Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Employee Experience (Em-Ex) Events & Programs Manager plays a key role in planning and executing Liftoff's most prominent employee-facing events as directed by the Senior Manager, Employee Experience. This role is also responsible for both sustaining and enhancing existing employee experience programs to ensure they consistently reflect and embody Liftoff’s culture and evolving business needs.

With a focus on optimizing the overall employee experience, the Em-Ex Events & Programs Manager also supports cross-regional initiatives as needed, including partnering with regional Em-Ex Specialists to help ensure local events and workplace environments reflect and reinforce Liftoff’s culture and values.

RESPONSIBILITIE

• Drive the execution and strategy for Liftoff Lives, Friends & Family Events, End of Year Gatherings, Employee Resource Community (ERC) events that align with the company’s employee experience objectives in coordination with the Senior Manager, Employee Experience.
• Develop detailed proposals, project plans, and timelines for Liftoff Live events to set them up for success and ensure their positive execution.
• Complete assigned tasks related to events and programs, including but not limited to venue research, proposals, budgeting, attendance tracking, vision boards, swag selection, run of shows, vendor management, employee inquiries, onsite set-up/execution, and more.
• Serve as a consistently positive, prominent, employee-facing presence throughout both planning and execution of events and program initiatives.
• Develop clear, timely communications that build excitement and ensure alignment around event and program details.
• Cultivate and manage event vendor relationships with excellence, negotiate pricing aggressively, communicate regularly, and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Ensure all events and programs comply with local laws and regulations while reflecting both local and global Liftoff culture.
• After each Liftoff Live, assist in creating a detailed post-event summary including budget reconciliation, survey analysis, and key takeaways to share with stakeholders/consider for future events.
• Collaborate regularly with the broader Em-Ex team to support global initiatives as directed by the Senior Manager, Employee Experience, such as company swag, anniversary program, Liftoff Gives, Em-Ex perks/programs, and ERC coordination/event planning and execution.
• Lead the planning and execution of the annual End of Year Gift program, including timeline development, approvals, communication, and fulfillment, with oversight from the Senior Manager, Employee Experience and other key stakeholders. 
• Partner with regional Employee Experience Specialists to support larger team gathering events in each region as applicable, ensuring requests are fulfilled in alignment with established support levels.
• In collaboration with People Team leadership, support the planning and execution of the annual People Team Offsite.
• Keep Em-Ex pages on the company intranet up to date in partnership with the Comms team and other key stakeholders, ensuring accurate information for all programs and events under team scope.
• Continuously assess feedback on employee experience initiatives to identify areas for improvement.

SKILLS

• 8-10 years of global corporate event planning experience (ideally with some/all related to internal employee events), with a proven track record of executing events from small team meetings to large-scale offsites.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Experience collaborating across regions and business units to deliver a consistent, high-quality employee experience.
• Skilled in budget tracking and reporting using Google Sheets and Docs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adept at stakeholder management and crafting engaging communications.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail; thrives in fast-paced environments.
• Proven ability to think strategically and creatively to solve problems under pressure.
• Executive presence with the ability to effectively influence and drive decision-making across key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated creative skills, including building mood boards, proposing innovative event concepts, and developing thoughtful swag selection and distribution strategies.
• Comfortable actively partnering with and managing the successful performance of external vendors and service providers.
• Deep understanding of employee experience and engagement through an employee lens, taking into account different backgrounds and interests.
• Comfortable lifting up to 40 pounds as needed (i.e. for event set-ups).
• Willingness and flexibility to travel both domestically and internationally.

Location:This is a hybrid role with one to two days per week required in our Redwood City office.

Travel Expectations:Travel is required 3 to 5 times a year.We offer several opportunities for in-person team gatherings, including but not limited to project meetings, regional meetups, and company-wide events. We expect our employees to attend these gatherings at least once per quarter. These gatherings provide essential opportunities for collaboration, communication, and team building.

Compensation:Liftoff offers all employees a full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence. Base compensation will vary based on the candidate's location and experience.

The following are our base salary ranges for this role: 

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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Liftoff's Compensation Strategy

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.