Senior Manager, Supplier Relations (K4B)

The role

This person will lead Supplier Relations for KAYAK for Business by overseeing a portfolio of global preferred supplier partners. They will drive global growth, design partner evaluations, and collaborate with internal teams to align strategy and exceed content needs.

What you will do

• Drive global growth by engaging new partnerships and optimizing existing ones
• Design and lead travel partner evaluations, communications, and contracting
• Collaborate with partners and internal teams on commercial opportunities
• Work with customers and internal collaborators to ensure content and functionality needs are exceeded
• Collaborate with Business Development, Account Management, Product and Marketing to achieve target goals
• Contribute to determining and prioritizing new technology improvements
• Work closely with the Finance department for budgeting, forecasting and revenue reconciliation

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in travel agency, distribution, payment, air/lodging/car/rail supplier or related fields
• Proven history of building and maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally
• Savvy and clear communicator, story teller and presenter to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Outstanding analytic skills to drive positive partnership results based on analysis
• Expert negotiator, developing creative solutions to problems or barriers
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced tech environment
• Recognized as a thought leader within the Travel Industry
• Strong business development and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with global teams in multiple locations

Nice to have

• Experience in tech

Benefits

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
• Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
• Company-wide week off a year
• No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Development Dollars
• Leadership development
• Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts

About the company

KAYAK is a leading travel search engine and part of Booking Holdings. It operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined.