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American Express entered the travel agency business in 1915 and today is one of the world’s largest luxury travel and lifestyle service networks. American Express Travel provides exclusive access, differentiated value, extraordinary service, and unrivaled expertise to premium Card Members seeking leisure or business travel, as well as a variety of lifestyle services.
The Team
The Global Strategic Partnerships and Marketing team at American Express Travel brings together the best travel partners in the world to create unparalleled value and unforgettable experiences across the travel journey - and amplifies this to Card Members wherever they are.
The Role
The Senior Manager, Hotel Inventory & Connectivity will be responsible for hotel connectivity strategy and management, ensuring an optimized end-to-end distribution process for hotel partners with a focus on Fine Hotels + Resorts and The Hotel Collection properties. They will implement these strategies through effective project management and collaboration across key stakeholders. This person will operate with a will-to-win, desire to challenge the status quo, and a focus on doing what’s right for our customers, colleagues and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with the Hotel Partnerships Team to enable a seamless experience for hotel partners that maximizes hotel partners’ use of their channel management technologies
- Oversee all technical and operational aspects of rate, inventory and availability distribution
- Create and communicate hotel connectivity strategies to drive operational ease and support growth
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years hotel connectivity experience including familiarity with a variety of Property Management Systems, Central Reservation Systems, channel managers and Global Distribution System (GDS)
- Outstanding communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate complex concepts and bring multiple teams and senior leaders along to a final plan
- Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience collaborating cross-functionally
- Proven track record of thought leadership and innovation in an unstructured space
- Energetic self-starter with strong project management skills, attention to detail, and ability to “get into the weeds”
- Change agent and strategic problem solver with an ability to learn quickly, pull in multiple viewpoints, “connect the dots”, and drive results
- Capacity to multitask and prioritize between business development and project execution tasks
Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
- Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
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