Senior Manager, Global Internal Events

About Us 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. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. 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. 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, TX or San Francisco, CA

Reports to: Head of Global Real Estate & Workplace

About The Role We are seeking a dynamic and creative Senior Manager, Global Internal Events to lead and scale our global internal events program. In this highly visible role, you will shape experiences that creatively engage employees, reinforce our culture, and bring our values to life across all global hubs.

You thrive in fast-paced environments, balancing operational excellence with creativity. With a hospitality mindset and strong stakeholder management skills, you’ll partner closely with executives, cross-functional teams, and site leads to deliver consistent, memorable, and culturally resonant events that connect employees around the world.

This position is based in Austin, TX, reporting directly to the Head of Global Real Estate & Workplace. It requires a full-time, in-office presence (Monday through Friday), with occasional evening hours as needed to accommodate event schedules.

Responsibilities

• Global Events Leadership: Lead the strategy, planning, and execution of global workplace-supported internal events - including hub activations, team onsites, celebrations, employee experiences, and the startup program. Your team also owns the recruiting, management, and support of the Global Site Lead program. As an expert in your field, you bring a deep understanding of cultural and local nuances to ensure events resonate authentically with employees in each region.
• Team Mentorship & Collaboration: Manage and mentor the Global Internal Events Manager. Partner with Workplace Operations teams and site leads worldwide to spark creativity, share best practices, and deliver impactful events across hubs.
• Employee Engagement & ERG Support: Collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support planning and execution of key cultural events, with focus on prominent identity- and mission-driven observances.
• Communications: Own internal communications for the Places team, ensuring events and initiatives are clearly, consistently, and creatively communicated across multiple formats to maximize visibility, engagement and participation.
• Scalable Frameworks: Establish a global event calendar, frameworks, and best practices to ensure consistency and high-quality experiences across global hubs. Build operating models that clearly define roles, responsibilities, and cross-functional workflows for event and onsite planning within Places and across the organization.
• Budget & Vendor Management: Own the global events budget, including forecasting, negotiations, and vendor management. Drive creative, cost-effective solutions that maximize impact within constraints.
• Innovation & Design: Experiment with new event formats and scalable models that can be customized regionally while maintaining brand consistency.
• Cross-Functional Partnerships: Build strong relationships with Physical Security, People, Communications, IT, EBC, Executive Admins, and Site Leads to ensure seamless delivery.
• Measurement & Reporting: Track, measure, and report on event effectiveness - capturing engagement, outcomes, and ROI to inform strategy and scale successes globally. Lead post-event retrospectives and QBRs, using feedback to recommend improvements and refine future programs.
• Culture & Hospitality: Ensure events reflect Cloudflare’s culture and values while creating inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring experiences. Stay ahead of industry trends to raise the bar for internal events.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in event management, including 5+ years leading global internal events or employee experience programs.
• Proven track record managing creative, large-scale event portfolios across multiple geographies.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing and developing a high-performing team as well as external vendors.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including working with executives.
• Expertise in budget management and vendor negotiation.
• Creative mindset with an eye for detail, hospitality, and cultural alignment.
• Thrives in an in-office, collaborative environment.
• Ability to travel globally as needed.

Compensation Compensation may be adjusted based on location:

For the Bay Area the expected salary range is $180,000 - $220,000

Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our 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 benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• 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

What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo : Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project : In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

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