Job Description

We are seeking a versatile and proactive Associate Lodging Manager & Marketing Specialist to join our team. This unique hybrid role is designed for a detail-oriented professional who can balance high-level marketing and engagement strategies with rigorous operational execution.

You will split your time between two critical pillars: Supply Partnership Marketing (30%), where you will drive engagement and optimize how we showcase our partners, and Lodging Partnerships Manager (70%), where you will serve as the owner of daily account functions, RFP execution, and revenue growth.

What You'll Do:

1. Supplier Engagement & Marketing (30%)

• Partnership Optimization: Act as the primary architect for supplier engagement, organizing and broadcasting events such as educational lunch-and-learns, partner showcases, webinars, and FAM trips.
• Content Strategy: Manage and optimize supplier content within internal knowledge bases to ensure stakeholders have the most accurate and persuasive information.
• Sponsorship Management: Execute marketing sponsorship agreements, ensuring partners receive maximum value and visibility.
• Internal Communications: Act as the "voice of supply" by broadcasting partnership updates, news, and activities to relevant internal stakeholders.

2. Associate Lodging Manager (70%)

• RFP Execution: Lead the end-to-end RFP process, including monitoring supplier responses, providing feedback, and resolving partner questions.
• Account Executive Functions: Perform technical lodging tasks such as rate loading, auditing, and parity checks to ensure seamless booking experiences.
• Operational Support: Manage the shared lodging email aliases and slack channel for both internal and external inquiries, ensuring accurate and timely responses.
• Revenue Growth: Directly manage a dedicated set of accounts, identifying opportunities to drive volume and increase overall revenue.

What We’re Looking For:

• Industry experience preferred: adequate experience in working within a supplier organization of corporate or online travel agency
• Energized and comfortable with a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous, environment
• Exceptional organization and project management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across all levels of the business, multiple locations and within supplier communities
• Ability to dive into the data and synthesize key learnings in a compelling way
• Strong business and operational sense
• Confidence, opinions, good judgement, and a bias toward action
• Ability to adapt and thrive in a hyper-growth environment
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a business, economics, marketing, hospitality field or related discipline required
• Skills: GDS, Thoughtspot (or similar analytics platform), Google suite

The posted pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the compensation for this position and is subject to change based on business need. To determine a successful candidate’s starting pay, we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location, an evaluation of the candidate’s skills and experience, market demands, and internal parity.

For roles with on-target-earnings (OTE), the pay range includes both base salary and target incentive compensation. Target incentive compensation for some roles may include a ramping draw period. Compensation is higher for those who exceed targets. Candidates may receive more information from the recruiter.Pay Range $70,200—$156,000 USD