Position Summary:
The Senior Manager, International Sales reports to the Director, International Sales and Distribution and is responsible for leading sales execution across all international markets for driving profitable revenue growth through a variety of channels, including managed corporate, travel management companies (TMC), retail, tour operators, consolidators and other business partnerships. The leader will manage a team of sales managers, a mix of own JetBlue crewmembers and General Sales Agent (GSA) employees, that develop and manage relationships with key corporate and trade partners, while also driving JetBlue’s overall commercial strategy. The Senior Manager is also responsible for achieving sales targets with established accounts as well as prospecting for new business. This role requires a strong balance of analytics, strategic vision, and relationship leadership to drive share gains and optimized revenue performance for JetBlue.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute JetBlue’s overall strategy across the LACAR and European Union (EU) Point of Sale Markets across TMC Corporate, Leisure, and Specialty Accounts
- Lead a team of corporate and travel trade sales managers (JetBlue and 3rd party) to drive overall annual sales targets
- Engage with and educate corporate travel managers as to why JetBlue should be incorporated into their company’s travel program
- Oversee contract negotiations with corporate accounts, TMCs and other partners to maximize revenue and share
- Use performance analytics, market intelligence and customer insights and determine sales strategy and account decisions
- Represent JetBlue at industry events, trade shows, and partner meetings that promote company brand and experience
- Partner with Paisly to develop corporate bundled initiatives
- Recommend sales and pricing strategies to Commercial Team Leaders based on local market data
- Identify new strategic distribution channels that present JetBlue inventory to corporate and other select audiences
- Manage commercial relationships with partners to ensure effective collaboration and mutual value creation
- Participate in assessing and implementing tools affecting Crewmember performance and training/retraining needs
- Responsible for mentoring and instructing Crewmembers on sales initiatives
- Take a significant role in the development of crewmembers to support the engagement, growth, goal achievement
- Other duties as assigned
