Logistics at full potential. At GXO, we're constantly looking for talented individuals at all levels who can deliver the caliber of service our company requires. You know that a positive work environment creates happy employees, which boosts productivity and dedication. On our team, you'll have the support to excel at work and the resources to build a career you can be proud of. The Senior Director, Global Events & Engagements is a newly created strategic and operational leadership role responsible for defining, scaling, and delivering a world-class global events function that drives measurable business impact. This role oversees the full lifecycle of internal and external events—including industry conferences/tradeshows, customer and executive programs (customer advisory board and sporting events), partner activations, and employee-focused experiences (Leadership Summit)—ensuring alignment with company objectives, brand positioning, and growth strategy. As a senior leader, this role sets the vision for transforming events from execution-focused activities into an integrated, experience-led marketing and engagement capability that contributes directly to pipeline generation, relationship development, employee engagement, and business performance. This role is accountable for establishing event strategy (including messaging), managing budgets and vendor relationships, driving executive engagement, and implementing measurement frameworks that track ROI, engagement, and pipeline influence. The Senior Director also advances the use of technology and data to scale programs globally and enhance both attendee and stakeholder experiences. Position is hybrid and based out of our GXO office in Charlotte NC, High Point NC, Greenwich CT, or Fort Lauderdale FL. What you'll do on a typical day: Pipeline creation by aligning the event portfolio to target accounts, buyer priorities, and GTM campaigns, the role drives demand generation programs and high-value engagements that create qualified pipeline through industry events, executive programs, and proprietary experiences. Conversion improvement through curated, high-impact event experiences (customer programs, executive briefings, and targeted engagements), the role reduces buying friction, strengthens stakeholder alignment, and improves conversion at critical decision points at events. Commercial acceleration by designing events as relationship-building and selling environments, the role equips commercial teams with opportunities to engage buyers in meaningful, stage-specific interactions that accelerate deal velocity and increase confidence in complex sales cycles. Performance optimization through clear measurement frameworks, including pipeline influence, engagement, and ROI, the role continuously evaluates event performance and optimizes the portfolio to maximize business impact and revenue contribution. Responsible for the global events strategy, portfolio planning, and execution budget, including oversight of agencies, vendors, and enabling technologies required to deliver and scale world-class event experiences. Budget scope and investment levels to be defined in alignment with business priorities. Define and oversee event strategy, messaging alignment, and framework across the global events portfolio, ensuring all programs consistently reflect the company's value proposition, brand positioning, and commercial priorities. Creating, implementing and designing operational plans. What you need to succeed at

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At a minimum, you'll need: Bachelor's degree 10-12 years in a Fortune 500 company B2B required Logistics and 3PL industry experience a plus Travel 50% It'd be great if you also have: MBA or Post Graduate Degree #LI -hybrid Charlotte NC, hybrid High Point NC, hybrid Greenwich CT, hybrid Fort Lauderdale FL Pay, benefits and more. We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability and the opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan. GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team - energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer including Disabled/Veterans. GXO adheres to CDC, OSHA and state and local requirements regarding COVID safety. All employees and visitors are expected to comply with GXO policies which are in place to safeguard our employees and customers. All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.