Senior Event Manager (Contract-to-Full-Time) - Ondo Finance

About Ondo Finance

Ondo Finance provides institutional-grade, blockchain-enabled investment products and services. We operate both a technology arm that develops decentralized finance technology and an asset management arm that creates and manages tokenized funds. Ondo was the first company to tokenize exposure to US Treasuries and has since expanded into several other asset classes and protocols supporting real-world assets and traditional crypto.

Founded by alumni from Goldman Sachs' Digital Assets Team, we are backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, and Tiger Global. We are fully remote with team members distributed globally.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly organized, proactive, and execution-driven Senior Event Manager (Contract-to-Full-Time) to join Ondo Finance. This position will initially begin as a full-time contract role with the opportunity to transition into a permanent full-time role based on performance and business needs.

Reporting to the Marketing Events Lead, you will partner closely to execute Ondo’s global event strategy, manage internal offsites, and support high-impact external events including industry conferences, partner activations, executive gatherings, and institutional events.

Target Outcomes

• Seamless delivery of internal offsites and external event activations with high stakeholder satisfaction.
• Successful execution of Ondo’s global event strategy through reliable operational ownership.
• Consistent delivery of concurrent event workstreams on time and within budget.
• High-quality attendee, speaker, and partner experiences across all activations.
• Scalable event operations supported by efficient processes, documentation, and technology.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end planning and execution of internal offsites, including leadership, team, and company-wide retreats.
• Manage assigned external event workstreams, including industry conferences, sponsorships, partner activations, VIP receptions, and institutional gatherings.
• Source venues, negotiate contracts, and manage relationships with hotels, production agencies, AV providers, caterers, and vendors.
• Develop and maintain event timelines, project trackers, budgets, production schedules, run of show, and logistics documentation.
• Oversee attendee registration, communications, travel coordination, accommodations, and guest experiences.
• Manage event budgets, invoices, payment coordination, and post-event financial reconciliation.
• Coordinate speaker logistics, including onboarding, scheduling, travel, presentations, and onsite management.
• Coordinate with external agencies and cross-functional internal teams (Marketing, Design, GTM, Leadership, Legal, Finance).
• Develop and refine event playbooks, templates, workflows, and operational processes.
• Identify opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to streamline event operations.
• Support onsite execution for domestic and international events as needed.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in event management, production, or operations with demonstrated ownership of complex corporate events.
• Proven experience independently managing events from planning through onsite execution.
• Strong background in venue sourcing, contract negotiation, vendor management, budgeting, and event production.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving skills and sound judgment with the ability to work with minimal oversight.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for managing stakeholder expectations.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace and event/project management tools.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for onsite event execution.
• Located in US (PT, MT, CT, ET) or APAC time zones.

Nice to Haves

• Experience producing executive-level, institutional, or high-touch VIP events.
• Background in TradFi, fintech, crypto, or DeFi.
• Experience managing global events across North America, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.
• Familiarity with event registration platforms, CRM systems, and event marketing tools.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation including salary, future token rights, and/or equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible PTO policy.
• Remote-first work environment across global time zones.