Manager, Events & Community

Manager, Events & Community

About Praxis

Praxis began in 2011 with a desire to support and equip Christian entrepreneurs and has grown steadily into a 25+ person, NY-centric team advancing the redemptive quests of founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to address the major issues of our time. As a $12M+/year nonprofit with ambitious growth plans, we're expanding our venture-building work globally, organizing around the major issues of our time, and building media and more to activate the redemptive potential of Christians around the world. We see our team as the first carriers of the mission, building an organization that is great to work at, excellent in its craft, and redemptive in its finances as well as its programs.

The Role

This role reports to the Director of Operations, Summit & Community at Praxis. As Manager, Events & Community, you will be a key driver of operational and logistical excellence across Praxis’s most significant gatherings. We’re looking for a high-capacity, detail-driven leader who thrives in a fast-paced, high-innovation environment—someone who can design and deliver world-class experiences, manage complex projects with excellence, and anticipate needs before they arise. You’ll take ownership (“A” in RACI) for key event workstreams, bring order and process to ambitious ideas, and contribute to the continued growth of our community gatherings. This is a growth-oriented role with potential to advance into Senior Manager responsibilities.

This growth-oriented role is centered around producing our Summit event, our flagship community gathering for over 400 people which occupy over half of the position's focus, and more so during peak seasons. This high touch, high experience design, $1m budget gathering is the destination point for all of our annual program conclusions and the central gathering place for our alumni, donors, and leaders.

In addition to this main gathering, we aim to connect the community in myriad ways and places – from our headquarters at Coram Deo in NY (a 7-story, 10,000 sq ft multi-purpose building with event and overnight accommodations) to places like Skoll Forum in Oxford (where we host a meal for 50 believers from a world-class network of 1500 social enterprise leaders), and we anticipate this role being both a strategic and operational resource for these different gatherings. Specifically, this role will plan monthly Praxis Studio ORI Forum events at Coram Deo.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Summit Event Operations (60%)

• Support the Director of Operations in planning and execution of the annual Praxis Summit (5-days), including pre-conference and affiliated events.
• Support the planning of overall event agendas and program content in collaboration with the CEO, Director, Summit & Community and program leads, including pre and post event programming
• Lead venue/vendor/contractor coordination,  including AV, F&B, rooming, transportation, photography, videography, and rentals. 
• Assist attendee communications in partnership with Community Managers.
• Build and maintain detailed action plans, run-of-show documents, and setup/teardown plans.
• Direct Praxis team and onsite facilities staff during each event from setup to tear-down.
• Recruit, train, and manage seasonal/on-site host teams.
• Oversee select budget lines and track expenses for assigned areas.
• Maintain the project plan and integrate the various programs, proactively communicate across the team, monitor progress, assign tasks, troubleshoot bottlenecks, etc.
• Implement updated event planning guides and templates across all Summit & HQ events.
• Help manage the invitation and registration processes, list management, and RSVP tracking across event types.

Studio (HQ) & Smaller Event Operations (30%)

• Project-manage monthly Studio ORI gatherings, Skoll Forum side events, donor events, and other convenings.
• Research and contract venues and vendors, coordinate those relationships, and develop event-specific budgets.
• Own onsite execution, including staff and volunteer coordination, guest services, and run-of-show management.
• Create reusable planning templates and systems for organization-wide use.
• Identify and execute  ways to provide guests with a seamless, enjoyable experience from the moment they receive the invitation until they submit their post-event survey.

Community Management Operations (10%)

• Support ongoing community management systems, including Airtable, Asana, and Notion event templates.
• Provide logistical and operational support for other community touchpoints as needed.

Critical Near Term Projects

• Monthly ORI Forums | February – June 2026 
• Skoll Forum | April 2026
• Praxis Summit | May 2026

Expected Competencies for the Role

• Skillfully and comfortably use the Praxis set of digital tools, including Google Suite, Dropbox, Keynote, RegFox, Airtable, Slack, Asana, Typeform, and Ramp
• 3–5 years of experience in event planning, community operations, or project management.
• Strong organizational, project management skills; able to manage multiple events/projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate expertise in planning and executing programs that have a high “experience design” factor with VIP-level guests
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; warm, professional, and clear with guests and vendors.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset; able to anticipate needs and solve problems quickly.
• Thrives in collaborative, matrixed teams while managing independent workloads.

Ideal Prior Experiences

You love creating experiences that are both operationally flawless and deeply human. You bring energy to an events-filled calendar, have a keen eye for detail, and an imagination and spirit of hospitality. You balance execution with creativity, and you’re eager to improve systems as you go. You’re committed to our mission to advance redemptive entrepreneurship, but are also willing to tackle all tasks necessary for success, and excited to grow into greater leadership.

Additional Details

Location: New York City, NYTravel: 

• 30–50 days annually for events and gatherings outside NYC (all business travel covered). Includes quarterly NYC team meetings, all Studio events at HQ, and the annual Summit in Napa Valley, CA.

Reports to: Director of Operations, Summit & Community

• Range: $85K - 105K  based on experience
• For all Praxis roles, we are open to candidates who are ‘outside of range’. That is to say, growth-minded applicants at an earlier stage of career and comp, or candidates with experience above the highest end of the job description and compensation range, are welcome & encouraged to apply.
• Comprehensive benefits including fully paid health insurance for families
• 5% matching 401k
• Flexible vacation policy

Cultural AlignmentThe ideal candidate will demonstrate deep alignment with our mission to advance redemptive entrepreneurship and our organizational culture, which includes shared rhythms such as daily team prayer and a company-wide weekly Sabbath, as detailed in our Rule of Life for Redemptive Entrepreneurs (rule.praxislabs.org). Most importantly, we're seeking a leader who combines operational excellence with a spirit of humility and service, contributing to our vision of building an organization that embodies redemptive principles in all aspects of its work.