Senior Project Manager - Events

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Hiring Remotely in United States
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92K-127K Annually
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Unlock the potential of the physical economy.
The Role
Manage cross-functional event projects from planning through execution, including timelines, budgets, dependencies, vendors, venues, promotional materials, and on-site logistics. Identify risks, resolve blockers, communicate status and run-of-shows, and improve event workflows. The role supports field marketing events, trade shows, sponsorships, virtual experiences, and multiple simultaneous initiatives while coordinating Marketing, Sales, and external partners.
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Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

As a Senior Events Project Manager at Motive, you will help drive the execution of high-impact event initiatives by bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to cross-functional work. You will project manage various event formats—ranging from field marketing events to large-scale trade shows—and lead key components of larger experiential initiatives, ensuring stakeholders stay aligned on scope, timelines, dependencies, and delivery expectations.

In this role, you will work across Marketing, Sales, and external vendors to keep priorities moving, surface risks early, and improve how event operations get done. The right candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, and able to balance executional rigor with flexibility when event logistics or priorities evolve.

What You'll Do:
  • Manage project plans for event initiatives, including timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgeting, and clear ownership across stakeholders.
  • Drive day-to-day execution of event logistics, venue coordination, promotional materials, and on-site operations to help ensure events are delivered seamlessly and with high quality.
  • Identify project risks, logistical blockers, and gaps in process early, and proactively drive resolution with the right internal partners and external vendors.
  • Communicate event status, run-of-shows, decisions, and action items clearly so teams have the context needed to move work forward.
  • Improve event management workflows, documentation, and team coordination practices to support more efficient event execution over time.
What We're Looking For:
  • 4+ years of experience working in an event specialist or event project manager role at a B2B company.
  • Background in managing high-level cross-functional trade shows, field events, corporate sponsorships, or virtual experiences.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Hospitality, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proficient with Asana or similar project management tools, as well as Google suite, Figma, Glean, ChatGPT, and Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems. (Experience with event registration software like Zuddle is a plus).
  • Foundational understanding of event timelines, run-of-shows, and general project management functions.
  • Takes ownership of the production, logistics, and execution of event strategies defined by project drivers.
  • Works within team OKRs and event budgets, influencing outcomes through high-quality project management and collaboration.
  • Understands attendee needs and applies that understanding to event execution and the overall event experience.
  • Communicates effectively to facilitate decision-making, remove blockers, and keep stakeholders informed pre-, during, and post-event.
  • Proactively identifies operational inefficiencies or on-site execution risks and drives solutions to completion.
  • Experience in event project management, field marketing, experiential marketing, or a similar cross-functional role.
  • Experience managing multiple events simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and evolving requirements.
  • Strong working knowledge of project management tools including Asana, Google Workspace, and spreadsheet-based tracking and reporting.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, manage third-party vendors, maintain accountability, and keep projects moving through ambiguity.

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States
$92,000$127,000 USD

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. 

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All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.

Skills Required

  • 4+ years of experience in an event specialist or event project manager role at a B2B company
  • Experience managing high-level cross-functional trade shows, field events, corporate sponsorships, or virtual experiences
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Hospitality, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Proficiency with Asana or similar project management tools
  • Proficiency with Google Workspace and spreadsheet-based tracking and reporting
  • Experience with Figma, Glean, ChatGPT, and Digital Asset Management systems
  • Foundational understanding of event timelines, run-of-shows, and project management functions
  • Ability to manage event production, logistics, and execution of event strategies
  • Ability to work within team OKRs and event budgets
  • Ability to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and third-party vendors
  • Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
  • Strong communication skills for facilitating decisions, removing blockers, and keeping stakeholders informed
  • Ability to identify operational inefficiencies and on-site execution risks and drive solutions to completion
  • Understanding of attendee needs and event experience execution
  • Experience in event project management, field marketing, experiential marketing, or a similar cross-functional role
  • Experience with event registration software such as Zuddle

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Motive Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus free mental‑health support are prominently offered, including access to Lyra Health. The breadth of core health benefits is positioned as a cornerstone of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Generous vacation/PTO, local holidays, sick time, and enhanced parental leave are highlighted across company materials. The time‑off framework is presented as flexible and comprehensive.
  • Retirement Support A retirement plan with company match is promoted alongside life and disability insurance. Financial protections and long‑term savings features are emphasized as part of total rewards.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
4,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery. Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

Why Work With Us

We work hard, with humility and we see our efforts rewarded in tangible ways every day. At Motive, you’ll have the chance to make a difference for the drivers who keep our world moving. We trust each other to do great work because together we can achieve collective goals that reach beyond the physical economy.

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