# Head of Events, Works in Progress

**Company**: Stripe
**Location**: SF, NYC
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

## Job Description

We are seeking a Head of Events, Works in Progress to build and run a commercial events program in the US. The successful candidate will design events that appeal to ambitious people curious about the world and meet revenue targets.

### Responsibilities

- Design a model for US events, including sponsorship, ticketing, partnerships, and invites

- Set events strategy and build an events calendar

- Own the events P&L and set and hit revenue targets

- Sell and manage sponsorships, and build relationships with sponsors across energy, housing, science, culture, economics, and other core Works in Progress topics

- Lead events end-to-end from concept to on-site delivery

- Work with the editorial and operations teams to identify the right ideas and people for live events, and build guest lists with genuine influence

- Manage budgets, vendors, venues, production partners, and timelines

### Requirements

- Experience launching or substantially expanding a commercial events program, including developing its commercial model, operating plan, and performance measures

- A proven record selling and closing event sponsorship and hitting revenue targets

- Based in, or able to be based in, New York or San Francisco, with regular travel

### Preferred Qualifications

- Events experience at a media company

- Experience building commercially successful events for a high-value audience, not just a large one

- Existing relationships with sponsors and brands, and with the kind of people we want on our guest lists

- Be an existing fan of Works in Progress

## Skills

### Required
- event planning
- sponsorship sales
- revenue growth
- team management

### Nice to have
- media events
- high-value audience engagement
- sponsor relationships

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