Country Manager, KAYAK
K4B
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Travel search engine
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Travel search engine
1001+ employees
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More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in business development, sales or account management within the French corporate travel market, or equivalent experience in related sectors (e.g., travel tech, corporate travel agencies, online booking tools)
- Demonstrated ability to win and grow client relationships and manage multi-faceted accounts
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Experience working with cross-border or global teams
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment
- Familiarity with using data and reports to inform decisions
- Proficiency in common office tools (examples: Excel, presentation software); specific tool expertise is a plus
- Fluency in French (required) and strong professional English
- Travel required, mostly domestic and some international as well
What the job involves
- As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others
- From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world
- KAYAK is looking for a motivated Country Manager to lead KAYAK for Business (K4B)’s presence in France
- This role reports to the Senior Director, K4B, and will own local efforts to win and support clients
- You will also work with global K4B leads across account management, marketing, supplier relations, PR, product and business development
- Lead and coach a local customer-facing team to meet and exceed goals
- Identify opportunities, measure product performance, and help shape strategy
- Build, grow and manage a portfolio of Enterprise and SMB clients
- Manage and develop sales and account teams and coordinate with marketing, PR, product, finance, legal and supplier relations
- Use data to improve customer outcomes, drive revenue and enhance user experience
- Build strong working relationships across KAYAK for Business teams
- Monitor competitors and identify gaps to inform local plans
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
South End, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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