Director, Hospitality, Events & Travel

Marvell Technology • Santa Clara, CA

15h • $165,100 - $247,300

About The Position

Marvell is hiring a Director, Hospitality, Events & Travel to lead a newly consolidated global function within Global Workplace Solutions. The role brings together corporate travel and card programs, headquarters events, global amenities, executive services, and elevated facilities support. The Director will build and lead a multidisciplinary team and serve as the primary accountable leader for how Marvell employees and executives experience these services worldwide.

The position oversees travel and corporate card operations, including card provisioning, expense reconciliation, travel platforms, executive travel, vendor relationships, program controls, audits, and reimbursement standards. It also leads white-glove support for executives and VIPs, headquarters events and space governance, global office amenities, and a higher-touch facilities helpdesk tier.

The Director will modernize programs through technology, automation, data, and change management; develop policies and service standards; track performance and employee feedback; and partner with Accounting, Finance, Real Estate, Facilities, Communications, Executive Offices, and business leaders. The role owns a consolidated multi-million-dollar budget and is responsible for team structure, hiring, development, service culture, cost efficiency, and return on investment.

A bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or a related field is required. The role calls for 12 or more years of relevant progressive experience, including at least four years in people leadership managing managers or a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

• 12 or more years of progressive experience across corporate travel, T&E or card programs, corporate events, hospitality, or workplace/facilities services.
• At least 4 years of people-leadership experience managing managers or a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated success transforming and modernizing travel, events, or workplace programs at a mid-to-large enterprise.
• Experience managing global TMC relationships and multi-region travel programs.
• Experience supporting executive travel, executive services, or white-glove hospitality programs.
• Experience planning and executing corporate or headquarters-scale events, including vendor, catering, and AV or production coordination.
• Experience designing or managing employee amenity or workplace experience programs across multiple geographies.
• Experience partnering closely with Accounting or Finance teams in a cross-functional or shared-services model.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to communicate program data to operational teams and executive audiences.
• Deep familiarity with T&E platforms such as SAP Concur, Navan/TripActions, Emburse, or Brex, and corporate card programs such as Citi, Amex, or Visa.
• Ability to write clear, practical policies for travel, events, and workplace services.
• Strong project management, change management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Hospitality mindset, including anticipating needs and using judgment about when high-touch service is appropriate.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or a related field.
• Eligibility to access export-controlled information under applicable law; applicants may be subject to an export license review process.

Nice To Haves

• Experience adapting amenities or workplace programs to local cultural norms.
• Familiarity with event or space-management platforms and facilities ticketing platforms.
• MBA, CPA, CTP, CMP (Certified Meeting Professional), or Lean Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily corporate card provisioning and lifecycle management, expense reconciliation, travel booking platforms, and executive travel operations.
• Manage global TMC and travel-and-expense vendor relationships, including service-level agreements, contract compliance, and performance.
• Establish program controls, audit processes, and global reimbursement standards; resolve complex card, expense, and travel issues.
• Design and lead white-glove services for executives and VIPs, including travel, workplace accommodations, and day-to-day requests.
• Set consistent service standards for executive and VIP needs across Marvell sites, and build a responsive, confidential executive services function.
• Partner with Executive Assistants and senior leadership offices to anticipate executive needs.
• Plan and execute headquarters events such as all-hands meetings, executive briefings, board meetings, customer visits, and employee celebrations.
• Develop and govern a reservation system for shared headquarters meeting and event spaces.
• Manage catering, AV, and event production vendors, and coordinate with Corporate Communications, Executive Offices, and business unit leaders.
• Create scalable event playbooks and checklists for consistent execution.
• Define and manage the global office amenities strategy, tailoring offerings to office size, regional norms, and local cultural expectations.
• Set global amenities standards while allowing appropriate regional and site flexibility; manage vendors and assess quality, cost, and employee satisfaction.
• Collect employee feedback on amenities and workplace experience and use it to guide investment priorities.
• Partner with Real Estate and Facilities on amenities for site selection, office buildouts, and renovations.
• Establish and lead an elevated facilities helpdesk tier for executive offices, board rooms, and other high-visibility spaces.
• Define facilities support service levels and escalation paths, manage request technology and ticketing workflows, and ensure request visibility and resolution.
• Develop a team or vendor model to deliver elevated facilities support across Marvell's largest sites.
• Develop and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap for travel, cards, events, and amenities, including platform rationalization and workflow automation.
• Evaluate and select technologies such as AI-enabled expense automation, touchless audit controls, integrated booking tools, and event and space-management platforms.
• Lead global change management and adoption for new tools and policies.
• Build analytics, dashboards, and reporting across spend, compliance, utilization, satisfaction, savings, event quality, and vendor performance.
• Benchmark programs against industry practices and peer companies, and present findings to leadership to support investment decisions.
• Rewrite Marvell's global travel policy and champion employee experience across travel, expenses, events, amenities, and facilities.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance on expense accruals, reconciliations, financial close, reporting, and audit support.
• Own a consolidated multi-million-dollar budget across travel, cards, events, amenities, and facilities support, with accountability for cost efficiency and ROI.
• Build, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary team; establish organizational structure and career paths, hire to address gaps, and promote a service culture.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Marvell bonus and equity plans, including a new-hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers.
• Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back.
• Family support programs.
• Mental health resources.
• Recognition and service awards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director