Director of Global Business Partnerships EMEA

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

We are seeking a Director of Global Business Partnerships EMEA. This role leads a team of high performing partnership managers diversely located across a range of countries in the United Kingdom & Europe, the team lead and manage strategic contractual partnerships on a local country, regional and global basis with our car rental, rail & airline partners (suppliers). This strategic role within the business is responsible for developing and delivering strategic value to Amex GBT, our customers and the supplier partners “mutual value creation”.

What We're Looking For

• Excellent relationship skills to build a network of internal and external stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to distil complex topics  and data metrics & insights into easily understood and concise communications
• Strong analytical skills: able to look at complex data performance reports, understand changing trends within travel, and the implications that has on our supplier partners and customers.
• Project management skills: able to plan, track and execute complex local, regional & global partnership agreements including multiple teams/stakeholders
• Experience in managing complex finance forecasting / tracking to ensure P&L performance across negotiated business partnerships with Air/Car/Rail/Hotel partners
• Experience in Travel / B2B sales, relationship management
• Understanding of travel management company processes and systems
• Understanding of airline distribution programs & models including NDC
• An experienced leader, building and growing a high-performance team of future leaders
• The ability to travel on a regular basis internationally

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields such as Finance, Economics, Business Administration or Mathematics.
• 10+ years of experience in strategy, sales, or relationship management role with proven leadership experience
• Curious and eager to learn, willing to take measured risks to improve revenue quality of partnership agreements.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented and able to deliver results.. Able to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Able to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
• Ability to adapt quickly, manage priorities and expectations of multiple stakeholders at different levels in the organization.
• Ability to influence and motivate others at all levels of the organization, successfully build and manage relationships with stakeholders and colleagues, and work in a matrix environment across multiple geographies and functional areas.
• Experience in working across diverse geographies

Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!