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Despegar

Online travel agency: flights, hotels, rentals

Global B2B Key Account Executive

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFlorida, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Four to five years of experience in B2B commercial roles, including prospecting and business development.
  • Fluent written and spoken English, including the ability to deliver business presentations.
  • Experience working in multicultural environments with partners across multiple regions.
  • Strategic or executive-level negotiation skills.
  • Expertise in B2B consultative selling, including co-creating solutions and joint business plans.
  • Ability to generate insights, reports, and strategic recommendations through analysis.
  • Reside in or be willing to reside in Florida, United States.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and grow a global portfolio of API-connected technology partner key accounts, with annual targets driving multi-million-dollar revenues.
  • Develop and execute Joint Business Plans for each assigned account, including quarterly business reviews.
  • Lead technical optimization initiatives, including integration migrations, inventory expansion, and connectivity enhancements, in coordination with technical teams.
  • Monitor account health, including integration performance, service-level agreement compliance, conversion velocity, and revenue tracking against targets.
  • Use customer relationship management and data analytics to prioritize account actions, measure impact, and make decisions with partial data.
  • Lead commercial negotiations involving contract renewals, margin agreements, promotional campaigns, and credit line management.
  • Resolve operational bottlenecks and disputes by coordinating with Operations, Sourcing, Finance, and Technology teams.
  • Identify and execute growth opportunities, including expansion into new points of sale, channel diversification in markets outside Latin America, and product coverage expansion.
  • Adopt artificial intelligence tools and automation to optimize reporting, quoting, and repetitive commercial processes.
  • Receive accounts from the Hunting team after launch and transition them into long-term management.
  • Build executive relationships with key decision-makers across partner organizations.
  • Present account reviews to leadership, including performance metrics, risk assessments, and growth roadmaps.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the travel wholesale industry.
  • Familiarity with artificial intelligence tools applied to commercial processes.

About the Company

Despegar

Online travel agency: flights, hotels, rentals

Despegar.com operates as a travel booking platform in Latin America, letting travelers find and reserve flights, hotels, car rentals, and other travel services. Users search across multiple providers on Despegar’s site, compare options, and complete bookings directly, with the company earning commissions from suppliers for each transaction and additional revenue from advertising and related services. The platform differentiates itself through its regional focus on Latin America, a wide catalog of travel products from various providers, and its business model that relies on commission revenue and ads rather than owning all inventory. Despegar’s goal is to streamline how travelers in the region discover and book travel, expanding its market share in Latin America’s online travel market.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founded
1999

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