Strategic Travel Growth Manager

AAA; Eagle (ID); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical (with prescription)

Dental

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off for Holidays, Vacation,

Company paid Life Insurance

Long Term Disability

Travel Discounts on all Pleasant Hanld

Job summary

Pleasant Holidays seeks a Strategic Account Manager to accelerate growth by partnering exclusively with AAA travel advisors and branch leadership. You will develop territory strategies, drive advisor engagement, and promote Member First products with training and support across a field-based role.

The role emphasizes frequent in-person branch visits, consultative selling, and collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations to hit revenue goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Five+ years in sales, business development, or strategic account management.
• Travel industry experience strongly preferred, especially with travel advisors.
• Proven track record of developing strategy, executing plans, and growing revenue.
• Ability to analyze sales data and use CRM, Office, and AI tools to improve performance.

Responsibilities

• Create growth plans that segment clubs, branches, and advisors by opportunity.
• Own assigned sales, adoption, activation, retention and engagement objectives.
• Build account-level plans with branch and sales leaders to hit goals.
• Engage travel advisors to increase consideration, conversion, and share of wallet.
• Use market intelligence and frequent branch visits to identify growth opportunities.
• Represent the Member First brand at branches, meetings, and events.
• Lead consultative conversations and tailor plans to advisor and member needs.
• Lead in-person and virtual trainings, onboarding, and webinars.
• Document visits, advisor interactions, plans, and pipeline accurately.
• Plan events, trade shows, and educational journeys aligned with revenue goals.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, Training, Ops, Reservations, CX teams.
• Support evolving priorities; track revenue progress against territory goals.
• Ensure timely CRM activity, pipeline forecasting, and performance reporting.

Skills

Strategic sales

Account management

Travel industry knowledge

CRM proficiency

Data analysis

Consultative selling

In-person relationship building

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

AI tools

Job description

Pleasant Holidays seeks a Strategic Account Manager to accelerate growth by partnering exclusively with AAA travel advisors and branch leadership. You will develop territory strategies, drive advisor engagement, and promote Member First products with training and support across a field-based role.

The role emphasizes frequent in-person branch visits, consultative selling, and collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Operations to hit revenue goals.