Events Manager, Developers

About Arize AI is rapidly transforming the world. As generative AI reshapes industries, teams need powerful ways to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their AI systems. That’s where we come in. Arize AI is the leading AI & Agent Engineering observability and evaluation platform, empowering AI engineers to ship high-performing, reliable agents and applications. From first prototype to production scale, Arize AX unifies build, test, and run in a single workspace—so teams can ship faster with confidence. We’re a Series C company backed by top-tier investors, with over $135M in funding and a rapidly growing customer base of 150+ leading enterprises and Fortune 500 companies. Customers like Booking.com, Uber, Siemens, and PepsiCo leverage Arize to deliver AI that works. At Arize AI, we’re building the category-defining platform for AI observability, evaluation, and reliability. Our mission is to help teams build AI systems that actually work in the real world. As AI adoption explodes, the community of builders—ML engineers, AI engineers, researchers, and developers—needs spaces to learn, connect, and collaborate. That’s where you come in. We’re looking for an Events Manager to own and scale the Arize event experience—from flagship conferences like Observe to high-impact community and brand experiences across the Bay Area and beyond. This role is perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of operations, creativity, and community building. What You’ll Do Lead Arize’s Event Strategy Plan and execute Arize’s flagship events, including Observe, our AI engineering conference. Own the full lifecycle of corporate and branded events—from concept to execution to post-event analysis. Build Memorable Brand Experiences Design and run brand experience events across the Bay Area. Create experiences that resonate with AI engineers, developers, and technical leaders. Execute High-Impact Events Manage event logistics including venue selection, vendors, budgets, timelines, and operations. Partner closely with marketing, developer relations, product, and leadership teams. Ensure events are executed seamlessly and at a high bar of quality. Grow the AI Community Help build the Arize community through meetups, developer events, and workshops. Develop programming that engages AI builders Measure and Improve Track event performance and outcomes. Use data and feedback to continuously improve the Arize event experience. What We’re Looking For 7+ years of experience in event management, experiential marketing, or community events. Proven experience planning corporate, conference, or large-scale events. Experience building events for developers, AI audiences, or technical communities. Exceptional organizational and project management skills. A world-class communicator who can collaborate across teams and stakeholders. A creative and out-of-the-box thinker who can design memorable brand experiences. Ability to manage multiple events and timelines simultaneously. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bonus Points Experience running developer conferences or meetups. Background in AI, ML, data, or developer ecosystems. Experience managing sponsors, speakers, and technical programming. Startup or high-growth company experience. Why Arize Work at the center of the AI engineering ecosystem. Help shape events that bring together the best AI builders in the world. Build experiences that define the AI observability category. Salary Range $160,000-$190,000 plus a generous equity package depending on experience More About Arize Arize’s mission is to make the world’s AI work—and work for people. Our founders came together through a shared frustration: while investments in AI are growing rapidly across every industry, organizations face a critical challenge—understanding whether AI is performing and how to improve it at scale. Learn more about what we're doing here: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/arize-ai-hopes-it-has-first-mover-advantage-in-ai-observability/ https://arize.com/blog/arize-ai-raises-70m-series-c-to-build-the-gold-standard-for-ai-evaluation-observability/ Diversity & Inclusion @ Arize Our company's mission is to make AI work and make AI work for the people, we hope to make an impact in bias industry-wide and that's a big motivator for people who work here. We actively hope that individuals contribute to a good culture Regularly have chats with industry experts, researchers, and ethicists across the ecosystem to advance the use of responsible AI Culturally conscious events such as LGBTQ trivia during pride month We have an active Lady Arizers subgroup