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Despegar

Online travel agency: flights, hotels, rentals

Transformation Manager

Business OperationsPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeBuenos Aires, ArgentinaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Academic background in Industrial Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, or similar fields.
  • Proven experience in operational transformation and process optimization roles.
  • Business-oriented, consultant-like perspective, including the ability to identify opportunities, define service models, and support area growth; the position is not intended for a coder or developer.
  • Experience implementing operational transformations in other environments.
  • Deep understanding of operational processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to debate and challenge other areas.
  • Knowledge of tools such as Python, SQL, LLM agent frameworks, AI APIs, and/or N8N.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify opportunities to improve the area's operating model and prioritize them by business impact.
  • Challenge business as usual by bringing in external ideas and references, questioning current ways of working, and proposing alternative models.
  • Lead the transformation of the Supply operating model toward a more efficient and scalable operation, defining its short- and long-term roadmap.
  • Design and establish processes, KPIs for productivity, quality, and service-level agreements, and service models for each vertical to support the area's growth.
  • Lead the area's transformation by assessing which challenges should be addressed with AI and which through integrations or programming, including APIs and robotic process automation.
  • Develop minimum viable products using N8N, agents, and automations to test ideas quickly and measure their business impact.
  • Translate business needs into formal requests to IT, Product, and UX to scale validated minimum viable products.
  • Manage the optimization team and work cross-functionally with Operations, Commercial, Development, Product, UX, IT, and Revenue.

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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