About Carbon Equity

Carbon Equity is a pioneering climate tech venture capital and private equity fund investment platform. Our mission is to unlock private capital at the scale of billions to help solve the world’s greatest challenges, starting with climate change. We reshape the investment landscape by enabling individuals to invest in ventures that drive positive change while generating attractive financial returns. Carbon Equity is a high growth series A venture backed scale-up with 35 talented fulltime employees from companies such as Alpinvest, McKinsey, Messagebird, Dealroom, Felyx and Rocket Internet. Carbon Equity has offices in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Position: Event & Community Manager

Location: Amsterdam

Reporting to: Head of Marketing

Role Overview

We are searching for a highly motivated and well-structured event manager who can take our (co-)owned events to the next level. With your support, we intend to scale up the number of events we organize and the quality of each interaction. Experiences that you create can inspire investors to join our mission to power thousands of climate tech solutions. In this role, you will be part of the marketing team and contribute to the output of the wider commercial team (private sales, professional sales, business development, and product). Your goal is to create events that resonate with our audience, inspire action, and ultimately help grow our community. Attracting new and exciting existing investors. If you are a strong project manager with an eye for detail who loves to organize events that generate real impact, this is a position for you! Join us in our pursuit to enable individuals to use their capital to fight climate change.

Note: We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. As part of this commitment, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds and experiences to apply for our open positions, even if you don't meet all of the qualifications listed in the job description.

The Role & Responsibilities

The ideal candidate is someone who can take event ideas and turn them into reality. Translating insights-inspired concepts into detailed project plans and executing them with excellence. Looking for ways to improve the quality while running the daily operations and keeping things efficient. Constantly assessing and balancing our required input with the desired output.

• Manage our owned and co-owned events, both online (webinars) and offline (in-person)
• Set clear event goals and work towards achieving them, working together with the team
• Continuously seek to learn about what worked well and/or what can still be improved.
• Act as an owner and be the dedicated point of contact, also for our external partners
• Initiate new events and scale up proven concepts to drive lead generation and conversion
• Find ways to level up our events while also keeping a close eye on our cost efficiency
• Work based on (new) insights to make our events even more customer-centric
• Track KPIs, such as registrations, attendees, qualified leads, and (new) customers

In your role, you will work closely with marketing and commercial teams. We will give you full ownership of events, taking them from ideation to execution to the next level.

Who You Are

• Seasoned project manager, able to multitask, and an open communicator
• Passionate about organizing events and creating elevated brand experiences
• Entrepreneurial and proactive mindset, able to deal with constant change
• Eye for detail and ability to keep the overview when things become complex
• Strong problem-solving skills and well-versed in running operations
• Self-critical learner who is always looking to improve (with the customer in mind)
• A stress-resistant and structured individual with a hands-on mentality
• Honest, accepting input, and comfortable providing feedback
• B2B event management experience is considered a big plus
• Understanding of or passion for climate tech is preferred
• Affinity with the financial markets and/or investing is preferred

Qualifications & Experiences

• 3-5 years of experience in event management, preferably within finance or B2B
• Bachelor's degree in event management, business administration, or a related field
• Near native command of (American) English and Dutch, both written and verbally
• Located in the Netherlands or willing to relocate and has a permit to work in the Netherlands

What we offer

• You’re part of the mission, offering our employees a stock option plan based on experience
• Work at a fast-growing fintech company with the ambition to change the world for good
• Lots of room to bring your own ideas and the mandate to actually work on realizing them
• Hybrid work culture, given you are at the office (inc. free lunch) at least 3 days a week
• Headquarters located in the heart of Amsterdam, close to the lively Nieuwmarkt
• Full-time (40 hours) and in-house position. No freelancing setup possible
• 25 holiday days (full-time contract) and bi-annual company offsite

Please be aware: No recruitment services are needed at this moment in time.