Assistant Manager - Travel

The role

The Assistant Manager will oversee end-to-end domestic and international travel management, visa compliance, and vendor relationships. This role involves managing itineraries, visa processing, and travel analytics using advanced Excel.

What you will do

• Oversee complex domestic and international itineraries, executive travel and company events.
• Drive cost optimization through policy compliance and preferred vendor usage.
• Manage flight, hotel, ground transportation and self-booking tools.
• Serve as primary escalation point for travel disruptions and duty-of-care incidents.
• Lead end-to-end global visa processing operations.
• Audit and review visa application documentation for compliance.
• Manage third-party visa facilitators, consulates, and VFS operations.
• Act as primary point of contact for travel-related queries.
• Manage relationships with travel management companies, airlines, hotels, and visa partners.
• Maintain and reconcile monthly AMEX and vendor payments/invoices.

Required qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in managing end-to-end corporate travel operations and global visa processing.
• Proven track record working within corporate travel desks, TMCs, corporate card platforms, and consular visa operations.
• Expertise in MS Excel including XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, conditional formatting, nested logic formulas, data cleaning, and large dataset reconciliations.
• Hands-on experience with Global Distribution Systems (Sabre, Amadeus) and corporate self-booking tools (SBTs).
• Thorough understanding of global visa documentation, US MRV fee workflows, drop-box rules, and consulate interview scheduling.
• Strong problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Willingness to support 24x7 rotational operational escalations during emergency travel disruptions or severe weather events.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Power BI or dashboard creation

About the company

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