Health Care Events Marketing Manager - San Francisco, CA - Full Time - Hybrid

GDR Defense

San Francisco, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Audiovisual, Budgeting, Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing, Catering Services, Conferences, Customer/Client Research, Event Management, Event Marketing, Healthcare, Logistics, Startup
LOCATION
San Francisco, CA
POSTED
5 days ago
Salary
160,000.00-195,000.00(USD)
Location: San Francisco, CA
Our client, a fast-growing health tech startup, is hiring an Events Marketing Manager to own and build the events function from the ground up.
This is a high-ownership, 0-to-1 role where you'll define the strategy, run the logistics, and measure outcomes across executive dinners, summits, recruiting events, and healthcare conferences. Healthcare or health tech events experience is a strong plus, but what matters most is that you've led events end-to-end and can thrive in a fast-moving startup environment. You'll report directly to the VP of Operations and be instrumental in increasing the company's visibility with C-suite health system leaders across the US.
What You'll Do
  • Stand up the events function from scratch - identify which event types (summits, executive dinners, roundtables, conference activations, recruiting events) gain the most traction and build repeatable playbooks for each.
  • Plan and execute the first-ever hosted Summit (30 40 attendees, targeting mid-summer 2025) featuring customer case studies, panel discussions, and keynotes from physician investors.
  • Run rapid experiments across event formats - from hands-on product workshops to intimate dinner series for healthcare executives in cities across the US - iterating based on what drives real outcomes.
  • Go beyond logistics to deeply understand the company's product and ideal customer profile, shaping event programming that genuinely excites and engages senior healthcare leaders.
  • Manage end-to-end event operations including venues, vendors, catering, AV, travel, budgets, and post-event retrospectives - while turning the SF office into a repeatable event space for recruiting and customer gatherings.
What You Bring
Required:
  • 5 10 years of experience in B2B events marketing
  • Led or owned end-to-end event execution (not just coordinated as one of many on a large team)
  • Experience planning intimate executive-level events (dinners, roundtables, summits of 30 50 attendees)
  • Executive presence - comfortable engaging C-suite healthcare leaders in person
Preferred:
  • Events experience in healthcare, health tech, or clinical AI
  • Startup experience

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