DIRECTOR OF SALES EXCELLENCE | COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS | LANGLEY, UK

Travel obsessed? Big tech fan? Hey, you’re in good company. If you want to be part of the industry that makes the world go round, then look no further.

Travelport is the brains behind lots of your travel bookings- plane, car or hotel. Our technology is used to book that magical holiday, long awaited bucket-list trip or overdue school reunion. While we can’t solve mosquito bites or lost luggage, we can simplify a lot of the technical parts of travel, and we’re looking for the best thinkers to help us do it.

We’re hiring right now for a Director of Sales Excellence search for #Travelport on LinkedIn and hear from our amazing team.

How you’ll make an impact:

As we evolve from a legacy GDS model to a modern, API-driven travel marketplace, we aim to dramatically improve the consistency, quality, and scalability of commercial disciplines and execution. This role will drive best-in-class improvements to the commercial operating system that will define our sellers’ future behaviors - how we sell, forecast, onboard customers, and drive adoption - reinforcing all with pragmatic GenAI tools that return bandwidth to sellers and reduce friction and increase speed of execution across the commercial workflow.

What You’ll Do:

Your role in action:

• Conduct the innovation and modernization of sales and account management, with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions, automation, and self-service

• Redesign processes and workflows to deliver seamless, efficient, and consistent customer experiences.

• Build and empower teams to adopt Sales-first ways of working, driving revenue growth, operational excellence and scalability.

• Champion the modernization of the sales role, using insights and analytics to guide innovation and journey optimization.

• Deliver measurable results in automation adoption, pipeline hygiene and quality, cost-to-serve, and productivity improvements

Drive Sales & Commercial Excellence

• Design, implement, and continuously improve end‑to‑end sales processes across demand generation, sales execution, and renewal/expansion

• Translate commercial strategy into operational playbooks, standards, and cadences that improve consistency and execution quality

• Identify productivity bottlenecks and lead initiatives that improve win rates, sales cycle time, deal value, and forecasting accuracy.

Enable High‑ Performance Sales Teams

• Partner with Sales Enablement to ensure training, tools, and playbooks reinforce best‑in‑class selling behaviors

• Support onboarding and role evolution for SDRs, Account Directors, Account Managers, Business Development Mangers, and Customer Success Managers

• Build clear definitions of “what good looks like” across roles and stages of the sales cycle

Optimize Systems, Data & Insights

• Partner with Sales Operations to improve sales operational infrastructure (CRM, forecasting tools, CPQ if applicable)

• Ensure clean, reliable data to support pipeline health, performance management, and executive reporting

• Deliver actionable insights that connect activity - outcomes - revenue results

Partner Across Business

• Support cross‑functional initiatives tied to revenue growth, retention, and customer expansion

• Help align incentives, territories, coverage models, and capacity planning with business priorities

Lead Change & Continuous Improvement

• Champion continuous improvement, experimentation, and adoption of best practices

• Influence without authority, driving alignment in a matrixed, global environment

What We’re Looking For:

Experience & Background

• 6 to 10 years of experience in Sales/Commercial Excellence, Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, Sales Transformation, or similar roles

• Proven experience supporting sales teams in a SaaS, travel tech, or platform‑based business

• Track record of driving measurable sales productivity or revenue impact through operational initiatives

• Experience working with scaled CRM and sales tech stacks (e.g., Dealbuilder, Oracle Sales Cloud, forecasting tools, GTM analytics)

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into practical recommendations

• Deep understanding of sales motions, deal dynamics, and customer lifecycle management

• Excellent stakeholder management skills; comfortable partnering with senior commercial leaders

• Change leadership capability — able to bring people along, not just design the solution

Ways of Working

• Pragmatic problem‑solver who balances rigor with speed

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and evolving organizations

• Highly collaborative and outcomes‑focused

• Strong communicator who can simplify complexity

Discover why our teams love working here:

Where do we start! Our benefits package includes:

We offer a package that includes 25 days annual leave per annum, hybrid working model, pension contribution, private medical, life assurance and personal travel insurance.

Search for #lifeattravelport & for our employee stories on LinkedIn!

Your journey at Travelport starts here.

Our application process is quick, easy, and hassle-free — apply in just a few minutes!

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.

If you are having any technical difficulties applying for this position, please email your CV and name of role for which you are applying to talent.acquisition@travelport.com.