Senior Travel Success Manager

SAP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company seeks a Senior Travel Success Manager to establish and maintain partnerships with travel customers. This role involves developing strong client relationships, ensuring high adoption and satisfaction levels, and executing business strategies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in travel-related roles, strong communication skills, and the aptitude to advocate effectively for clients. The position supports a hybrid work model and requires occasional travel.

Benefits

Constant learning and skill growth

Great benefits

Flexible working models

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience with high level of internal/external client interactions.
• Demonstrated aptitude to analyze situations and define key objectives.
• Ability to give presentations to small and large groups.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships within assigned client segment.
• Identify and execute business strategies for assigned client segment.
• Track and update activities and reporting as required.

Skills

Client-focused attitude

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Planning and project management capabilities

Advanced Microsoft Office skills

Education

10 years travel related experience

Minimum 2 years’ experience with Concur Travel

Ability to pass background check

Job description

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

The Senior Travel Success Manageris responsible for the on-going success and partnership of travel direct customers within the assigned client base. This position will serve as the partner and advocate working closely with overall Customer Success team to ensure the highest levels of on-going adoption, retention, satisfaction, and new feature adoption are realized. Key to success in this position is the development and maintenance of strong relationships, both within SAP Concur, customers and partners. This position is structured as a virtual model with a high-volume account base. Medium ravel may be required. You will report into Global Travel Engagement, VP, Customer Success.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships within assigned client segment to ensure maximum adoption, satisfaction and retention levels, and client development are met
• Identify and execute business strategy for assigned client segment
• Focus on CoV/MVV and bringing value to customers with strategic engagement
• Develop client’s knowledge of features/functionality and modules by using online presentation or in person presentation methods
• Work closely with Account Teams to Identify, prioritize and resolve client issues/concerns; coordinate with appropriate internal cross functional departments to provide response and/or solutions
• Identify and implement improvements to processes, documents, tools, reports, etc. to benefit team and internal/external clients
• Track and update activities, reporting in SF as required, i.e. BR’s, Success Plans, FA etc.
• Participate on cross-functional teams to discuss accounts and look for trends or commonalities, ensure the best interests of both clients and SAP Concur are being fairly and objectively represented
• Identify and execute business strategies that contribute to the success of the key metrics of the position – retention, renewals, utilization/adoption, contractual compliance, and opportunities for expansion
• Work with assigned Account Teams to help manage travel success plans where applicable, including managing territory assignments, tracking activities and territory planning for customer base
• Develop and maintain strong relationships within assigned client account teams to ensure maximum adoption, satisfaction and retention levels, and client development are met
• Advocate for customer base for future product travel enhancements, collaboration with staff, team and travel product stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to help clients add Travel features to gain greater value from their Online booking solution

Qualifications

Education, Experience & Training required:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience with Concur Travel (preferred)
• Minimum 10-year experience with high level of interaction with internal/external clients and partners
• Minimum 10 years travel related experience
• Ability to pass background check

Job Specific Specialized Knowledge & Skills

• Aptitude to analyze a situation, defines key objectives, and recommends strategies and action plans
• General understanding of business, financial systems and organizational decision-making
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation skills
• Demonstrated aptitude to assess and analyze issues/data and develop or implement appropriate plans
• Must possess a client-focused attitude with the ability to act as a client advocate
• Proven ability to engage and interact with internal teams to resolve client issues
• Planning and project management capabilities
• Ability to give presentations to small and large groups of people
• Advanced Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) skills

Value Competencies

• Displays passion for & responsibility to the customer
• Displays leadership through innovation in everything you do
• Displays a passion for what you do and a drive to improve
• Displays a relentless commitment to win
• Displays personal & corporate integrity

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 442821 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 20% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid