Senior Manager Event Marketing

**WHO WE ARE** Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Ncontracts leads the industry in integrated risk management and compliance solutions, serving over 5,000 financial institutions nationwide. As a seven-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies honoree and consistent year-over-year recipient of "Best Places to Work" awards, we offer a thriving, work environment where career growth and life-work balance go hand in hand. At Ncontracts, you'll join a team of industry experts dedicated to strengthening the financial services sector through innovation and thought leadership. We're seeking creative, collaborative, and self-driven professionals across all areas of our business - from developing cutting-edge solutions to sales, marketing, customer support, and beyond. Join us in our mission to make the financial industry stronger and more resilient, while advancing your career in a supportive, dynamic environment that values your unique skills and perspectives. **About the Role** The Sr. Manager, Event Marketing is responsible for owning and executing Ncontracts' industry conference program — one of the Marketing’s most significant pipeline-generating channels. This role manages a portfolio of 100–120 national and state association events annually across exhibitor, sponsorship, and speaking engagement participation, with direct accountability for pipeline contribution, lead generation, and measurable event ROI. The role directly manages 2 employees. The ideal candidate brings strong organizational skills, a data-driven mindset, and familiarity with the financial institution association landscape. They are comfortable managing high volume without sacrificing quality, understanding how to connect event activity to pipeline outcomes, and are a reliable partner to both sales and marketing stakeholders. **Primary Responsibilities** **Industry Event Program Management** - Own the full lifecycle of 100–120 annual industry conferences — from event selection and contracting through onsite execution and post-event follow-up - Manage national and state association events, tradeshows, speaking engagements, customer summits, field events and new event programming in new verticals. - Evaluate event performance against pipeline and retention benchmarks; make data-informed recommendations on portfolio optimization - Run quarterly assessments of events and lead generation processes and adjust as needed - Continually innovate ideas for sponsorship deliverables and activations - Manage association partner relationships, including contract negotiations, vendor management, and sponsorship fulfillment. - Track and report event ROI, lead generation, and pipeline contribution; use data to optimize the annual event portfolio and inform budget decisions. **People Leadership** - The role directly manages 2 employees. - Provide coaching, development support, and day-to-day oversight - Foster a collaborative, accountable team culture consistent with Ncontracts' values **Sales & Cross-Functional Partnership** - Serve as the primary Events liaison to the Sales team for industry conference planning and post-event follow-up - Support post-event lead routing, follow-up accountability, and Salesforce pipeline attribution in partnership with marketing ops - Assist sales team members with proper lead capturing best practices - Collaborate with Marketing channels on pre- and post-event campaigns tied to industry events **Ncontracts-Produced Events Support** - Support the Events team with fulfillment of Ngage (Annual User Conference) and other Ncontracts-produced events - Participate in the Ngage logistics committee; other committees may be assigned as needed - Assist with pre-con training and onsite coordination for hosted events as needed **Operational Excellence** - Support annual calendar planning and ongoing event budget management and reconciliation - Manage project timelines and deliverables to ensure program goals and KPIs are achieved - Communicate program logis…