Global Housing & Venue Sourcing Lead

FREEMAN; Royal Oak (MI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Annual bonus up to 7.5%

Parental leave

Job summary

The Freeman Company seeks a Senior Housing & Sourcing Manager to lead hotel and venue sourcing for domestic and international events, from RFP to contract, ensuring favorable terms and budget compliance.

You will manage housing programs, coordinate with clients and hotels, lead a team, and oversee reporting, schedules, and risk mitigation.

This hybrid role requires travel and experience with Passkey, Cvent, Excel, and housing platforms.

Qualifications

• Typically 6–10 years of housing management and hotel and venue sourcing experience.
• Experience negotiating and managing hotel contracts for events with multiple hotels and sub-blocks.
• Strong understanding of hotel contract clauses and risk mitigation with legal teams.
• Strong hotel partner relationships and working knowledge of Passkey.
• Experience building housing requirements within registration tech workflows (Cvent, RainFocus, Swoogo).
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, for tracking and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead global hotel and venue sourcing from RFP through contract, negotiating room rates, rebates, concessions and other terms.
• Review contracts with clients and legal teams to mitigate risk and obtain approvals.
• Build and maintain strong hotel partnerships and ensure timely resolutions when plans change.
• Lead housing execution for events, manage sub-blocks, concessions, attrition and reporting.

Skills

Hotel contracts

Sourcing & contracting

Budget management

Vendor management

Passkey

Cvent

Tools

Passkey

Cvent

RainFocus

Job description

The Freeman Company seeks a Senior Housing & Sourcing Manager to lead hotel and venue sourcing for domestic and international events, from RFP to contract, ensuring favorable terms and budget compliance.

You will manage housing programs, coordinate with clients and hotels, lead a team, and oversee reporting, schedules, and risk mitigation.

This hybrid role requires travel and experience with Passkey, Cvent, Excel, and housing platforms.