Hybrid Head of Meetings and Events

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About the role

  • Leading corporate events strategy at DIB Travel with a focus on commercial growth and team development. Engaging clients and driving digitalization in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own and develop the Meetings & Events strategy in line with DIB Travel’s commercial goals.
  • Increase share of wallet with existing customers by engaging earlier in the customer journey and expanding the scope of delivered Meetings & Events services.
  • Drive new customer acquisition through targeted outreach, marketing initiatives, customer events and industry presence.
  • Lead, coach and develop a geographically distributed team of 7-10 Meetings & Events specialists.
  • Continuously improve the end-to-end sales and delivery process – from inquiry and quotation to execution and follow-up.
  • Drive digitalization, automation and structured use of CRM to improve scalability, efficiency and customer experience.
  • Build strong relationships with key customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
  • Establish M&E operations in Norway and Denmark in line with DIB’s internationalization strategy.
  • Represent DIB Travel at customer events, industry fairs and commercial initiatives.

Requirements

  • Several years of experience in Meetings & Events, corporate travel, event agencies or a related industry.
  • Proven leadership experience with commercial responsibility and revenue growth.
  • Comfortable leading and developing teams across multiple locations.
  • Strong understanding of consultative sales and complex event delivery.
  • A structured leader who is a digital native and has a demonstrable track-record of improving processes and ways of working as well as automating repetitive tasks.
  • Comfortable working both strategically and hands-on in a growth environment.
  • Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, another Nordic language is an advantage.

Benefits

  • A key leadership role with clear impact on revenue growth.
  • The opportunity to shape and scale a core business area.
  • A fast-growing Nordic company with a strong focus on digitalization and automation.
  • A collaborative culture with high ambition and room for ideas.
  • A really nice working environment with plenty of great people in all departments.

Job title

Head of Meetings and Events

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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