Community and Events Lead

This is a remote position.
- Own Rayda 's global community and events strategy across IT practitioners, customers, partners and industry stakeholders.
- Launch and grow IT Unplugged , starting with the London chapter and developing a scalable global chapter model.
- Build strong relationships with IT leaders, practitioners, technology communities, event organisers and industry associations.
- Plan and execute high quality community events, conferences, roundtables, dinners, webinars and other industry experiences.
- Develop and manage a global events calendar and prioritisation framework to ensure Rayda invests in the most valuable opportunities.
- Recruit, support and enable volunteer Chapter Leads to grow IT Unplugged across key global markets.
- Develop community and sponsorship partnerships with technology companies, MSPs, EORs, media organisations and industry communities.
- Work with Marketing and Content to turn events and community conversations into compelling content and audience growth.
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success and Partnerships to create valuable customer, prospect and partner engagement opportunities.
- Establish and track community, event and content metrics to measure engagement, growth and commercial impact.
Requirements

- 4–7 years of experience in community, events, marketing, partnerships or a related role.
- Proven experience building and growing professional or technology communities.
- Strong experience planning and executing events, conferences, roundtables or similar experiences.
- Experience building relationships with senior professionals, industry leaders and community stakeholders.
- Experience developing partnerships, sponsorships or co hosted events.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication, relationship building and presentation skills.
- Ability to build something from scratch with limited structure.
- Strong understanding of community engagement, event marketing and content amplification.
- Experience in IT, technology, SaaS or B2B environments is strongly preferred.
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London/UK preferred , with ability to operate globally.
Benefits

Why Join Rayda ? This is an opportunity to build a global IT practitioner community from the ground up while working remotely with a global team , with high visibility and direct exposure to senior IT leaders, customers and industry stakeholders, while shaping Rayda 's global community and events strategy​

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