Account Director, Group Sales

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 102,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading luxury hotel brand as an Account Director in Group Sales, where you'll be pivotal in driving revenue growth and managing key relationships. This role requires strong sales acumen, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. You'll work collaboratively with teams to exceed sales objectives while fostering excellent client relationships. Opportunities like this allow professionals to enhance their skills in a prestigious environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in sales/account management.
• Experience in the luxury hotel market preferred.
• Strong relationships with travel advisors and owners are assets.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth through strategic business development.
• Manage customer relationships in the US-Midwest market.
• Develop and execute strategic sales plans.

Skills

Persuasion

Communication

Organization

Resilience

Results Driven

Education

Completed undergraduate degree

Tools

MS Office

Salesforce

Power BI

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About Four Seasons

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

About Four Seasons

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a global, luxury hotel management company. We manage over 120 hotels and resorts and 50 private residences in 47 countries around the world and growing. Central to Four Seasons employee experience and social impact programming is the company’s commitment to supporting cancer research, and the advancement of diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging at Four Seasons corporate offices and properties worldwide. At Four Seasons, we are powered by people and our culture enables everything we do.

This role is a 4-month fixed-term contract (August to December 2025). The Account Director, Group Sales plays a key role in driving market revenue growth and elevating strategic account performance across the Group segment.

In this role you will be responsible for managing customer relationships in the US-Midwest market, a portfolio of key accounts, establishing strategies to increase market share, develop new business and foster exceptional relationships in order to meet/exceed revenue targets set annually.

This position reports to the Senior Regional Director of Sales and involves interactions with both internal stakeholders at various levels and external clients.

What You’ll Be Doing

Management of personal accounts and goals:

• Drive revenue growth by meeting and exceeding established sales and activity goals through a strategic, data-informed approach to business development.
• Cultivate and expand underdeveloped accounts and territories, increasing global awareness and engagement across the Four Seasons portfolio.
• Establish trusted relationships with multiple stakeholders by effectively navigating complex organizational structures and decision-making hierarchies.
• Serve as single point of contact to sell all hotels and related product lines (Yacht, Jet, Experiences) in the portfolio, demonstrating exceptional individual property product knowledge across all regions.
• Balance strategic account management with proactive new business development, while efficiently handling a high volume of inbound leads.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with on-property sales managers, leadership across disciplines, and internal teams to align objectives and exceed collective goals.
• Strategically increase targeted hotel segment production.
• Organize in-market sales events and sales calls in conjunction with hotel sales trips.
• Address complex challenges with thoughtful, stakeholder-centric solutions that drive long-term value.
• Develop and execute strategic sales plans that translate into actionable daily activities with measurable outcomes.
• Deliver high-impact on-line presentations.
• Maintain exceptional standards in written communication and client relationship management.
  
  

Who You Are

Behavioral Competencies:

• Persuasion: Ability to connect with all levels of advisors and agency owners and compelling sell the benefits of Four Seasons
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
• Results Driven: Strong focus on achieving results and meeting goals at both a team and individual level
• Organization: Ability to manage large volume of varied tasks while driving sales objectives
• Resilience: Ability to manage stress and pressure in a fast-paced environment
  
  

Functional Competencies

Communication

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Delivers compelling, high-impact presentations to diverse audiences.
• Clearly articulates complex ideas in an engaging and accessible manner.
  
  

Time Management & Problem Solving

• Manages time effectively, balancing multiple tasks, sales activities and projects.
• Able to multi-task, even when traveling.
  
  

Industry & Business Acumen

• Knowledge of market trends, competitor landscape and sales strategies and customer business needs
• Leverages data, reporting tools, and customer insights to optimize account productivity
  
  

Technical Skills & Knowledge

Strong computer skills in a PC environment including:

• MS Office (Word, PP, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI)
• Salesforce (Golden Sales and Catering)
• Social Media
  
  

Exceptional presentation skills

Adept at learning new applications

What You Bring

• Minimum 5 years of experience in sales/account management
• Experience in the luxury hotel market is considered an asset
• Relationships with travel advisors and owners in the market is considered an asset
• Completed undergraduate degree from an accredited college/university.
  
  

All internal applications must be submitted and approved in Workday by June 18, 2025.

This is a remote, home-based position. Candidates can be located anywhere in the US and must available to work during central standard time business hours.

Four Seasons is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To access the 'EEOC is The Law' Information poster please visit this website - https://eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Travel Arrangements and Hospitality

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