--- title: 'Senior Field and Event Manager at Tigera' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-field-and-event-manager-tigera-vancouver-hwz37kqwd6mn' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Senior Field and Event Manager at Tigera - **Company:** Tigera - **Location:** Vancouver, Canada - **Posted:** 2026-09-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/tigera/jobs/4739135005?gh_jid=4739135005 ## Job description Tigera—the pioneer behind Calico and Lynx—is defining the future of AI agent security, workload governance, and cloud-native networking. As autonomous AI agents, LLM frameworks, and microservices proliferate across enterprise infrastructure, Tigera delivers the deep visibility, runtime protection, and eBPF-driven enforcement control required to secure the next generation of computing. From modern cloud-native architectures to cutting-edge AI agent ecosystems, our technology safeguards over 1 million Kubernetes clusters across multicloud and hybrid environments. Trusted by world-class innovation leaders—including NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Bloomberg, Chipotle, GoDaddy, and Upwork—we empower enterprises to build, scale, and innovate with AI safely and without compromise. At Tigera, our customers are the heroes of our story. We aim high, move fast, foster continuous learning, and build a high-trust, highly collaborative environment where every voice shapes the future of AI security. If you are looking to help make a substantial impact, and our values and products align with your vision of your career growth, we want to hear from you! ## About your role Enterprises are evaluating platforms that run containers and virtual machines together. As they consider VM workloads on Kubernetes, networking and security are critical to the design and operation of those platforms. At the same time, organizations are taking AI applications and agents into production and need infrastructure that can operate reliably across data centers, clouds, and regions. Tigera’s portfolio spans Calico networking and security, converged networking for VM workloads in Kubernetes, Lynx, and emerging AI-focused initiatives. We are hiring a Senior Field and Event Marketing Manager to build programs that put Tigera in the right conversations with the right buyers. You will decide where we show up, create reasons for prospects and partners to engage with us, and turn event interactions into qualified meetings and pipeline. You will work closely with Growth Marketing, Sales, Product Marketing, technical teams, partners, and executives. This is a hands-on role with ownership from strategy through execution and measurement. This is a hybrid role based in Vancouver, Canada. Salary range: CAD $85,000 - 95,000 + 10% bonus on meeting targets You Will: Set the field and event strategy - Build a focused calendar of cloud, Kubernetes, infrastructure, and security events, including partner and regional programs. - Choose where Tigera should sponsor, speak, attend, or host based on buyer fit, target accounts, and meeting potential. - Test new communities and formats, then invest in what works. Run high-impact programs - Own event budgets, vendors, logistics, speakers, and on-site execution. - Partner with Sales on target accounts, meeting plans, and executive preparation. - Create relevant experiences, from conferences and partner events to dinners, roundtables, and technical meetups. Generate demand and pipeline - Build campaigns and outreach with Sales, Product Marketing, Content, and partners before and after key events. - Ensure every event has clear goals, lead capture, and follow-up owners; coordinate workflows with Sales and Marketing Operations. - Measure qualified meetings, account engagement, opportunities, and pipeline, and use results to improve the program. You have: - 2+ years of experience in B2B field marketing, events, demand generation, or a related role, with hands-on ownership of programs, and booth and collateral messaging. - Experience marketing technical products to enterprise buyers; cybersecurity, cloud, Kubernetes, or infrastructure experience is a plus. - A track record of turning events into qualified conversations, not just attendance. - Strong project management, communication, budgeting, and cross-functional skills. - A proactive approach, comfort working with executives and technical teams, and willingness to travel from Vancouver for priority events. You will thrive here if: You think beyond the event itself: who needs to be there, why they would meet Tigera, and what should happen next. You can move from account planning to event execution to a practical review of results. How success will be measured: - Qualified meetings and engagement with target accounts - Timely follow-up and conversion to opportunities - Event-sourced and event-influenced pipeline - Cost per qualified meeting and performance of the event portfolio - Speaking, customer, and partner opportunities with the right audiences With offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver (Canada), Cork (Ireland), and London (England), we have a thriving team of diverse individuals from all over the world. We believe in a collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect for, and commitment from, every employee. We also offer a competitive compensation package along with full health, vision, and dental benefits. These benefits, coupled with an amazing team of individuals who believe in our mission and value openness, collaboration, and teamwork, make Tigera an awesome place to work. ## About Tigera ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Tigera provides unified security, observability, and authorization control for AI agents and Kubernetes workloads through its Calico and Lynx platforms. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B; $53M total funding) - **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Ratan Tipirneni (CEO), Pervez Sikora (former President), Alain Mayer (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Kubernetes-native networking and security; AI agent security and governance - **Target customers**: AI & Platform Engineering teams, Security teams at large enterprises (B2B, Enterprise) - **Mission statement**: "Control and visibility for every AI workload and agent, wherever they run" ## Products & Services - **[Calico Platform](https://www.tigera.io/)**: Unified platform for Kubernetes networking, security, and observability. Powered by Calico Open Source, Istio, Envoy, and eBPF. Provides full visibility into AI agents, runtime enforcement, and policy automation across any Kubernetes distribution, VM, or bare metal host. Used by 1M+ clusters daily. - **[Lynx](https://www.tigera.io/)**: AI Agent Security, Observability & Enforcement for Kubernetes. Allows teams to audit, observe, and enforce what AI agents are authorized to do *before* they act. Audit-ready by default with traceable logs for every agent action and policy decision. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - Annual Revenue: ~$10.5M per [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigera) - Total Funding: $53M (Series B closed Dec 2018 for $30M; Series A $13M in 2016; Venture round $10M) - Nodes Secured Daily: 8M+ - Clusters Under Management: 1M+ - **Notable Customers**: NVIDIA, Royal Bank of Canada, Bloomberg, Chipotle, GoDaddy, Upwork - **Investors/Partners**: 4 investors in Series B, 3 in Series A (exact names not fully disclosed in source) - **Growth Signals**: Operating across 6 countries (USA, Canada, Ireland, India, Israel, UK); named GigaOM Leader and Outperformer; expanding into AI agent security (Lynx product launch) ## Competitive Advantages - **Deep Kubernetes expertise**: Created and maintains Calico Open Source, the most widely adopted container networking and security solution - **NSX alternative**: Migrate off VMware NSX without rearchitecting the network - **Proactive enforcement**: Unlike traditional security tools that audit after the fact, Tigera enforces authorization *before* agents act - **Proven at scale**: 8M+ nodes secured daily across 1M+ clusters in production at demanding enterprises - **No vendor lock-in**: Works across every Kubernetes distribution, cloud provider, and on-premises environment - **Single console**: One operator installs, configures, and manages the full networking and security stack ## Strategic Focus - **AI Agent Security**: Extending policy enforcement and observability to govern autonomous AI agents as they become embedded in critical business processes - **Simplification**: Reducing operational burden with automated policy recommendations, testing, and deployment - **Unified platform**: Eliminating tool sprawl and fragmented controls across Kubernetes environments - **Open-source commitment**: Maintaining Calico Open Source as the leading standard while offering advanced capabilities commercially ## Why Work Here - **Company culture**: Collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect and commitment. Core values include continuous learning, building, and testing. 4.6/5.0 employer rating (63 reviews) with high marks for culture (4.6), work-life balance (4.5), and career growth (4.5) per [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigera) - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Global team with offices in USA, Canada, Ireland, and England; emphasizes flexible work environment - **Perks**: Competitive salary with stock options, top-tier health/vision/dental benefits, monthly wellness allowance, quarterly team events, weekly team lunches, happy hours - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on continuous learning, certification, and open-source contribution. Team includes former engineers from Metaswitch, VMware, Microsoft, NGINX, and Project Calico - **Team composition**: 87 employees currently; 44 in technical roles, 9 in product, 8 in marketing. Senior-heavy team (29 senior, 17 other management) - **Active openings**: 6 positions including Senior AI/ML Engineer, Senior TestOps Engineer, Senior UI Engineer, Senior SDET, and Enterprise Account Executives ## Sources 1. [tigera.io](https://www.tigera.io/) 2. [tigera.io/about](https://www.tigera.io/about/) 3. [tigera.io/careers](https://www.tigera.io/careers/) 4. [LinkedIn - Tigera](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigera) 5. 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