About the Role
Seeking an experienced Senior Event Manager to support and scale STARK’s defence, industry, and technology events. This hands-on role involves dedicated ownership of large-scale international exhibitions, ensuring quality, execution excellence, and alignment across global event and marketing activities.
Responsibilities
- Act as dedicated event manager for major international exhibitions, owning planning and execution end-to-end.
- Support central event planning across the wider event portfolio.
- Align STARKs public presence with overall go-to-market, business development, and communications objectives.
- Coordinate complex event logistics including booth concepts, demos, briefings, stakeholder meetings, and on-site execution.
- Organise dedicated event marketing materials in German and English.
- Act as the single point of contact for large exhibitions, both in person and on portals.
- Act as a key interface to external agencies, suppliers, and service providers.
- Liaise with government, military, and institutional stakeholders as required.
- Lead post-event analysis including KPIs, ROI, attendee feedback, and strategic recommendations.
- Deliver concise, actionable reports to inform future event strategy and investment decisions.
- Maintain structured documentation and knowledge sharing for future use.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in event roles, preferably within defence, security, aerospace, or technology sectors; OR equivalent experience as a Project Manager organising large formats.
- Fluent in German and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience working with external agencies and managing multiple stakeholders.
- Available to travel and be mobile.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance required for this position.
Skills
- Project management
- Event strategy
- Event execution
- Event logistics
- Stakeholder management
- Agency management
- Post-event analysis
- Report delivery
- Knowledge sharing
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- STARK is a defence technology company revolutionizing the way autonomous systems are deployed across multiple domains.
- We design, develop and manufacture high performance unmanned systems that are software-defined, mass-scalable, and cost effective.
- We are focused on delivering deployable, high-performance systems.
- STARK is bolstering the technological edge of NATO Allies and their Partners to deter aggression and defend Europe.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
