Director, Travel Initiatives

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.
As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2025 revenues of $22.8 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Director, Travel Initiatives leads the strategy, governance, and performance of the Company's Travel, Corporate Credit Card, and Meetings & Events programs. This role drives enterprise-wide initiatives to optimize spend, enhance employee experience, strengthen compliance, mitigate risk, and support business growth while overseeing travel operations, supplier management, policy governance, and cross-functional projects.

The position partners extensively with Executive Leadership, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Human Resources, Legal, Loss Prevention, and business stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide initiatives, deliver measurable business value, and implement best-in-class processes and programs. The Director routinely completes projects and communicates recommendations, business cases, risks, opportunities, and performance results to senior leadership and executive audiences, including C-suite stakeholders.

Establishes technology roadmap for travel and expense systems and leads implementation, enhancement, integration, and user adoption efforts. Owns annual travel and related program expenditures, forecasts spend, identifies savings opportunities, and delivers annual financial performance targets through sourcing, compliance, supplier optimization, and demand management initiatives.

The base salary range for this role is $119,800 - $225,250. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

Strategic Leadership & Program Management

• Directs the development and executes the Company's long‑term strategy for Travel, Corporate Credit Cards, and Meetings & Events programs, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and financial goals.
• Leads the development of governance, operating models, policies, procedures, and performance standards across all assigned programs.
• Provides strategic leadership and executes complex enterprise‑wide initiatives impacting multiple business functions, locations, and stakeholder groups.
• Sets the strategic direction for project governance frameworks, success metrics, and reporting mechanisms to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.
• Identifies emerging industry trends, technologies, and best practices and recommends strategic opportunities to improve travel and corporate credit card programs.

Travel Program Leadership

• Maintains overall responsibility for the Company's travel program, policies, supplier strategy, traveler experience, compliance programs, reporting, and operational effectiveness.
• Oversees and maintains travel policies, standards, and governance…