Director Of Partner Distribution

TL;DR

Director of Partner Distribution (Travel): Optimizing distribution relationships with Airlines and other transport providers with an accent on strong collaboration on distribution matters. Focus on evolving and expanding the content offered to customers utilizing new capabilities and technology.

Location: Spain

Company

hirify.global is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry.

What you will do

• Drive the global air distribution strategy working with the Distribution Team’s leadership.
• Partnering with Airlines to ensure strong collaboration on distribution matters, alignment on goals and improving the overall offering to joint customers.
• Coordinate between airline and connectivity partners to identify and prioritize resolution of feature gaps to drive improvements in shopping, pricing and booking and servicing processes
• Represent GBT Group at industry working groups advocating scalable solutions to industry challenges in order to reduce barriers to new technology adoption
• Partner internally with airline and distribution account management as a subject matter expert for GDS connectivity, NDC, air shopping logic and the online travel marketplace

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in the content and distribution space
• Understanding of key industry trends and it’s impact on the corporate travel experience
• Strong product and technology knowledge base
• Strategic thinking skillset
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, an attention to detail and ability to deliver within deadlines
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to collaborate with colleagues and external partners
• Strong understanding of the overall travel industry
• Ability to work across time zones

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT.