VentureBeat seeks head of event content

VentureBeat is seeking a leader to curate content for our expanding events focused on enterprise AI, data technologies and strategies for technical decision makers.

This Head of Events Content will oversee speaker recruitment and content planning for VentureBeat’s portfolio of events. This includes our flagship event Transform, but also the growing number of Summit events around specific data technology topics (including Future of Work, Lows-Code No-Code, Data, and more).

A revolution is unfolding, where all companies are data driven — presenting them with both opportunity and risk. VB’s events aim to be the industry’s best for technical decision-makers navigating this enterprise transformation.

The Head of Events Content will work with the rest of the company to fulfill its objective: to be the leading townsquare for executives to gain knowledge about transformative technology and transact, including through events, and other networking features.

Transform has become the leading event for business executives seeking to understand and implement AI applications, along with the data infrastructure required to do so.

In this role, you will help determine the overarching themes for each of VentureBeat’s events and liaise with internal VB stakeholders in sales, marketing, and editorial. You will also be responsible for proactively reaching out to top-tier executives and speakers, reviewing speaker submissions, ranking potential speakers, and securing selected speakers for each of VentureBeat’s events.

Requirements:

10 years of industry experience, preferably with experience in the tech space
Strong familiarity with trends around data, AI, and cloud
Experience securing C-level speakers for technology events
A personality that approaches almost that of a sales or business development person, in that you are a “closer”
Extensive personal network of executives and representatives at top companies
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to influence and articulate value in partnerships
Passion for AI and transformative technologies
Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
Strategy expertise a plus

If interested, please send your resume to jobs@venturebeat.com with “Head of Events Content” and your name in the subject line.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.