Global Strategist - Hotel, Lodging & Meetings

Insight Global; Spring (TX); Presencial; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Insight Global seeks a Strategist for Global Hotel, Lodging & Meetings based in Spring, TX. Shape the global strategy for hotels, lodging, meetings, and events, building smarter supplier partnerships to enhance traveler experiences and deliver measurable value across a global portfolio.

You will partner with Marketing, Sales, Travel, Finance, Legal, Security, HR and leadership to create scalable, inclusive programs.

Qualificações

• Experience leading commercial lodging programs and strategic meetings management.
• Ability to influence and negotiate favorable financial outcomes.
• Translate data and market trends into strategic decisions.

Responsabilidades

• Lead global strategy for hotel, lodging and meetings programs.
• Develop multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligning with business goals.
• Advise senior leaders on market shifts and supplier economics.
• Design scalable, transparent supplier partnerships and governance.

Conhecimentos

Hotel programs experience

Strategic sourcing

Supplier negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Market intelligence

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Ferramentas

AI-enabled sourcing tools

Hospitality technology platforms

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Description

Our client is looking to hire a full-time Strategist for Global Hotel, Lodging & Meetings.

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 client's 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.

Why This Role Matters

Lead Strategy with Global Reach

• You will 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.
• You will build multi-year sourcing roadmaps that support growth, financial performance, workforce needs, and evolving expectations for how people gather and travel.
• You will advise senior leaders on market shifts, supplier economics, sourcing opportunities, and risk considerations that influence global decisions.
• You will turn insights into practical, measurable improvements that strengthen program performance and user experience.

Create Better Travel and Meeting Experiences

• You will design sourcing strategies for transient, group, extended stay, project, destination, and event-related accommodations across a global landscape.
• You will help make programs clearer, more consistent, and more valuable for travelers, meeting owners, and business partners.

Build Trusted Supplier Partnerships

• You will partner with stakeholders to implement Strategic Meetings Management practices that are scalable, transparent, and easy to navigate.
• You will lead sourcing, negotiations, and contracting across hotels, venues, meeting agencies, destination management companies, and event support services.

Use Market Intelligence to Drive Value

• You will create supplier governance programs that clarify expectations, improve accountability, and unlock shared value.
• You will use performance metrics, analytics, and market intelligence to guide smarter sourcing decisions and continuous improvement.
• You will encourage supplier innovation, service improvements, and operational excellence through collaborative partnerships.

What You’ll Bring

Experience and Perspective

• 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.

Skills That Will Help You Thrive

• 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.

Skills and Requirements

Minimum 7 years of experience leading commercial hotel programs, strategic meetings management, sourcing, supplier negotiations in a complex enterprise environment.

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Hospitality Management, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

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.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].