Head of Event & Industry Content

About Us

SaaStr is the world's largest community for SaaS executives. Our community engages with us through our incredibly popular blog and content resources (1m+ social followers), our #1 podcast (130,000+ downloads), and most importantly, our #1 digital and IRL events (including the iconic SaaStrAnnual.com and SaaStrEuropa.com). 

About You

SaaStr is looking for someone to own the management of all our global event content, together with a small team.

This person will own management, some of the sourcing, choosing, slotting, and iterating the core content for SaaStr Annual and SaaStr Europa, as well as our digital events which attract 50,000+ worldwide. Our ideal candidate has experience in the B2B SaaS industry, a passion for software, and a desire to produce the best event content in the world. The right candidate will enjoy managing multiple projects and providing top-notch communication to our speakers for every event, including the leaders in SaaS. We are known for our event content, so this is an incredible opportunity for someone who loves events, content, and SaaS. 

PLEASE :)

• Look at SaaStrAnnual.com and let us know what you think you could own, what we could do better, what you like and what you don't!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the event session agenda across our digital and in-person in events, including creating the complete session schedule, managing speaker selection, and gender diversity ratios, producing a run-of-show, coordinating speaker logistics, leading tech rehearsals, and working with our internal team members and external partners to ensure a successful live event 
• Understand the nuts and bolts of event content production. Participate in all aspects of pre, production, and post from scheduling speakers to pre-roll videos on all events and projects 
• Work as a speaker expert to support the creation of digital and print materials for promotion, including blog posts, speaker briefs, press releases and more 
• Help source (via inbound and outbound methods) speakers and content for our global events
• Communicate and build relationships with our speakers, address their needs, and set expectations for the event
• Conduct market research and trend analysis of Cloud and SaaS industries to determine the right speakers for each of our events
• Manage the speaker communications calendar, including writing copy for updates to speakers in order to maintain and grow relationships with industry leaders
• Travel is required to provide support for onsite execution of events - will be local (SF) as well as domestic & international

QUALIFICATIONS

• You’re a strong, confident writer
• You’re a fearless communicator, not afraid to cold-call large public companies and PR firms
• You love building and maintaining relationships
• You’re extremely comfortable learning technology and have a passion for SaaS
• You have strong administrative skills, and can easily multi-task, follow up and manage competing priorities all under tight deadlines
• You’re a self-starter, but when something is over your head you aren’t afraid to ask for help

EXPERIENCE

• 5-8+ years of content or event experience
• 1-3 years of customer support/service experience a plus
• Prior SaaS experience a must
• Knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of Salesforce and Marketo a plus