Events Lead

About the role

The Events Lead will build CuspAI's events function from the ground up to accelerate the company's mission in the AI materials space. This role involves managing a global events engine, including flagship Foundry events, international roadshows, and strategic presence at major industry conferences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive partner engagement and establish a repeatable event model.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of the flagship in-person Foundry event and regional roadshows across Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Conceptualize and execute high-touch events for industrial partners and enterprise customers to deepen engagement.
• Manage CuspAI's strategic presence at major industry and machine learning conferences, including logistics, booth design, and ROI reporting.
• Source, negotiate with, and direct external production agencies, AV suppliers, and freelance event staff.
• Partner with internal teams to deliver company moments such as offsites and all-hands meetings.
• Own event budgets, timelines, and post-event analytics to provide performance reporting to leadership.

Required skills

• Event management
• Experiential marketing
• Event operations
• Vendor management
• Budget management
• Stakeholder management

Nice to have

• Startup experience
• Scientific audience engagement
• HubSpot
• Spatial design
• Environmental branding

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in event management, experiential marketing, or event operations within a high-growth tech, deep-tech, or B2B environment

Benefits

• Equity
• 28 days holiday
• Parental leave
• Professional development budget

About the Company

CuspAI is a frontier AI company focused on solving breakthrough materials challenges to power human progress. Their team consists of world-class researchers in AI, chemistry, and engineering working on critical issues like energy, clean water, and carbon capture.