About GlobalFoundries:
GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors, enabling AI at scale from the cloud to the physical world. Through deep partnerships with customers, GF delivers differentiated, power-efficient and high-performance solutions for high-growth markets. With global manufacturing operations across the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted and holistic technology partner for customers around the world. GF’s talented, global team remains focused every day on security, longevity and sustainability. For more information, visit www.gf.com.
Summary of Role:
The Global Corporate Events Lead, Experience & Operations translates event strategy into exceptional attendee experiences and flawless execution across GlobalFoundries' highest-profile events. This role serves as the senior delivery leader for company-hosted customer events, executive engagement programs and strategic industry trade shows, ensuring every event advances business objectives, strengthens customer relationships and reinforces the GF brand.
Working closely with Marketing, Communications, Sales and executive stakeholders, the Lead brings together complex cross-functional teams, agencies and suppliers to deliver impactful experiences at a global scale while driving operational excellence across the event portfolio.
Essential responsibilities:
Lead flagship event programs
- Own the planning and delivery of GlobalFoundries' most strategic customer, industry and executive engagement events.
- Translate business objectives into event strategies, experiences and execution plans that deliver measurable impact.
- Drive alignment across stakeholders, partners and suppliers to ensure successful delivery of complex global programs.
- Establish and evolve event standards, playbooks and best practices that strengthen consistency and scalability across the portfolio.
Drive operational excellence
- Lead planning, governance and readiness processes that support successful event execution from concept through post-event evaluation.
- Identify and mitigate risks, remove obstacles and maintain accountability across multiple concurrent programs.
- Oversee budgets, resource allocation and program priorities to maximize business value and operational effectiveness.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives that increase efficiency, strengthen execution quality and improve attendee experiences.
Lead agency and partner performance
- Direct external agencies, production partners and event suppliers to deliver experiences that reflect GF's brand and business priorities.
- Build strong, collaborative partnerships that drive innovation, quality and operational excellence.
- Hold partners accountable for performance, budgets, timelines and service delivery expectations.
Enable stakeholder success
- Partner closely with Marketing, Communications, Sales and business leaders to align event strategies with enterprise priorities.
- Drive effective decision-making, milestone discipline and executive readiness throughout the event lifecycle.
- Serve as a trusted advisor on event investments, attendee engagement strategies and execution approaches.
Build organizational capability
- Coach and develop team members while promoting effective planning practices, accountability and knowledge sharing.
- Strengthen the long-term effectiveness of the events function through scalable processes, documentation and operational standards.
Other Responsibilities:
- Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of progressive event-management experience, including complex hosted events and trade shows.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience delivering multiple overlapping programs across regions and time zones.
- Strong project, budget, venue, supplier, production and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly with senior leaders and convert ambiguity into decisions, owners and executable plans.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally based on program requirements.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with global customer conferences, executive dinners and B2B trade shows.
- Experience in semiconductor, technology or advanced manufacturing.
- Project-management certification or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
- Experience with registration systems, attendee data and event measurement.
Expected Salary Range
$88,000.00 - $177,000.00The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.
All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of progressive event-management experience, including complex hosted events and trade shows
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience delivering multiple overlapping programs across regions and time zones
- Strong project, budget, venue, supplier, production, and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to communicate clearly with senior leaders and convert ambiguity into decisions, owners, and executable plans
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally based on program requirements
- Experience with global customer conferences, executive dinners, and B2B trade shows
- Experience in semiconductor, technology, or advanced manufacturing
- Project-management certification or equivalent demonstrated expertise
- Experience with registration systems, attendee data, and event measurement
GlobalFoundries Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GlobalFoundries and has not been reviewed or approved by GlobalFoundries.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health support is presented as a meaningful part of the package. Wellness programs and an Employee Assistance Program add to the sense of broad health coverage.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with matching from day one and access to an employee stock purchase program are positioned as notable financial benefits. Retirement provisions are repeatedly framed as a strong counterweight to other compensation concerns.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off provisions are described as generous, including high annual vacation accrual, dedicated sick time, and additional personal days. Extended paid parental leave frameworks are also outlined as a substantial leave benefit.
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What We Do
GlobalFoundries (GF) is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. GF is redefining innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing and delivering feature-rich process technology solutions that provide leadership performance in pervasive high growth markets. GF offers a unique mix of design, development, and fabrication services. With a talented and diverse workforce and an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF is a trusted technology source to its worldwide customers. For more information, visit www.gf.com. GlobalFoundries is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V).#CB
