Destination Development Manager

Destination Development Manager

A growing travel company in Boulder, Colorado wants to add a Destination Development Manager to their team! As a Destination Development Manager, you will be tasked with sourcing and developing travel supply by identifying, onboarding, and refining partnerships with travel suppliers to create high-quality, traveler-facing trip offerings that are both appealing and operationally efficient. You will analyze data to understand what travelers want, and what supply is needed to fulfill that demand. You will curate exceptional experiences, ensuring that every trip component meets high standards for traveler satisfaction while being seamlessly bookable by the operations team. Additionally, you'll optimize destination offerings by continuously refining and enhancing travel products and supplier relationships to maximize value for travelers, improve scalability, and streamline booking operations. The initial phase of this role will consist of several months of independent set-up work, which will frequent require travel abroad. Once the initial start-up phase is done, it will be crucial to collaborate with the sales and operations teams to understand demand trends and proactively adjust supply to meet traveler needs, making quicker trip supply modifications when necessary. Staying agile in expanding or refining supply to accommodate changes will ensure a seamless experience for travelers and internal teams. You will also be leveraging AI, and tech tools will be essential to streamline workflows, enhance efficiency, and improve destination offerings. In this role, you'll monitor performance and iterating based on data analysis (using Looker). Feedback will enable you to make data-driven decisions to improve travel supply quality and ensure the best traveler experiences. This role is offering a base salary of $55,000 - $75,000. If this sounds like the role for you, please apply today! We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com. To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy.

Skills and Requirements

• Data Analytics experience : Ability to work with, interpret, and analyze data to identify traveler demand trends and translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Curation mindset : Strong ability to evaluate and select travel products, determining what supply to feature and the rationale behind each choice.
• Regional expertise : Strong familiarity with or experience in either the UK / Ireland or Japan (Japanese language skills preferred for Japan).
• Meticulous attention to detail : Consistently produces high-quality, error-free work and takes ownership of ensuring accuracy.
• Strategic and hands-on approach : Comfortable operating at both the conceptual level (defining the supply strategy) and the executional level (setting up individual products with complete details).
• Independent and self-driven : Capable of working autonomously to establish supply in a new destination, especially during the initial setup phase.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel abroad somewhat frequently
• Experience sourcing and developing travel supply (hotels, vendors, transportation)
• Experience managing relationships and coordinating effectively with diverse internal and external partners.
• Experience maintaining relationships with abroad vendors
• Experience working in the Travel Industry
• Experience utilizing the tool Looker (or similar tools like Tableau)
• Work or personal experience in Europe or elsewhere outside of North America
• Passion for travel