Events Marketing Manager - APAC

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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

We’re looking for an Events Marketing Manager who is passionate about the Wise Mission - Money without borders. You’ll be a part of the Wise Platform team, leading impactful projects in order to expand our growing list of global partners, helping us deliver world class payment service solutions to our partners and their customers across the APAC region. This role is based in our Singapore office.

Wise Platform is one of the product teams at Wise which empowers banks, fintechs and enterprises to build global payments solutions through their own channels. Wise Platform already powers international payments for some of the world’s largest banks and platforms, including Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, Google Pay, Ramp, Brex and Monzo.

What’s the role?

The Wise Platform team has seen significant growth in the last few years, boasting a number of well-known household brands as partners. To help accelerate this growth, we’re looking for an Events Marketing hire to build, execute and scale out our events, driving clear prospect engagement and attributable revenue impact in the region.

You’ll need to apply your experience of working with global teams to develop and execute local marketing strategies, measurement and GTM materials. You’ll need to be comfortable in solving challenges and establishing ways of working. You won’t have to do this alone, as you’ll be supported by our wider team of global Marketing experts. 

Day-to-day, your primary focus will be to lead Wise Platform's regional event marketing activities for APAC - running large-scale owned and third-party events, and leading and setting up other locally owned events.

You will work cross-functionally with Global Wise Platform Marketing, Sales, Sales Enablement, Design, Product and other teams to drive top of the funnel and ongoing engagement with partners at different stages of the sales cycle. Your efforts will directly impact our revenue growth by enabling our commercial teams to sell more, better and faster.

Your Mission:

Event Strategy & Planning:

• Drive the APAC events strategy, including developing an events calendar and setting success metrics that align with commercial goals

• Own large-scale event target lists aligned with sales objectives 

• Lead the event communication lifecycle across email and social to maximise engagement

• Conceptualise, plan and execute new events end-to-end

Lead Management & Reporting:

• Implement and own pre-event registrations, lead capture and follow-up processes in collaboration with the Sales Enablement and Revenue Operations teams

• Track, analyse and report on event performance against defined KPIs (e.g., leads generated, pipeline influenced, attendance, engagement)

• Provide post-event analysis and recommendations for continuous improvement

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Act as a liaison between Marketing and Sales to set and ensure event objectives are met and Sales teams are fully enabled for pre- and post-event activities

• Train and brief Sales team on event objectives, messaging and lead qualification processes

End-to-End Event Logistics & Execution:

• Manage all aspects of event logistics, including venue selection, all vendor negotiation and management, swag and other collateral orders, and registration platforms and event communications

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders (Sales, Product, Executive Leadership) to secure speakers, content, and participation

• Develop and manage event timelines, ensuring all deadlines are met

• Ensure seamless on-site execution, acting as the primary point of contact for all event-related matters

• Project management - drive the end-to-end project management process by maintaining a centralised "source of truth" for all events, this includes tracking all open items, defining clear ownership and delegation areas across cross-functional teams and managing rigorous timelines to ensure every next step is executed on schedule

Qualifications

About You:

• Experience in running and managing events

• Having managed and owned event pipeline and event-engagement, lead-management in the past 

• You’re a confident communicator able to speak to colleagues and partners with conviction and clarity

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strive to have a customer-first mindset

• Experience working in financial services - payments, banking or B2B solutions targeting banks and enterprise partners

• Self-starter and impact-driven - you enjoy taking ownership of projects with limited oversight. You thrive more on autonomy than structure. You’re not afraid to take responsibility and ownership of your work. You come ready equipped with perseverance and a sizable sense of humour.

• Quick learner and problem solver with a strong analytical mindset and eager to learn and develop with a passion for using data to improve campaign performance

Desirable skillsets/experiences:

• Strong/expert proficiency in a second language (e.g. Japanese, Thai, Cantonese) to collaborate with regional partners and stakeholders across the APAC region who primarily communicate in these languages

• Experience in using Salesforce

• Experience in using Luma and Hubspot

• Experience working in an international organisation

• Worked in a start-up environment before

• Familiar with financial services and major regulatory landscapes and understand how the remittance landscape / international payments works today

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Singapore.

Additional Information

Office: Singapore 

Salary Range: SGD 7,100 to 9,250 monthly + RSUs

Key Benefits:

• Flexible working - whether it’s working from home, school plays or life admin we get that flexibility is essential and you’re trusted to do the right thing and be responsible

• Stock options in a profitable company

• Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities

• 3 me days per year

• 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise, on top of annual leave

• Private medical insurance

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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