Events Lead

About the role

The Events Lead will build and own the global events function from the ground up to accelerate CuspAI's mission. This role involves designing and executing a flagship event series, international roadshows, and strategic conference presence to engage partners and the scientific community. You will manage the end-to-end event lifecycle, including operations, vendor management, and budget oversight, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive brand impact.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end delivery of the flagship in-person Foundry event and regional roadshows across Asia, Europe, and North America.
• Establish and manage a regular cadence of virtual events to maintain ecosystem engagement.
• Conceptualize and execute high-touch experiences for industrial partners and enterprise customers.
• Manage 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 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
• Event management software
• CRM
• 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.