Strategist, Global Hotel, Lodging & Meetings

HP•TW2NJ - Teleworker/Offsite-USA-NJ, NJ

1d•$116,150 - $182,400•Onsite

About The Position

This is an opportunity to influence a global program that touches how people travel, gather, collaborate, and experience high-visibility meetings and events around the world. Based in our offices in Spring, TX, the Strategist, Global Hotel, Lodging & Meetings, you will bring hospitality insight, sourcing expertise, and commercial judgment together to build smarter supplier partnerships, improve traveler and attendee experiences, and deliver measurable value across a global portfolio. You will partner across Marketing, Sales, Travel, Finance, Legal, Security, HR, and business leadership to create programs that are strategic, scalable, inclusive, and easy to navigate for the people and teams who depend on them. If you are energized by complex global work, high-impact supplier relationships, market intelligence, and the chance to influence decisions at scale, this role offers a platform to do meaningful, visible work.

Requirements

Experience in commercial lodging programs, event and meetings management for large corporations.
The ability to influence and negotiate favorable financial outcomes.
Optimize our investment/spend in this area.
Commercial instinct, curiosity, and the ability to translate data, market trends, and stakeholder needs into decisions that move the business forward.
Experience with commercial hotel programs, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, category management, or meetings and events operations in a complex environment.
Confidence building relationships with senior stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional partners across regions and priorities.
Ability to negotiate complex agreements, manage significant spend, and balance cost, quality, risk, compliance, sustainability, and user experience.
Comfort operating in a global, matrixed organization where influence, communication, and partnership are essential.
Understanding of hospitality market dynamics, supplier economics, commercial levers, and Strategic Meetings Management practices.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Hospitality Management, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Minimum 7 years of experience leading commercial hotel programs, strategic meetings management, sourcing, supplier negotiations in a complex enterprise environment.
Strong understanding of hospitality market dynamics, supplier economics, commercial levers, and Strategic Meetings Management (SMM).
Experience and a curiosity with AI-enabled sourcing tools, hospitality technology platforms, sustainability programs.

Responsibilities

Shape the global strategy for hotel, lodging, meetings, and events, connecting category priorities to business goals and the real experiences of travelers, attendees, and stakeholders.
Build multi-year sourcing roadmaps that support growth, financial performance, workforce needs, and evolving expectations for how people gather and travel.
Advise senior leaders on market shifts, supplier economics, sourcing opportunities, and risk considerations that influence global decisions.
Turn insights into practical, measurable improvements that strengthen program performance and user experience.
Design sourcing strategies for transient, group, extended stay, project, destination, and event-related accommodations across a global landscape.
Help make programs clearer, more consistent, and more valuable for travelers, meeting owners, and business partners.
Partner with stakeholders to implement Strategic Meetings Management practices that are scalable, transparent, and easy to navigate.
Lead sourcing, negotiations, and contracting across hotels, venues, meeting agencies, destination management companies, and event support services.
Create supplier governance programs that clarify expectations, improve accountability, and unlock shared value.
Use performance metrics, analytics, and market intelligence to guide smarter sourcing decisions and continuous improvement.
Encourage supplier innovation, service improvements, and operational excellence through collaborative partnerships.