management
Posted 5 days agoDirector of Developer Events
at LazyApply
Hybrid
Responsibilities
- Own the developer events strategy — Define and execute a unified events portfolio for the Developer Platform, spanning flagship moments, owned events, sponsored/third-party events, executive dinners, pop-up experiences, and field activations.
- experience design, branding, and storytelling.
- Drive developer acquisition and adoption —You'll define the metrics that matter and hold the team accountable to them.
- Build and manage the events calendar — Evaluate, prioritize, and manage a global calendar of 50+ events per year. Make disciplined bets on where Cloudflare needs to show up and where it doesn't.
- Manage budget at scale — Own a significant events budget. Allocate spend across the portfolio with clear ROI frameworks and the ability to pivot mid-year based on performance data.
- Lead cross-functional execution — Partner with DevRel (for technical content and speakers), Product (for speakers, launches and demos), Sales (for executive dinners and field events), and Comms (for press and analyst moments) to ensure events are fully integrated into broader GTM motions.
- Manage vendors and agencies — Oversee relationships with event production agencies, venue partners, AV vendors, and creative contractors.
- Build and lead a team — Manage and grow a lean team of event professionals. Set the culture, operating cadence, and quality standards for the events function.
Requirements
- As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.
- We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools.
- Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up.
- If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Available Locations Austin, US New York, US San Francisco, US About the Role
- Cloudflare's Developer Platform (Workers, Pages, R2, D1, Durable Objects, AI, and more) is how the next generation of builders ships to the global Internet.
- Bring fresh thinking on formats: hackathons, build-alongs, AI agent showcases, intimate roundtables, hybrid/digital experiences, and activations that meet developers in non-traditional settings.
- experience in events, experiential marketing, or developer marketing, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing teams and budgets. Deep
- experience with developer or technical audiences.
- Proven ability to manage large budgets ($2M+) with financial discipline and transparency.
- Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
- Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.
Experience
- Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Experience 15+ years of
Benefits
- Taste and creative vision. You have a portfolio (formal or informal) of events you're proud of. You can articulate why specific design, content, and
- Experience producing hybrid or digital-first event formats Compensation
- Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- For Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of $198,000 - $273,000
- For NYC based hires: Estimated annual salary of $189,000 - $260,000 Equity
- This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits
- benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our
- Health & Welfare Benefits
- Medical/Rx Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance
- On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
- Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off
- Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
- All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law.
Contact
- Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at hr@cloudflare.com or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.
Additional details
- At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet.
- Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.
- Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
- Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request.
- Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
- At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with.
- Events are one of the most powerful levers we have to reach developers where they are — and to create the moments that turn curiosity into conviction.
- This person will be responsible for the full portfolio: flagship tentpole events, Cloudflare-owned developer experiences, sponsored and partnered events, executive dinners, pop-up activations, and field programs.
- You'll shape how Cloudflare shows up in real life.
- We’re looking for someone with taste — a point of view on what makes a developer event worth attending, a keen eye for design and