Faye

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Faye  •  Virginia (Remote)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Who We’re Looking For

We are seeking a high-caliber, veteran leader in the travel industry — a proven rainmaker with a track record of closing and scaling national, high-impact partnerships. This is a role for someone who has been a driving force behind industry-defining deals, has deep relationships at the C-suite level across travel verticals, and understands how to leverage those relationships to deliver transformative revenue growth.

The ideal candidate has extensive tenure in the travel industry, preferably with direct experience at leadership roles in travel insurance companies. This is not an entry point — it’s a role for a seasoned professional who commands respect in the market and thrives on creating high-stakes, win-win partnerships.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

  • Lead Strategic Growth: Own the mandate to unlock national strategic partnerships that elevate Faye to the next level in market reach and revenue.
  • Target and Win Major Accounts: Develop and execute a winning strategy to secure partnerships with airlines, OTAs, banks, and other large-scale travel intermediaries.
  • Deal Leadership: Lead negotiations from initial engagement through execution, ensuring terms maximize long-term value for Faye.
  • Market Positioning: Position Faye as the premier travel insurance partner through thought leadership, network engagement, and relationship building.
  • Internal Collaboration: Partner with product, marketing, operations, and customer success to ensure partnerships are implemented effectively and deliver on their revenue potential.
  • Performance Ownership: Set aggressive targets, monitor progress, and take accountability for delivering — and exceeding — agreed-upon outcomes.

Requirements

Experience & Background Requirements

  • 15+ years in the travel sector, with at least 10 years in senior partnership, business development, or sales leadership roles.
  • Proven success leading and closing strategic partnerships with major airlines, OTAs, cruise lines, banks, and other large-scale travel ecosystem players.
  • Direct travel insurance experience strongly preferred; deep familiarity with the product, regulatory environment, and competitive landscape.
  • A well-established network of senior decision-makers across relevant industries.
  • Demonstrated ability to design, negotiate, and execute complex, high-value, multi-year agreements.
  • Skilled at driving transformational revenue impact, not incremental gains.

Qualifications


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Faye

About Faye

Named a TIME Best Invention of 2025, a Top 25 Hot Travel Startup of 2025 by PhocusWire, a Top 50 Insurtech Startup Globally in 2025 by CB Insights, one of the Best Travel Insurance Companies by The Wall Street Journal, and a LinkedIn Top Startup of 2025.

Faye is award-winning travel insurance that provides whole-trip travel coverage and care to bring out the best in each journey with industry-leading technology that enables smarter, faster, smoother assistance and claims resolutions.

Our robust travel insurance covers your health, your trip, your stuff, and even your pet, via an app that provides real-time proactive solutions, quick reimbursements and 24/7 customer experience specialists who turn travel mishaps into laugh-about-it-later memories.

Join our team of travel and insurance experts as we set a new standard by overdelivering in an industry oftentimes synonymous with doing the opposite.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Unknown
Year Founded
2019
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