Events Specialist, Sales & Partnerships, Makati

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.

About the Success Operations Team

The Success Operations team is part of the Commercial Operations group, drives Thumbtack’s growth through the External Sales and Success team events. They are a tight-knit group charged with helping to drive Demand and Supply growth for both sides of our marketplace. They provide actionable insights to the Sales, Partnership and success teams and leadership, drive efficiencies in workflows and processes, and facilitate a smooth process for our pros and customers to help them be successful on our platform. We collaborate across a variety of teams--from analytics to product to engineering to support!

About the Role

As an Events Specialist focused on Sales, Success and Partnerships, you’ll be instrumental in planning, executing, and optimizing external facing events that drive Demand and Supply growth and strengthen strategic partnerships for Thumbtack. You will help to support our events strategy by facilitating external in-person connections for Thumbtack employees and clients through memorable in-person events, including our many conference events held across the US. You will collaborate with Sales, Success, Produce and Partnership teams to understand their goals and deliver events that generate leads, nurture relationships, and enhance Thumbtack’s brand presence. You’ll be a proactive organizer and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic environment, bringing creative solutions and scalable strategies to event planning.

What you’ll do:

• Event Planning & Execution: Support and execute end-to-end event plans for attendees, including conferences, workshops, partner summits, and client meetings.
• Project management
• AI-enabled workflow design: Build and improve repeatable AI-supported workflows for event planning, communications, budget tracking, vendor evaluation, attendee management, and post-event reporting
• Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with Sales, Success and Partnership leadership to understand objectives and ensure events align with strategic goals, budgets and KPIs.
• Learning and documentation: Document prompts, workflows, automations, and lessons learned, and share best practices with cross-functional partners to improve how the team operates
• Vendor Management: Source, negotiate, and manage contracts with vendors, venues, and suppliers to ensure high-quality event experiences within budget.
• Promotion & Outreach: Work with marketing to promote events, create content, and ensure effective communication with attendees.
• Post-Event Analysis: Collect and analyze event data to measure ROI, identify areas for improvement, and provide insights to stakeholders.
• Content & Logistics Coordination: Support all event logistics including but not limited to: communications, registration, travel, accommodations, staffing, programming and content, exhibition material management, ensuring seamless execution.