# Sr. Director of Events & Experiential at Smartly.io

- Company: Smartly.io
- What the company does: Smartly powers better ai advertising. Fuel better cross platform advertising performance with ai marketing tool, Smartly. Launch, manage, and update campaigns. Backed by Canaan Partners.
- Company website: https://smartly.io
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Chicago; London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-05
- Apply by: 2026-12-20
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/smartlyio/jobs/6250051004?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/smartly-io-sr-director-of-events-and-experiential/

## About the role

Smartly is seeking a strategic, commercially-minded Senior Director of Events & Experiential to lead our global event strategy and experiential marketing engine. Moving beyond traditional event coordination, this role is a core commercial growth driver and brand steward. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: Has 8–12+ years of progressive B2B SaaS event marketing leadership, with a proven track record of managing multi-million-dollar global event budgets and driving quantifiable sales pipeline (SALs, SQLs)
- Team Leadership: Experience managing direct reports across international hubs (specifically US and EMEA) and governing tier-1 experiential agency partners
- Commercial Acumen: Strong fluency in CRM/Marketo data flows, pipeline attribution models, and sales enablement workflows (partnering directly with RevOps)
- Process Governance: Demonstrated ability to enforce planning lead times, brief hygiene, and cross-functional SLA boundaries under fast-paced conditions

Tags: Marketing

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/smartly-io-sr-director-of-events-and-experiential/