Part Time Events Manager

NOTE: This is a part time contract role at 20hrs/week at $30/hour

Are you looking for a career in venture at one of the fastest growing funds in B2B tech?

Forum Ventures is hiring a part-time Events Coordinator to help run our core founder-facing event formats across North America. This role blends hands-on execution, creative thinking, and operational efficiency. You'll be responsible for organizing and delivering high-quality events at scale—remotely—while keeping communication tight with the Forum team members who host each event in their local market.

We run a small number of repeatable event formats, and your job is to execute them flawlessly, bring creative ideas to elevate them, and use tools/automation to help us move faster every time. If you love running smooth operations and finding smarter, more delightful ways to engage founders through events, this role is the right fit.

• Organize and manage events remotely across multiple cities, from small meetups to recurring founder gatherings.

• Maintain strong communication with Forum team members on the ground who act as hosts to ensure alignment, smooth execution, and consistent quality.

• Handle end-to-end coordination using our established event formats and playbooks.

• Troubleshoot challenges in real time and ensure every detail is executed with precision.

• Manage all events on time and on budget, working with the marketing team for any scope creep that might occur

• Identify repetitive steps and use AI, templates, and light automation to streamline them.

• Refine and evolve event checklists, runbooks, and SOPs to make operations smoother and faster.

• Increase consistency across cities and formats by implementing scalable processes.

• Own event promotion across digital channels, using existing templates while bringing fresh ideas for creative assets, hooks, and copy.

• Ensure all events are captured visually for wrap-ups and future event promos.

• Brainstorm and test new approaches to drive stronger attendance, higher-quality RSVPs, and better engagement.

• Collaborate with the marketing team to ensure event messaging aligns with Forum's brand and goals.

• Manage event setup on platforms like Luma and HubSpot, including RSVPs, waitlists, and comms.

• Maintain organized systems for event data, materials, templates, and reporting.

• Ensure run-of-show materials, signage, and digital assets are updated and consistent.

• Track attendance and performance metrics using our established dashboards and workflows.

• Create a feedback look with both event attendees and Forum team members on the ground.

• Flag insights, friction points, or opportunities to improve future events.

• Partner with the marketing team on iteration and continuous improvement.

• You have 2–4 years of experience in events, operations, marketing, or hospitality

• You love making things run smoothly. And even more, you love making them run better.

• You're creative and enjoy elevating an experience beyond the basics.

• You're comfortable using AI tools, templates, and modern workflows to move quickly.

• You're a proactive communicator who keeps distributed teammates aligned.

• You're organized, efficient, and able to juggle multiple events at once without losing accuracy.

• You take pride in delivering clean, polished work that feels high-touch even when it's systemized.
  

Forum Ventures is an early-stage fund, accelerator, and founder community helping B2B SaaS companies go from pre-seed to seed. Over the last decade, we've backed hundreds of companies who have gone on to raise $1B+ from top funds like a16z, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, NEA, Craft, Emergence, and many more.

We're a tight-knit team of operators, investors, and builders who love this work and genuinely care about the founders we support. You'll have meaningful ownership, direct exposure to deals, and the opportunity to shape how we invest and scale in the years to come.