Community and Events Lead

This is a remote position.

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Own Rayda's global community and events strategy across IT practitioners, customers, partners and industry stakeholders.
Launch and grow IT Unplugged, starting with the London chapter and developing a scalable global chapter model.
Build strong relationships with IT leaders, practitioners, technology communities, event organisers and industry associations.
Plan and execute high quality community events, conferences, roundtables, dinners, webinars and other industry experiences.
Develop and manage a global events calendar and prioritisation framework to ensure Rayda invests in the most valuable opportunities.
Recruit, support and enable volunteer Chapter Leads to grow IT Unplugged across key global markets.
Develop community and sponsorship partnerships with technology companies, MSPs, EORs, media organisations and industry communities.
Work with Marketing and Content to turn events and community conversations into compelling content and audience growth.
Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success and Partnerships to create valuable customer, prospect and partner engagement opportunities.
Establish and track community, event and content metrics to measure engagement, growth and commercial impact.

Requirements

4–7 years of experience in community, events, marketing, partnerships or a related role.
Proven experience building and growing professional or technology communities.
Strong experience planning and executing events, conferences, roundtables or similar experiences.
Experience building relationships with senior professionals, industry leaders and community stakeholders.
Experience developing partnerships, sponsorships or co hosted events.
Strong project management and organisational skills.
Excellent communication, relationship building and presentation skills.
Ability to build something from scratch with limited structure.
Strong understanding of community engagement, event marketing and content amplification.
Experience in IT, technology, SaaS or B2B environments is strongly preferred.
London/UK preferred, with ability to operate globally.

Benefits

Why Join Rayda?


This is an opportunity to build a global IT practitioner community from the ground up while working remotely with a global team, with high visibility and direct exposure to senior IT leaders, customers and industry stakeholders, while shaping Rayda's global community and events strategy