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About us
At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We also believe that bank account data is a powerful tool to make better, faster decisions. We’re making it easy to use both- for businesses everywhere. GoCardless is used for domestic and international payments by 85,000+ organisations and counting, processing more than $30 billion across 30 countries. We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Latvia and the United States.
The role
As a Partner Events Manager you’ll develop and implement a comprehensive global events plan aligned with the GoCardless indirect partner channel. This role will involve collaborating with strategic global partners, industry publications, and marketing initiatives to deliver key events, manage relationships with Partner Account Managers, and oversee the execution of partner-related events while effectively utilizing the Partnerships Budget. You will work closely with teams across Brand Design, Content, and Product Marketing to ensure successful event delivery and alignment with our strategic goals.
What excites you
- Building a global events plan aligned to the GoCardless indirect partner channel - incorporating strategic global partners, industry publications, campaigns and thought leadership
- Owning the delivery of key events for strategic partners, working closely with the wider marketing team.
- Collaborating with Partner Account Managers on the plan of events attended or hosted for our strategic partners, leading the development of marketing initiatives.
- Project managing and executing partner related events, working closely with Brand Design, Content and Product Marketing.
- Collaborating on the effective utilisation of Partnerships Budget.
What excites us
- 3+ years partner event management and/ or experience in marketing to a B2B SaaS audience.
- A born executor, who thrives in managing an end to end events strategy from conception to managing post event ROI
- A natural project manager, able to coordinate resources across teams and balance competing priorities.
- Experience in B2B events contract negotiation
- Customer-focussed and are always seeking solutions that simultaneously benefit the end-user, your partner and the Go Cardless business.
- Budget management
- You are commercially astute and take a holistic view of the partner strategy when evaluating the impact of your activities.
(some of) The good stuff
- Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
- Work away scheme -you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period (in accordance with our work away policy)
- Adaptive Working - Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level
- Equity -all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
- Parental leave -to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
- Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
Life at GoCardless
We're an organisation defined by our values; We
start with why
before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We
make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We
act with integrity
, always. We
care deeply
about what we do and we know it's essential that we
be humble
whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCees’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of July 2024;
45% identify as women
23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed or Other
10% identify as LGBTQIA+
9% identify as neurodiverse
2% identify as disabled
If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latestD&I Report
Sustainability
We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here. Find out more about Life at GoCardless via Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
