Head of Global Events and Travel (100% REMOTE)

As Head of Global Events and Travel at Tether, you lead the strategy, governance, and execution of our global events and corporate travel function. You oversee flagship and VIP client-facing events, internal meetings and corporate travel, and dedicated financial control and commercial management. You are accountable for the full events and travel portfolio, consolidated budgets, strategic supplier agreements, service standards, and duty-of-care governance. Serving both internal teams and external stakeholders, you set priorities, build team capability, and manage major commercial decisions and C-level escalations. A key initial priority is leading the implementation and transition to our enhanced travel operating model.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop the team. Recruit open roles, establish team cadence, and build capabilities across the function. Conduct strategic resource planning across agencies, production vendors, and internal talent to execute both internal and client-facing events seamlessly.
• Execute flagship, VIP and client-facing events on objectives, budgets, and brand standards set by C-level leadership, including 5,000-attendee conferences, VIP executive receptions, and regional customer summits. Manage delivery through the internal team supported by event specialists and external agencies. Lead venue selection, production, security, contract negotiations, and attendee experience for both internal and external audiences.
• Oversee the internal gathering strategy and delivery. Standardize playbooks for routine company meetings and regional leadership offsites.
• Lead the implementation of the approved global travel operating model, including RFPs and contracts for multi-region Travel Management Companies, unified policy and expense frameworks, approvals, reconciliation, and dual quoting. Coordinate phased migration corridor-by-corridor, validate vendor acceptance, protect service continuity, and establish an operational handover once stable.
• Own global travel strategy, master agreements, and major operational escalations. Oversee daily fulfillment, group flights, hotel blocks, rebooking, and high-touch support for executives, clients, and guest speakers managed by Travel Management Companies and the Travel and Logistics Coordinator.
• Own the consolidated events and travel budget, as well as revenue and cost-recovery models for sponsored or client-facing events. Act as a steward of company resources, prioritizing expenditure against strategic business objectives, maximizing ROI on client events, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and escalating forecast overruns early with mitigation plans.
• Manage annual budgets, rolling forecasts, vendor deposits, event ledgers, cross-charging and client billing, invoice reconciliation, and post-event financial reviews. Maintain strict approval thresholds, separation of duties, purchase orders, payment terms, and international VAT and GST recovery.
• Lead major RFPs and negotiations with Travel Management Companies, airlines, hotel chains, event venues, registration platforms, and production partners. Maintain competitive discipline, set service expectations, and delegate routine vendor management while remaining the key point of contact for material escalations.
• Own the global events and travel policy. Establish traveler assistance, emergency response, data privacy, and incident escalation frameworks in coordination with People Ops, Legal, IT, and Security, ensuring comprehensive coverage for collaborators, clients, and external VIP guests.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success on client event revenue targets, sponsorships, client experience, and commercial outcomes. Collaborate with C-level executives on internal event agendas, keynotes, and executive participation. Partner with Finance, Legal, and People Ops to streamline global delivery.

What you bring

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