Strategic Travel Partnerships Manager

BizAway S.r.l.; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (stock options)

Welfare program

Flexible working hours

Job summary

BizAway S.r.l. in Lombardia, Italy, is seeking a Travel Industry Relations Manager (m/w/d) to lead our Travel Partnership Team. You will shape and drive a high-impact partnership strategy, leveraging Amadeus GDS and reputable suppliers to accelerate growth.

The role requires 10+ years in travel, fluency in Italian and English, and strong leadership to guide a 3-person team and cross-functional collaboration. We offer a permanent contract, full-time hours, and equity in a fast-growing scale-up.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (10+ years) in Travel Industry.
• Professional proficiency in Italian and English, both written and spoken.
• Hands-on Amadeus GDS experience, including contracts, features, and NDC distribution.
• Understanding of travel booking processes, integrations and technology landscape (APIs).
• Knowledge of trends in B2B API integrations for travel tech.
• Experience with BI tools for internal reporting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to build relationships with technical and non-technical partners.
• Outstanding leadership and stakeholder management; bridge between operations, tech, sales, and finance.
• Proactivity and willingness to propose value-creating solutions.
• Flexibility to thrive in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Define partnership strategy aligned with business objectives and geography expansion.
• Lead a 3-person team, set KPIs and cross-functional targets.
• Develop new opportunities and identify new supply providers for growth.
• IATA management: Remittance Holding Capacity, BSP management; strategic design.
• GDS strategy (Amadeus): oversee renegotiations and roll-out of features.
• Manage commercial supplier relations with key partners (Air, Stays, Trains, Car rental).
• Conduct periodic contract reviews with suppliers and negotiate promos.
• Provide strategic support to Sales, Operations and Finance.

Skills

Italian language

English language

Amadeus GDS

GDS contracts

NDC distribution

BI tools

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Proactivity

Adaptability

Tools

APIs

GDS features

Job description

BizAway S.r.l. in Lombardia, Italy, is seeking a Travel Industry Relations Manager (m/w/d) to lead our Travel Partnership Team. You will shape and drive a high-impact partnership strategy, leveraging Amadeus GDS and reputable suppliers to accelerate growth.

The role requires 10+ years in travel, fluency in Italian and English, and strong leadership to guide a 3-person team and cross-functional collaboration. We offer a permanent contract, full-time hours, and equity in a fast-growing scale-up.