Senior Event Manager

Senior Event Manager

Contract type Freelance

Location New York City, New York

Specialty Marketing

Salary $110.00/hour - $120.00/hour

Remote Yes

Reference 514230

Job description

Experiential Events Sr Manager

Did you know that 1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don’t accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. The Sage Group’s client made it their mission to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. They started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work — credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation — is a nightmare. They’ve automated that.

We are seeking a contract Experiential Event expert to own the most important in-person moments — starting with Ahead, the company’s flagship event — and to build out a program of regional events with payer partners and providers.

Events are a core lever for deepening trust with the most important external stakeholders, and there is not currently dedicated senior ownership of this work. This is a hands-on execution role: you’ll be the DRI for Ahead end-to-end (program, production, on-site) and stand up a repeatable regional-events program from the ground up. You’ll own the details that make an experience feel elevated and unmistakably on-brand, and you’ll leave behind the systems and documentation that let this program keep running after the engagement.

You’ll sit within Brand & Product Marketing, in Comms, and partner closely with Brand, Comms, and Partnerships. In particular, you’ll work hand-in-hand with our Director of Payer & Provider Marketing, who owns the WHY of each event — the objective, the key takeaways, and what good looks like. You own the WHAT and HOW: the event strategy, program, and execution that bring that message to life. Ahead falls inside this engagement, so we’re looking to start as soon as possible.

In This Role, You Will

• Own Ahead, our flagship event, as the end-to-end DRI

  • Lead event strategy and program design — translate the narrative and key objectives set with Marketing into an event that delivers: what it is, who it’s for, and how it brings the message to life.

  • Own full production and logistics: venue, vendors, run-of-show, budget, and on-site execution.

  • Deliver an experience that carries the company brand into every stakeholder touchpoint.

  • Build and run a regional events program with payer partners and providers

  • Partner closely with the Director of Payer & Provider Marketing, who sets the objective and key takeaways for each event; you design and run the event that delivers on them.

  • Design a repeatable program of high-touch, on-brand regional events from the ground up.

  • Own execution across multiple concurrent events so nothing slips and everything ships on time.

  • Use each event to deepen trust with payer partners and strengthen relationships with providers in our network.

• Design on-brand experiences and content

  • Shape the creative details, content, and moments that make each event feel elevated and consistent with the company brand.

  • Partner cross-functionally with Brand, Comms, and Partnerships to align on messaging and stakeholder experience.

• Manage vendors, budget, and logistics

  • Source and manage vendors, track budgets, and keep the operational machinery of every event running smoothly.

• Document a repeatable program

  • Create playbooks, timelines, vendor relationships, and processes so the events program can scale.

You’d Be a Great Fit If

• You have ~7–10 years owning events end-to-end — flagship, partner, and customer events — ideally inside a high-growth tech company, and have built a repeatable regional-events program in a fast-scaling org.

• You’ve personally owned a flagship event from concept through on-site: strategy, narrative, production, and day-of execution.

• You have strong brand and creative taste, and you’re obsessed with the details that make an experience feel elevated and on-brand.

• You’re relationship-first and comfortable interfacing with senior external partners (e.g., payers, providers) and internal executives.

• You’re highly organized and self-directed: you can juggle multiple concurrent events, prioritize sharply, and keep workstreams moving without close oversight.

• You’re a builder who thrives in ambiguity and a lean team — you’re energized by leaving behind a documented, repeatable system, not just running the next event.

• Bonus: experience in health care or another mission-driven, partner-heavy, high-trust industry.

Scope & Structure
6–12-month project/contract
Fully remote within the United States, NYC highly preferred
$120 hourly range, W-2, rate DOE
Medical, Dental, Vision and 401 (k) benefits offered