Global Housing & Sourcing Lead (Hybrid)

FREEMAN; Las Vegas (NV); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan with Match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

The Freeman Company seeks a Senior Housing & Sourcing Manager to source, contract, and manage hotel and venue programs for corporate and consumer events globally, with a focus on risk mitigation, budget adherence, and timely delivery.

The role supports our Registration team and offers a hybrid schedule (in-office/show site 2–3 days per week). The position requires travel, leadership, and strong client/service orientation to coordinate complex housing blocks and reporting.

Qualifications

• Typically 6–10 years of housing management and hotel and venue sourcing experience.
• Experience negotiating and managing hotel contracts for events with one-to-many hotels and sub-blocks.
• Strong understanding of hotel contract clauses and experience working with legal teams to mitigate risk and gain approvals.
• Strong hotel partner relationships.
• Experience building housing requirements within a registration technology workflow (Cvent, RainFocus, Swoogo) and collaborating with registration teams on build and testing.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, for tracking and accurate reporting.
• Strong client service and change management skills, including experience managing mid-program changes such as hotel substitutions and date changes.
• Leadership skills to manage a team, contractors and client.

Responsibilities

• Lead global hotel and venue sourcing from RFP through contract, utilizing templates and procedures; negotiate room rates, rebates/commissions, concessions, attrition and other contract terms.
• Review hotel/venue and client contract clauses with legal teams to mitigate risk and gain approvals.
• Build and maintain strong hotel partner relationships for favorable terms and quick issue resolution.
• Lead housing execution for events, from one hotel to many, with sub-blocks and reporting management.

Skills

Negotiation

Vendor management

Leadership

Client service

Communication

Travel readiness

Tools

Passkey

Cvent Supplier Network

Swoogo

RainFocus

G Suite

Job description

The Freeman Company seeks a Senior Housing & Sourcing Manager to source, contract, and manage hotel and venue programs for corporate and consumer events globally, with a focus on risk mitigation, budget adherence, and timely delivery.

The role supports our Registration team and offers a hybrid schedule (in-office/show site 2–3 days per week). The position requires travel, leadership, and strong client/service orientation to coordinate complex housing blocks and reporting.