Group Travel Team Leader - North Sydney, NSW

FCM; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff Discounts

Travel Discounts

Global conferences

Job summary

FCM Meetings & Events in North Sydney, NSW seeks a Group Travel Team Leader to drive performance and growth for the national group travel team. You will lead a customer-centric group, develop staff, and deliver strategic customer partnerships in a fast-moving environment.

The role blends hands-on operations with leadership, fostering a culture of support and psychological safety, guiding team members on their Brightness of Future (BOF) pathway, and balancing autonomy with collaboration.

Qualifications

• Extensive travel or MICE industry experience.
• Minimum 3 years previous leadership experience in a customer facing role.
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills with excellent time management.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the overall performance, growth, and development of the group travel team nationally.
• Support continual improvement and excellence in service.
• Foster a collaborative and productive team culture.
• Assess, troubleshoot and provide solutions to a range of customer scenarios.
• Maximise productivity of Travel Managers and project teams through training and operational support.
• Lead on driving customer partnerships including strategic planning and new business growth.

Skills

Travel industry

Leadership experience

Team development

Negotiation

Time management

Job description

Group Travel Team Leader - North Sydney, NSW

Job no: 533041
Brand: FCM Meetings & Events
Work type: Full time, Hybrid
Location: New South Wales
Categories: Sales and Customer Service, Leadership

As Group Travel Team Leader you will lead with a customer-centric mindset, maintaining measured commercial and business sense that drives successful customer and business-related outcomes and goals. As part of the wider Group Travel team, you will be accountable for relationship management and customer retention, growth, and profitability. This role is a blend of hands-on operational and team leadership responsibilities. You will always demonstrate a culture of support, psychological safety, and success for your team. You will be instrumental in their development and performance, including assisting them on their pathway to their Brightness of Future (BOF). You are an organised individual; you can work autonomously and collaboratively on fast moving projects and balance that seamlessly with living the Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) & FCM Meetings & Events (FCM M&E) DNA.

You will be responsible for:

• Contribute to the overall performance, growth, and development of the group travel team nationally.
• Supporting continual improvement and excellence in service.
• Fostering a collaborative and productive team culture.
• Assessing, troubleshooting and providing solutions to a varying range of customer scenarios.
• Maximise productivity of both individual Travel Managers and blended project teams through training, development, and operational support.
• Play a lead role in driving customer partnerships including strategic planning, MLR development, new business conversion and incumbent business growth.

You will have:

• Extensive travel or MICE industry experience
• Minimum 3 years previous leadership experience in a customer facing role
• Drive and ambition to achieve and exceed goals
• Superior presentation and negotiation skills Excellent Time Management & communication skills
• The ability to encourages and support the development of team members
• A high degree of emotional intelligence
• Sound business acumen

What’s In It For You?

OTE $130,000+ per annum (comprising $80,000 base + uncapped monthly incentives) plus super

Culture: you will be employed by an inclusive company that offers a team culture like no other in the industry -Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is proud to be a certifiedGreat Place To Work® Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd

Exclusive Staff Discounts:Accessible via our employee-only portal with 350+ of Australia’s leading retailers,health and wellness discounts, financial planning advice, employee share plan and more

Travel Discounts:Including family and friends - flights, hotels, tours, cruises, travel insurance and more

Brightness of Future:Career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across theglobe -we promote from within

Corporate Health Discounts:Access exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA, access to internal gym

Mental Health:Support and Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

Social:Regular awards nights, social team-building and industry events, with the opportunity to attend global conferences (Bangkok in 2026, Sydney in 2027)

Giving Back:Corporate Social Responsibility program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, volunteering and fundraising; paid parental and volunteer leave

Sustainability:The protection of our environment is essential to the future of tourism, as a leading travel group, we have made efforts to affect positive change to the environment

Be part of a workplace committed to reconciliation through our Reconciliation Action Plan - we proudly support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion, cultural safety, and dedicated cultural leave