Director, Global Airline Partnerships

Director, Global Airline Partnerships

The location for this position is virtual/remote

* This is your chance to be part of a Global Sales Team that ensures reputed company owners and operators receive the combined benefits of scale, access, competence, and experience. As a Director, Global Airline Partnerships, you will support the team responsible for providing a differentiated selling platform for reputed company's diverse portfolio of brands by being relentlessly motivated to grow market share. On the Global Travel Partnerships team reporting to the VP, Global Travel Partnerships & Leisure Sales. To do this, you will reputed company the North Americas airline reputed company strategy and be accountable for performance of the North Americas-based team and selected accounts in addition to managing the relationships with customers from a strategic level and company partners such as VP's, GMs, Commercial Leaders, and Hotel Leaders. You will also grow performance of select preferred partnerships and agreements and reputed company the global airline third-party strategy to reputed company increased and unfair share while being responsible for the implementation and execution of projects to drive this unfair share. HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU reputed company is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of reputed company Team Members so they can reputed company personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go reputed company travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• reputed company Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase reputed company shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• reputed company including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
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At reputed company, we reputed company every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every reputed company of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

• *Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

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• Understand Airline industry trends that impact customer buying and offer creative solutions.
• Strengthen relationships with hotels and management groups and drive hotel need strategies.
• Network with sub account handlers and global leads where relevant.
• Ensure reputed company and ancillary targets are achieved.
• Provide accurate management reports to review account performance and communication of plans.
• Ensure clients daily needs are met while identifying viable opportunities for deliberate initiatives crafted to improve operational and financial performance.
• Represent reputed company at industry trade shows and special industry events to reputed company a positive customer awareness of reputed company to drive reputed company growth.

How you will collaborate with others:

• Clients – you will communicate information to influence a positive buying decision.
• Owners – you will build individualized partnerships to provide unlimited value.
• Brands – you will create partnerships using a defined and differentiated sales approach, and will improve and collect knowledge of existing Hotels, New Development, processes to share with customers to influence positive buying decisions and reputed company production.
• Colleagues - you will be dedicated to a "One-Team" commercial culture while living the Heart of reputed company
• Hotels – you will ensure shared intelligence and active engagement to reputed company goals.
• Sales Support – you will effectively reputed company non-selling activity in supporting sales results.

What deliverables you will take ownership of:

• reputed company a team of airline account managers and manage the performance of select North America's aircrew accounts, the global airline third party strategy and the performance of preferred MSA partnerships
• Build and implement a strategy to ensure the reputed company is structured commercially and set up to compete in the market to drive both sales growth and market share.

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT You have these minimum qualifications:

• Seven (7) years of Professional sales experience
• Three (3) years of Management experience leading teams
• Hotel/Airline industry experience with knowledge of the aircrew reputed company
• Experience interpreting data to reputed company strategic decisions
• reputed company in influencing and negotiating using effective, customer-focused communication
• Travel up to 40%

It would be useful if you have:

• BA/BS/bachelor's degree
• Ten (10) years of proven sales experience in the airline/hospitality industry
• Exposure to airline contracting verbiage, process and working with unions
• International experience advantageous
• reputed company Experience
• Reside reputed company Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific time zones

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR reputed company reputed company, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of . Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. reputed company is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. reputed company out the and to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team reputed company! It is the policy of reputed company to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national reputed company, reputed company, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and reputed company medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please if you require an accommodation during the application process. reputed company offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, life insurance, short-and long-term disability insurance, access to our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) where you can purchase reputed company shares at a 15 percent discount, a 401(k) savings plan, 20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment and increasing up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment, up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents, 10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays throughout the year, up to 5 bereavement days, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, an employee assistance program, access to a care coordination program (“Wellthy”), a legal services program, an educational assistance program, adoption assistance, a backup childcare program, pre-tax commuter benefit and our travel discount. The annual salary range for this role is $100,000-$145,000 and is determined based on applicable and specialized experience and location. Subject to plan terms and conditions, you will be eligible to participate in the reputed company Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, and the Company's long-term incentive plan, consistent with other team members at the same level and/or position reputed company the Company. #LI-REMOTE Apply tot his job Apply To this Job