Executive Marketing Program Lead
About the Role:
As our Executive Marketing Program Lead, you will build and lead Vercel’s executive engagement program, creating high-impact experiences that deepen strategic relationships, strengthen Vercel’s position with senior technology leaders, and accelerate enterprise growth.
You will own the full lifecycle of a portfolio of executive programs spanning Vercel’s Executive Briefing Center, executive roundtables, advisory councils, thought leadership, and other one-to-one and one-to-few experiences. At the center of this portfolio, you will build Vercel’s Executive Briefing Center program from the ground up—turning strategic customer visits into a signature experience that advances priority opportunities and showcases where the web is going.
You will partner closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Customer Success, and Vercel’s executive team, representing our brand at its most senior customer touchpoints.
This is a builder role. You will define Vercel’s executive engagement strategy, establish the Executive Briefing Center playbook, develop the content and speaker ecosystem, and create the operating model and measurement framework needed to scale the program globally.
The role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday out of our SF office.
What You Will Do:
Develop and own Vercel’s executive engagement strategy, defining priority audiences, program formats, annual themes, and engagement journeys aligned with company and go-to-market priorities
Design, launch, and operate Vercel’s Executive Briefing Center program, including its intake process, qualification criteria, scheduling workflows, service standards, and measurement framework
Partner with Sales and account teams to define briefing objectives, build customized agendas, and align each experience to the customer’s business priorities and the opportunity strategy
Develop cohesive executive-level narratives and program themes in partnership with Product Marketing, Brand, Communications, and Content
Recruit, brief, and coach executive and technical speakers, ensuring every interaction is relevant, credible, and consistent with Vercel’s company and product narrative
Own the end-to-end experience for executive briefings and events, including programming, space design, demos, technology, hospitality, catering, branding, and attendee communications
Build and maintain a scalable library of executive content, discussion frameworks, customer stories, briefing modules, and demo experiences
Manage program operations, including budgets, vendors, capacity planning, briefing and event calendars, and cross-functional workbacks
Define and report on program performance, including executive engagement, priority-account participation, pipeline influenced, deal acceleration, relationship progression, repeat participation, and attendee satisfaction
About You:
7+ years of experience in executive briefing programs, strategic events, executive engagement, or field marketing, ideally at an enterprise SaaS company or B2B technology company
You have run high-stakes programs involving C-level customers and internal executives, and you are calm and precise under pressure
Exceptional program management skills: you juggle many briefings at different stages without letting details slip
Strong business acumen and the ability to translate account strategy into a compelling briefing agenda
Confident communicator who can brief a CEO, coach a speaker, and negotiate with a vendor in the same afternoon
Comfortable with a technical audience and product; you can hold your own in conversations about developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, and AI
Data-oriented: you measure what matters and can articulate program ROI to leadership
Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area, with flexibility for occasional travel
Bonus If You:
Have built an EBC or briefing program from zero to scale
Have experience with briefing management platforms and CRM reporting (Salesforce)
Have worked closely with developer or infrastructure products
Have experience designing physical brand spaces or customer experience centers
Benefits:
Competitive compensation package, including equity.
Inclusive Healthcare Package.
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
Flexible Time Off.
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.
The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $150,000 - $207,000. Actual salary will be based on job-related skills, experience, and location. Compensation outside of San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package may include benefits, equity-based compensation, and eligibility for a company bonus or variable pay program depending on the role. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.
Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.
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