Unrivaled Sports · 1 week ago
Director of Lodging Growth
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
8+ years expUnrivaled Sports is building the nation’s first integrated youth sports platform, and they are seeking a senior, relationship-driven hospitality leader to lead their lodging service rollout. This role involves managing partnerships, expanding market operations, and ensuring guest satisfaction while driving revenue growth across the organization's venues.
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Responsibilities
Own rolling out EventConnect across all properties & events by 2027; Partner with GMs and event operators to implement EventConnect lodging services across the full calendar — forecasting demand, setting lodging timelines, and aligning on tournament schedules and projections, and overseeing execution
Serve as the day-to-day liaison with EventConnect, ensuring seamless integration of our lodging platform across all venues and events, including owning the curation of booking options in new markets, system setup, data accuracy, and performance tracking
Scope and launch lodging operations in new markets; assess hotel inventory, local dynamics, and travel patterns to build optimal lodging networks per region. Work with EventConnect in each market to develop rate and commission strategies, ensuring competitive pricing for customers while maximizing yield for the business
Build and manage partnerships with hotel brands, management groups, and private property providers; assist with local sponsorships, contracting, and rate negotiations as new markets come online
Coordinate closely with the Co-Director of Lodging (in charge of team of internal travel concierge managers that drive business for certain locations, annual budgeting, and hitting conversion targets per property once launched), Event Operations, Marketing, and Finance to ensure lodging services align with event experience, communications, and revenue targets
Monitor booking performance, conversion rates, customer satisfaction, and partner ROI at EventConnect properties; create actionable reporting and recommendations for ongoing improvement for the Co-Director of Lodging to drive once the market is launched
Qualification
Required
8–12 years of experience in hospitality, lodging partnerships, event operations, or travel-tech business development
Strong understanding of hotel contracting, room-block management, and lodging distribution models
Proven success managing external vendor or platform relationships (ideally with travel or sports-tech systems like EventConnect)
Excellent relationship-building and negotiation skills with hotel and destination partners
Data-driven mindset with comfort building pricing models and forecasting demand
Strong project management and organizational skills; capable of coordinating multiple venues and event timelines
Willingness to travel to key venues or events as a part of scoping and executing new market launches
Preferred
prior experience with EventConnect a PLUS
Company
Unrivaled Sports
Unrivaled Sports manages a diverse portfolio of youth sports properties in Baseball, Softball, Football, and Action Sports.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$120MKey Investors
DSG VenturesTCG
2025-05-06Series Unknown· $120M
2024-03-27Series Unknown
Leadership Team
David Blitzer
Co-Founder & Controlling Partner
Recent News
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