Head of Events, APAC

Foundry seeks a Head of Events, APAC to lead its regional event portfolio and teams across Asia-Pacific.

This senior role involves strategy, planning, and delivery of conferences and awards programs.

At Foundry, formerly known as IDG Communications, we have played a key role in every major milestone in modern technology since 1964.

We lead the world by helping companies bring their visions to reality through media, marketing technologies, and proprietary data.

## What you'll do

• •Own and execute the APAC events strategy in alignment with Foundry’s global objectives.
• •Provide senior leadership to distributed event teams across India, Korea, Japan, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand.
• •Oversee the end-to-end planning and execution of Foundry’s flagship conferences and awards programs.
• •Own regional event budgets and P&L performance.
• •Lead, mentor, and develop regional event managers and production teams.
• •Build strong relationships with senior Foundry stakeholders, sponsors, speakers, venues, and external partners.
• •Establish scalable processes, timelines, and delivery frameworks to support a complex regional calendar.

• •Senior-level experience leading large-scale conferences, awards programs, or live events across multiple markets.
• •Proven ability to manage regional or multi-country teams.
• •Strong communications and executive presence.
• •Demonstrated expertise in event strategy, operations, and financial management.
• •Experience working across diverse cultures and markets within Asia-Pacific.