Director of Group Sales & Events

The Director of Group Sales & Events will play a key role in generating revenue, developing client relationships, and maximizing profitability for Grand Hyatt Vail. This position combines sales leadership and business development with hands-on event servicing, ensuring that clients receive an exceptional experience from the initial proposal through event completion.

What You Will Do

Achieve assigned sales quota and revenue goals through proactive selling, account development, and business development activities. Lead group sales, event sales, and event servicing efforts for corporate groups, social events, weddings, conferences, meetings, and other key market segments.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Success in this role will be measured by consistent achievement of sales and revenue goals, growth in qualified business opportunities, strong client retention, profitable event execution, and positive collaboration across the hotel team.

Requirements

• Proven experience in hotel sales, event sales, catering sales, or commercial leadership
• Successful record of achieving sales goals or revenue targets
• Comfortable balancing proactive sales responsibilities with supporting event servicing
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and organizational skills
• Highly attentive to detail and able to manage multiple clients, events, and priorities simultaneously
• Proactive approach to generating new business and developing long-term partnerships
• Understanding of revenue management principles, profitability, and total hotel performance
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced luxury hospitality environment and enjoys achieving measurable results

Benefits

• Free meals in our colleague cafeteria for every shift worked
• Free parking on-site
• 1 hour of sick pay earned for every 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours/year
• Discounted & Complimentary hotel room nights
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance – (Full-Time colleagues after 30 days)
• Flexible Spending Account (Full-Time colleagues)
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Basic Life Insurance
• PTO earned based on hours worked, up to 17 days in your first year (Full-Time & Part-Time)
• Opportunities to work around the world with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
• Annual of Season Ski Pass Bonus