's next. We create scalable systems, simplify complexity, and use AI and automation to amplify our impact.
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