Senior Event Sales Manager

Discover the beauty of San Diego, on the waterfront, in the heart of downtown at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. This iconic hotel features 1,628 guestrooms and 320,000 square feet of event space with stunning Pacific Ocean and city views. We are looking for the very best to join our AAA 4-Diamond Hotel, featured in the Top 10 of all Meeting Hotels in the United States per Cvent.

Discover the beauty of San Diego, on the waterfront, in the heart of downtown at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. This iconic hotel features 1,628 guestrooms and 320,000 square feet of event space with stunning Pacific Ocean and city views. We are looking for the very best to join our AAA 4-Diamond Hotel, featured in the Top 10 of all Meeting Hotels in the United States per Cvent.

The Senior Event Sales Manager, Citywide Affiliate Business is responsible for growing local catering and event revenue by identifying, developing, and converting affiliate business connected to citywide conventions, major groups, and other large events.

This role leads a proactive sales strategy that builds relationships with affiliate planners, associations, corporate partners, and primary group contacts. The manager will help protect catering revenue through effective use of approved contract terms, food and beverage minimums, meeting room rental minimums, and timely follow-up. The position works closely with hotel sales, catering, revenue management, and operations teams to turn available space and convention demand into profitable business.

The goal is to help grow local event sales from 15% to 20%, with affiliate business serving as a primary driver. The role is expected to support a projected 5% ROI through stronger revenue protections, improved conversion, and proactive business development.

• Develop and execute a sales plan focused on affiliate business connected to citywide conventions, major groups, and other high-value events.
• Identify and prioritize affiliate accounts with strong catering, meeting space, and room-block potential.
• Prospect and convert new business from event planners, associations, corporate partners, destination partners, and other relevant contacts.
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of local catering and small-group opportunities.
• Uncover group, meeting, and room-block opportunities that may not be captured through the primary group booking.
• Serve as the primary hotel contact for affiliate planners, providing responsive service from initial inquiry through event handoff.

• Apply approved primary group contract language that protects hotel catering revenue when affiliate groups book through or alongside the primary group.
• Establish and negotiate appropriate food and beverage and meeting room rental minimums for affiliate bookings, separate from primary group commitments.
• Use hotel space inventory strategically, including offering space released by a primary group to qualified affiliate business.
• Apply approved, tiered food and beverage minimums based on the timing of space release, with greater flexibility farther from arrival and stronger revenue protection as the event date approaches.
• Where space is available and hotel policy permits, move affiliate opportunities forward without unnecessary approval steps.
• Recommend case-by-case incentives that encourage primary groups to direct affiliate business to the hotel, balancing relationship value with revenue objectives.
• Partner with appropriate hotel teams to ensure proposed terms and concessions align with approved commercial guidelines.

• Qualify opportunities based on revenue potential, space availability,…