Global Workplace Services Manager, Events & Experiences
Databricks · San Francisco, California · Facilities · listed September 3, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Experience asked
8–12 years
Where
On site
Stated pay
$144,500 – $198,650 USD
Requirements listed
12
Length
1,067 words
In the posting’s own words
The Real Estate & Workplace Services (REWS) team operates at an extremely fast pace, and we are in search of a leader with a startup mindset and fresh, innovative ideas to help us scale our events & experiences programming effectively. You will be instrumental in transforming our offices into vibrant community hubs through high-impact programming that builds culture and connection. You’ll also build scalable processes to support on-site business meetings & trainings, off-site experiences for large hubs and departments, and executive gatherings. We need a consistent, scalable approach with a local lens to support our unique cultures in each location.
What it asks for · 12
- 8–12+ years leading workplace experience, experiential events, or hospitality programs within a fast-growing global tech company.
- Strong background in planning and driving large-scale, high-budget corporate events and multi-city experiential events on a global scale.
- Be well versed on in-office event execution and constraints.
- Demonstrated capacity to independently manage complex logistical operations with concurrent execution timelines.
- Deep experience in event production, including technical/AV integration, spatial planning, and high-touch VIP white-glove service.
- Great communication skills and the ability to draft robust communications plans for events, programs, and operations.
- Proven organizational skills, managing multiple work streams and projects
- Customer focused attitude - ensuring consistently high quality resolutions
- Experience working with a mix of outsourced partner teams, vendors, and FTEs.
- Experience with procurement, contract management and review, and vendor management.
- Experience with google suite.
- Experience with fresh service, asana, epoch programs preferred.
What the job covers
- Global Experience Strategy: Define and execute a multi-region workplace experience strategy that drives office attendance, fosters company culture, and strengthens employee community. Include a comprehensive operational roadmap, and timeline.
- Event Operations & Execution: Direct and be able to lead and liaise with local workplace specialists and outsourced teams the end-to-end planning and delivery for high-visibility workplace events, including weekly happy hours, monthly activations, business meetings and trainings, executive/board dinners, product launch celebrations, holiday gatherings, and community activations; Command on-site physical events, serving as the primary point of escalation to supervise and manage real-time staffing logistics, and conduct troubleshooting to safeguard attendee safety and experience.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with internal stakeholders—including Internal Communications, People/HR, Executive Assistants, Corporate Marketing, IT/AV, Security, food and beverage teams, and local workplace leaders and specialists—to ensure seamless event delivery.
- Strategic Stakeholder management: Provide exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and diplomatic capabilities to seamlessly collaborate with, influence, and align global cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership teams.
- Global Standards & Playbooks: Develop standardized global playbooks, service-level agreements (SLAs), and operational guidelines for local workplace teams to execute events consistently across regions.
- Vendor Management: Oversee global contracts and relationships with event production vendors, catering teams, and local event suppliers.
- Budget & Measurement: Manage and build a multi-million-dollar global experience budget. Establish key metrics (NPS or similar, participation rates, cost-per-attendee) to measure event impact, connection, and inform future programming.
- Technical Fluency : Approach process and procedure with technical competency utilizing event management platforms, cross-functional collaborative tools (such as Cvent, Asana, Slack, Zoom, Epoch and mobile event applications), and AI to drive production timelines and organize project workforces and workflows.
- Mentor and Coach: Mentor and coach workplace specialists with a focus on events & experiences, as well as outsourced team members to grow in the field, and provide best in class experiences to the Databricks community.
Tools and skills named
Ways of working
- Cross-functional3×
- Slack
Operations & finance
- Vendor management2×
- Stakeholder management
Data
- Databricks2×
Go to market
- Negotiation
Product & design
- Roadmap
Security & compliance
- Security
Words the posting leans on
- events20×
- experience16×
- workplace12×
- global9×
- leader6×
- management5×
- build4×
- community4×
- events experiences4×
- execution4×
- executive4×
- programs4×
- vendor4×
- communications3×
- cross-functional3×
- culture3×
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