About the job
Come work at the world's leading open source company, Red Hat. Within the marketing organization, the Red Hat Global Events Experience Team team is looking for an Events Coordinator to join us in Raleigh, NC. In this role, you will support marketing, events, communications, and overall strategy for Red Hat's global speaker presence within the technology industry. The current platform is designed to centralize speaker engagements for thought leaders and subject matter experts on Red Hat offerings and services and culture. You will connect Red Hatters with appropriate and relevant speaking opportunities and provide resources for speakers. You will report to the Manager, Global Event Strategy who leads the Global Events Experience Bridge Team. As an Events Coordinator, you'll oversee the Red Hat Speaker's Bureau program and own the project management, overall health, and future efficiencies implementation of the program. Successful remote-based applicants will be considered.
Red Hat associates are a passionate, intelligent group, and they have a lot to say. Our open source culture encourages knowledge sharing, community engagement, and outreach. Because of this, through our Red Hat Speakers Bureau, we have a lot of eager Red Hatters ready and willing to give detailed talks on numerous different topics in the open source technology.
What you will do

• Manage all aspects of the Red Hat Speakers Bureau, platform powered by Speaker Hub
• Explore and capture improvements to build into a strategic roadmap for the future of the Red Hat Speakers Bureau while supporting the company strategy and the Red Hat Global Events Team strategy through research, data analysis, SOP design, reporting and more.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to find solutions, and ultimately implement aforementioned solutions, for an internal speaker database resource
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders from the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team, Corporate Communications team, and other Red Hat's stakeholders
• Keep stakeholders informed and up to date
• Create necessary resources, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and kits for speakers best practices
• Support strategies by creating materials to assist with internal communications to the various Red Hat teams to ensure adherence to best practices and consistent experience
• Provide regular reporting, trends, deliverable progress, and updates to management and stakeholders
• Gain understanding of Red Hat as a business
• Coordinate calendars, calls, and meeting invitations with stakeholders when necessary
• Perform other duties to support the team as assigned

What you will bring

• 3+ years of relevant working experience
• Experience with speaker database management
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with outstanding follow-through skills
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable with public speaking and presenting to variety of stakeholders
• Highly innovative and motivated
• Ability to work both on your own and as part of a cross-functional team
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and be flexible in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Creative thinker with the ability to continually contribute ideas to brainstorming sessions
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Data analysis, research, and reporting experience
• Experience working with Google Workspace
• Solid, efficient communication skills to work with various groups, including executive level, within Red Hat
• Willingness to travel up to 30%, following Red Hat's COVID-19 guidelines; willingness to participate in occasional evening and weekend events or meetings
• Speaker Hub experience is a plus
• Previous experience with event, marketing, or project management is a plus

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.