Global Event Manager, Event Content and Speaker Operations

Who we are At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of thousands of businesses and empower millions of developers worldwide to craft personalized customer experiences. Our dedication to remote-first work, and strong culture of connection and global inclusion means that no matter your location, you’re part of a vibrant team with diverse experiences making a global impact each day. As we continue to revolutionize how the world interacts, we’re acquiring new skills and experiences that make work feel truly rewarding. Your career at Twilio is in your hands. We use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help make our hiring process efficient. That said, every hiring decision is made by real Twilions! . See yourself at Twilio Join the team as Twilio’s next Global Event Manager, Event Content and Speaker Operations. About the job Twilio’s events bring our customers, partners, developers, and employees together around the ideas shaping the future of communications. This role helps make those moments possible by ensuring every speaker feels prepared, supported, and ready to deliver. As Global Event Manager, Event Content and Speaker Operations, you will own the behind-the-scenes engine that keeps our content programs moving. You’ll manage the speaker journey from confirmation through show day, lead content operations across our event portfolio, and bring structure to the many details that turn an agenda into a polished live experience. You’ll work across teams, systems, timelines, and time zones to keep speaker communications clear, content accurate, milestones on track, and production handoffs seamless. Just as importantly, you’ll create a thoughtful, high-touch experience for the executives, customers, employees, and partners who trust Twilio with their stories. This role is a great fit for someone who loves bringing order to complexity, builds trust quickly, and knows that the best event experiences are powered by both strong operations and genuine care. Responsibilities In this role, you’ll: Own the end-to-end speaker journey across priority Global Events programs, from confirmation and onboarding through content readiness, rehearsals, onsite support, and post-event follow-up. Serve as a trusted point of contact for executives, customers, employees, partners, and internal teams, making sure speakers know what to expect, what is needed from them, and where to go for help. Lead content operations across flagship, regional, executive, and internal events, including call-for-sessions workflows, agenda data, session metadata, speaker records, deck tracking, reporting, and production handoffs. Manage event content systems, ensuring approved agenda and speaker changes are reflected consistently across platforms, workbooks, dashboards, and production documents. Build and manage clear workbacks, communications plans, milestone calendars, rehearsal schedules, templates, playbooks, and status updates that help teams stay aligned. Partner closely with Product Marketing, Customer Marketing, Brand, Creative, Legal, Developer Network, Sales Enablement, executive offices, production partners, agencies, and the broader Global Events team. Coordinate deck reviews, content deadlines, technical checks, rehearsals, speaker briefings, and other readiness milestones so speakers and production teams are prepared for showtime. Lead know-before-you-go sessions, speaker communications, speaker-ready-room operations, backstage handoffs, and other onsite speaker-support workflows. Identify risks early, solve operational issues where possible, and escalate decisions clearly when additional direction is needed. Create a consistent, high-touch speaker experience while balancing the scale, pace, and complexity of a global event portfolio. Provide clarity in ownership across teams by keeping speaker logistics, content operations, and readiness workflows organized through one accountable workstream. Build scalable processes and mechanisms that can be reused across programs and supported over time by agency partners or future coordinator resources. Lead post-event retrospectives for speaker experience and content operations, turning lessons learned into stronger workflows for future events. Qualifications Twilio values diverse experiences from all kinds of industries, and we encourage everyone who meets the required qualifications to apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Twilio. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table! *Required: 5+ years of experience in event content operations, speaker management, event programming, production coordination, executive events, or large-scale B2B events. Experience independently managing complex speaker and content workflows across multiple stages, session types, stakeholder groups, and deadlines. Experience owning event content systems or agenda-management platforms, including session metadata, speaker records, agenda updates, deck tracking, reporting, and data-quality checks. Experience supporting executive, customer, partner, or internal speakers from onboarding through onsite execution. Strong understanding of speaker readiness, rehearsal logistics, technical checks, content-lock processes, speaker-ready-room operations, backstage handoffs, and production timelines. Experience managing call-for-sessions workflows, speaker communications, content collection, review cycles, and production handoffs. Strong project-management skills, with the ability to build and maintain workbacks, communications plans, templates, playbooks, risk trackers, escalation paths, and status reporting. Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to create clarity, build trust, enforce deadlines diplomatically, and stay calm in high-pressure situations. Exceptional attention to detail and a strong quality bar for speaker experience, content accuracy, data integrity, brand alignment, and production readiness. Ability to manage multiple priorities across teams and time zones while keeping work moving toward immovable event deadlines. Desired: Experience supporting large-scale technology, SaaS, developer, customer, sales, executive, or internal events. Hands-on experience with event content and speaker-management platforms such as Sessionboard, Swoogo, RainFocus, Airtable, Cvent, or similar tools. Experience partnering with Product Marketing, Customer Marketing, executive offices, Brand, Creative, Legal, Sales Enablement, and event-production teams. Experience building repeatable speaker communications, content-operations playbooks, data-governance processes, or onsite speaker-support models. Experience guiding agency partners, contractors, or coordinator-level support. Comfort operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with shifting priorities, high-volume communications, multiple stakeholders, and highly visible deadlines. Location This role will be remote, but is not eligible to be hired in CA, CT, NJ, NY, PA, WA. Travel We prioritize connection and opportunities to build relationships with our customers and each other. For this role, approximately 20% travel is anticipated to help you connect in-person in a meaningful way. What We Offer Working at Twilio offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, ample parental and wellness leave, healthcare, a retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location. Compensation *Please note this role is open to candidates outside of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington D.C., and Washington State. The information below is provided for candidates hired in those locations only. The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows: Based in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont or Washington D.C. : $87,840 - $109,900. Based in New York, New Jersey, Washington State, or California (outside of the San Francisco Bay area): $92,960 - $116,200. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, California: $103,200 - 129,000. This role may be eligible to participate in Twilio’s equity plan and corporate bonus plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health care insurance, 401(k) retirement account, paid sick time, paid personal time off, paid parental leave. The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. Application deadline information (required for ALL US jobs) Applications for this role are intended to be accepted until August 31, 2026, but may change based on business needs. Twilio thinks big. Do you? We like to solve problems, take initiative, pitch in when needed, and are always up for trying new things. That's why we seek out colleagues who embody our values — something we call Twilio Magic. Additionally, we empower employees to build positive change in their communities by supporting their volunteering and donation efforts. So, if you're ready to unleash your full potential, do your best work, and be the best version of yourself, apply now! 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