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Role Summary
Lead the strategy, planning, and execution of OCI's global event portfolio, including OCI Engineering Summits, strategic customer events, and OCI participation at Oracle and industry flagship events. This leader will build a scalable operating model that connects event investments to OCI business priorities, customer engagement, product adoption, and executive relationships.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities

• Own the global OCI Summits and strategic events portfolio, roadmap, budget, and operating model.
• Establish a repeatable framework for scaling OCI Engineering Summits across the globe and other priority markets.
• Define event strategy in partnership with OCI Engineering, Product, GTM, Corporate Events, regional marketing, and executive leadership.
• Establish governance, planning timelines, decision rights, KPIs, and executive reporting across the portfolio.
• Manage agency and strategic vendor relationships and oversee high-value event investments.
• Develop executive engagement strategies, including customer meetings, roundtables, dinners, and leadership programming.
• Measure event effectiveness across customer engagement, executive participation, product adoption, pipeline influence, and attendee experience.
• Lead and develop the OCI Summits & Flagship Events team.

Ideal Background
10+ years in global event marketing, experiential marketing, integrated marketing, or strategic programs, including experience managing complex global events, executive stakeholders, agencies, and significant budgets.
Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in global events, experiential marketing, integrated marketing, or strategic program management.
• 3+ years of people management experience, including developing and leading high-performing teams.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, high-visibility customer events or global event portfolios.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders across multiple organizations.
• Experience managing significant event budgets, agencies, vendors, contracts, and procurement processes.
• Demonstrated ability to establish strategy, governance, operating models, and measurable program objectives.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex programs simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience within cloud infrastructure, enterprise technology, AI, or developer-focused organizations.
• Experience scaling a successful event or customer program globally.
• Experience developing executive customer engagement programs.
• Experience working with engineering, product, sales, and marketing organizations.
• Experience managing strategic technology partnerships and joint events.
• Strong understanding of event measurement, customer engagement metrics, and ROI.

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Qualifications
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $101,400 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - M2
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