Product Development and Travel Style Manager

Overview

Product Development and Travel Style Manager at G Adventures. This role focuses on product development, market analysis, content development, and project management to enhance current offerings and drive growth across regions.

• Work closely with the Product leadership team to review and follow up with regional teams on the department and regional product strategy; assess current product with a focus on quality, growth and margins.
• Socialize and execute on strategic action plans for current product improvement and new product development with local teams.
• Collaborate with regional Product, Operations and Buying teams to execute and deliver on new or changed Product requests.
• Take regional ownership of the stage gate process to execute and deliver based on timelines and in compliance with the PRD, cost parameters and competitive realities.
• Participate in monthly Strategic DTs meetings to review and assess current strategy and adapt planning as needed and report back to the Product Strategy team.

• Review competitive offering and volume and identify where we have opportunity for growth and improvement.
• Review ideas and opportunities as they come in to ensure the organization remains a leader in our space and a thought leader in the industry.
• Participate in FAM travel and meetings for new destinations or new regions within a destination to work with local Product, Operations and Buying.

• Coordinate the drafting of initial technical and narrative content for draft itineraries, clearly identifying all required services for budget planning and contracting.
• Work with local teams to review all technical itinerary content, details and inclusions and review first year pricing for competitiveness.
• Write itinerary write-ups in the stage gates during product development that will feed Web content in a voice suitable for each travel style.
• Write up the first draft of Intro and Highlights before sending it to the Marketing team.
• Build annual pagination documents and do initial pagination drafts based on page count provided by the Creative team.
• Review Tear sheets and Brochure for content and accuracy.

• Lead Travel Style Consistency and Performance review on a quarterly basis.
• Lead quarterly quality summary meetings for the Strategic DT and the Product Strategy team.
• Identify opportunities or issues with Travel style and build out an action plan with the Product Strategy team.
• Lead the project management of new product style within an assigned portfolio.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional training in tourism, business, or a related field.
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English, with excellent grammar and communication skills.
• Minimum of 6 - 7 years of experience in adventure, active or cultural travel, with a focus on product development and sales marketing or operations and buying.
• Extensive travel product development or marketing experience, with extensive work being done with a focus on either Europe and Middle East, Asia, Latin America or Africa.
• Proven track record of managing a product line and developing travel products or managing operational processes specific to the region.
• Extensive travel experience across multiple countries and cultures beyond Europe and North America, providing deep market and cultural insight.
• Strong ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, meeting deadlines and balancing regional priorities.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including operations, buying, marketing and sales.
• Advanced communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey ideas clearly to diverse and multilingual audiences.
• A collaborative team player who builds strong relationships and works well across departments and cultures.

• Competitive salary commensurate with the role
• Competitive benefits package
• Birthday day off
• Vacation time for you to recharge
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups

* Applicable based on location*

G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Product Management and Marketing
• Industries:
  Travel Arrangements

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