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Despegar

Online travel agency: flights, hotels, rentals

Market Manager

Account ManagementPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Six to ten years of consultative B2B portfolio management experience in travel technology, online hospitality, SaaS, digital media, or adjacent sectors.
  • A track record of building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
  • A proven record of meeting quarterly and annual targets, with measurable revenue, share, or retention results.
  • Fluency in customer relationship management (CRM) systems and disciplined book-of-business management.
  • Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with Power BI and Metabase; SQL knowledge is a differentiator.
  • Knowledge of online hotel distribution, including channel managers, application programming interfaces (APIs), pricing techniques, revenue management, and inventory management; this is a strong differentiator.
  • Ability to operate strategically and tactically, with a record of execution in ambiguous environments.
  • Autonomy and ownership in a dynamic environment, with the ability to resolve issues independently.
  • High-level spoken and written communication skills, including the ability to engage with hotel owners and general managers.
  • Availability for frequent travel within the assigned region.
  • Native Portuguese and mandatory English fluency.

Responsibilities

  • Build trusted executive relationships with hotels in the portfolio, including owners, general managers, and revenue teams, and advise them on significant commercial decisions.
  • Own the portfolio end to end and deliver commercial results in revenue, share, conversion, and retention.
  • Lead strategic negotiations involving rates, inventory, paid media, promotions, and commercial terms across group brands; close annual agreements, tactical campaigns, and high-conversion page placements.
  • Provide partners with market insights, benchmarks, and positioning recommendations that support decision-making.
  • Hold regular business reviews and optimization calls, focused on measurable action plans and executive follow-up.
  • Build analyses using Excel, Metabase, and Power BI and translate data insights into weekly commercial decisions.
  • Explain product, pricing, and distribution updates to partners and identify practical business gains for hotels.
  • Bring qualified market feedback to product, revenue, and operations teams and influence the roadmap based on field insights.
  • Represent Decolar at trade fairs, events, and field visits as its spokesperson in the assigned region.
  • Develop local engagement initiatives, activations, and ideas based on direct interaction with the partner base.

Desired Qualifications

  • Spanish fluency.
  • SQL knowledge.
  • Knowledge of online hotel distribution, including channel managers, APIs, pricing techniques, revenue management, and inventory management.

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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