Fast Facts

Ellucian is seeking a Corporate Events Manager to strategically enhance its presence at higher education events through effective planning, execution, and performance analysis of industry conferences.

Responsibilities: Oversee the end-to-end planning and execution of a portfolio of industry events, manage budgets, and analyze event effectiveness while working with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with corporate goals.

Skills: Proven experience in managing industry events with a focus on ROI analysis, strong collaboration skills with sales and marketing teams, and proficiency in Salesforce and project management tools.

Qualifications: Experience in higher education technology events preferred, with strong capabilities in event measurement and executive reporting, along with a polished presence when engaging with senior leaders.

Location: This position is hybrid based in Reston, Virginia, with 25% travel required.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $70,000 - $120,000.

About Ellucian

Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,800 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff.

Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement.

Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

About the Opportunity

The Corporate Events Manager plays a strategic role within Ellucian’s Corporate Events Team, partnering closely with Sales, Marketing, and senior stakeholders to maximize the business impact of Ellucian’s presence at key higher education events. The Corporate Events Team is responsible for the strategy, planning, and execution of Ellucian’s presence at higher education industry conferences, as well as the delivery of Ellucian Live, our flagship user conference. The Events Manager will own a portfolio of industry events while contributing to large-scale programs, including Ellucian Live, with a particular emphasis on ROI reporting, event capture, and executive-facing insights. This role goes beyond execution—focusing on measurement, impact, and decision support to inform where and how Ellucian shows up in the market.

Where you will make an impact

• Own end-to-end planning and execution for a portfolio of industry events, collaborating with key stakeholders to evaluate event participation, sponsorship agreements, and on-site footprint decisions.
• Lead planning discussions, manage event budgets, and develop executive-ready event briefings, including objectives, strategy, and post-event outcomes.
• Work with Operations, Marketing, and Sales to understand and improve event capture, ROI, pipeline influence/attribution, and post-event reporting models.
• Translate event performance data into clear insights and recommendations for leadership, informing future investment and footprint decisions.
• Support critical Ellucian Live workstreams, including Breakout Session Content, Sales Engagement, and Event Measurement.
• Ensure visibility and coordination of Calls for Proposals across the event portfolio, working with stakeholders to ensure event programming supports broader messaging and strategic goals.
• Act as a trusted and influential representative of the Corporate Events Team when engaging with executives, internal partners, and external event organizers.

What will you bring

• Demonstrated experience managing industry events or large-scale conferences, ideally within higher education technology or serving higher education audiences.
• Strong background in event measurement, ROI analysis, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Sales and Marketing teams to connect events to pipeline and business outcomes.
• Comfortable engaging with senior leaders and executives, with a polished, credible presence.
• Highly organized, analytical, and able to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional environments preferred.
• Proficiency in Salesforce; experience with project management tools (ex. Monday.com) and event platforms (ex. Rainfocus) desirable.

What makes #Ellucianlife

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision 
• Flexible time off 
• Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
• 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
• Parental Leave
• 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
• Telemedicine
• Wellness
• Headspace Care (mental health)
• Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
• Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups 
• Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
• We Foster a learning culture with:
• Education Assistance Program 
• Professional development opportunities

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