CareerHead of Experiential Marketing (f/m/d)22.07.2025At PALFINGER, we have been lifting goods to a new level for over 90 years - with a pioneering and passionate spirit. As a global technology and engineering company, we are the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of innovative crane and lifting solutions. Our success is based on the tireless efforts of our approximately 12,350 employees, who contribute their ideas and energy to our vision. With us, you can expect a dynamic working environment full of opportunities for personal and professional development. Become part of our team and start your career at PALFINGER.The Corporate Marketing & Communications department is a strategic function with the mission to strengthen brand preference and sustainably drive both global and regional revenue growth. As Head of Experiential Marketing (f/m/d), you play a key role in bringing the PALFINGER brand to life through innovative, experience-driven marketing initiatives, trade shows, and events across international markets. The focus lies in creating memorable brand experiences that foster emotional connections, enhance customer loyalty, and reinforce PALFINGER’s position as a global leader in mobility and lifting solutions. This role involves developing and implementing cross-functional, audience-centric experiences along the customer journey—ensuring the brand promise is consistently conveyed and translated into measurable business impact.Your responsibilitiesDevelop and implement a global experiential marketing strategy aligned with PALFINGER’s brand positioning and business goals, ensuring consistency across all markets and integrating relevant trends in experience marketingCreate and execute impactful brand experiences such as international events, roadshows, interactive product showcases, and hybrid or virtual formats that emotionally connect audiences with the brandCollaborate closely with global and regional marketing teams and manage external partners and agencies to ensure seamless execution and high creative standards across all initiativesDrive innovation by piloting new technologies and formats, fostering a culture of experimentation, and continuously evaluating the quality and effectiveness of experiential activitiesManage the experiential marketing budget, define relevant KPIs, and track performance to ensure strategic impact and measurable results across brand and business objectivesYour QualificationsUniversity degree in marketing, communications, event management, or a related fieldSeveral years of experience in experiential marketing, brand experience, or live communication, ideally in an international context, with a strong track record in leading global projects, cross-functional teams and managing stakeholdersDeep expertise in event and marketing management, including digital and hybrid formats, immersive technologies (e.g. AR/VR), and KPI-based performance analysisCreative mindset with strong communication and influencing skills, a structured and results-driven approach, and high intercultural competenceFluent in English; additional languages are a plus. Willingness to travel internationallyWhat we offerFlexible working hours with no core time and possibility to work from homeFurther training and international career opportunitiesCorporate health management "PALfit"Company restaurant with freshly prepared meals and daily meal subsidyJob ticket for travel to and from PALFINGERNumerous employee discounts through Corporate BenefitsMinimum yearly gross salary according to Austrian metal industry collective agreement is EUR 65.432,36 based on full-time employment. According to experience and qualification, we offer a market-conform overpayment.Are you interested in the position and still have questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us.Quick application Apply with registrationHannah GrahammerTalent Acquisition Specialistemailjobs@palfinger.comLocationBergheimPALFINGER AGLamprechtshausener Bundesstr. 8, 5101 BergheimAustria #J-18808-Ljbffr