Head of Meeting and Events

Om jobbet

About DIB Travel

At DIB Travel, we are reshaping how businesses experience travel, meetings and events. Through our all-in-one digital platform, we simplify everything from flights and hotels to conferences and corporate events. With strong growth across the Nordics, we are now strengthening our Meetings & Events offering and are looking for a commercially drivenHead of Meetings & Events to lead this area forward.

This role is part of the CRO leadership team and combines strategic ownership with hands-on leadership, client engagement and close collaboration across the organization.

The Role

Reports to: Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Location: Sweden (Hybrid - on average 4 days per week at the office)

AsHead of Meetings & Events, you will have overall responsibility for the commercial performance, development and delivery of DIB Travel's Meetings & Events offering. You will lead and develop a team of 7-10 Meetings & Events professionals, working both from our Stockholm office and from locations across Sweden (and 1 in Serbia), while driving growth through increased share of wallet with existing customers and the acquisition of new clients.

A central part of the role is to further develop and scale DIB Travel's Meetings & Events offering, with a strong focus on driving digitalization and automation to strengthen our ability to sell and deliver corporate events while increasing our visibility in new markets.

Key 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.

What are we looking for?

• 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.

Why Join DIB Travel?

• 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

Department Meeting & Events Locations Stockholm HQ Remote status Hybrid