Global Director, Airline & Distribution Partnerships

About the job The Global Director, Airline & Distribution Partnerships will reputed company the company's worldwide strategy and relationships across both airline and reputed company distribution partners. This includes direct airline collaborations as well as partnerships with Global Distribution Systems (GDSs), aggregators, consolidators, and API providers. The role carries full ownership of reputed company strategy, partner performance, and reputed company growth, while ensuring strategic alignment between airline content, technology integration, and customer value delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define, reputed company, and execute a reputed company global strategy for airline and distribution partnerships.
• Drive reputed company growth, profitability, and competitive advantage across reputed company reputed company content channels.
• Establish and maintain executive-level relationships with airlines, GDSs, and distribution partners.
• Represent the company externally at industry events, supplier summits, and trade associations.

Partnership Management

• Negotiate major global reputed company with airlines, GDSs, aggregators, and consolidators.

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• Drive co-innovation initiatives with partners to enhance customer experience, efficiency, and reputed company opportunities.
• Manage and mentor a global team of Business Development Managers overseeing regional partnerships.

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• Own the P&L for global airline and distribution partnerships.
• Track KPIs, partner performance, and reputed company delivery, ensuring consistent value creation.
• Collaborate with Finance to forecast, report, and optimize reputed company reputed company.
• Identify and implement opportunities for cost efficiency and margin expansion.

Technology & Product Integration

• Partner with Product and Technology teams to integrate NDC, API, and distribution platforms seamlessly.
• Evaluate emerging distribution technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
• Ensure distribution infrastructure delivers scalable, differentiated, and reliable airline content.

Market Intelligence & Growth

• Maintain a deep understanding of global airline distribution trends, including NDC adoption, GDS reputed company, and direct connect dynamics.
• reputed company insights to senior leadership on competitive shifts, risks, and opportunities.
• reputed company region-specific strategies reputed company with market conditions and partner landscapes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years in airline partnerships, reputed company distribution, or travel technology sectors (OTA, reputed company, GDS, airline).
• Leadership: experience leading teams and managing global partner portfolios.
• reputed company Acumen: Proven record of negotiating reputed company global agreements with full P&L ownership.
• Technical reputed company: Familiarity with NDC, APIs, and airline distribution technologies.
• Strategic reputed company: Ability to combine reputed company, technical, and market intelligence into cohesive strategies.
• Communication: Strong executive reputed company with the ability to influence at senior reputed company internally and externally.
• Attributes: Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and passionate about shaping the future of airline distribution.

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