North America Product Manager

Cambourne, Cambridgeshire
Travel Trade Recruitment Limited

Are you an experienced travel Product Manager with a passion for the USA and Canada? This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established specialist tour operator, developing and growing its North America portfolio.

Working closely with hotels, destination partners and suppliers, you’ll play a key role in creating exceptional tailor-made holidays, developing innovative products and driving commercial performance across this exciting destination.

This is hybrid working with the office just outside of Cambridge centre with three days per week from home and a very competitive base salary plus excellent company benefits!

THE ROLE

As North America Product Manager, you will be responsible for developing the product portfolio, negotiating competitive rates and building strong relationships with suppliers and tourism boards.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and managing relationships with suppliers across North America.
• Identifying new product opportunities and monitoring competitor activity.
• Negotiating contracts, hotel offers and tactical promotions.
• Analysing sales performance and booking trends to maximise revenue.
• Managing product selection and brochure content.
• Supporting marketing campaigns and promotional activity.
• Working closely with Sales, Marketing, Commercial and Production teams.
• Delivering product training and keeping internal teams informed of product developments.
• Representing the business at UK and international trade events.
• Securing additional revenue through supplier incentives and marketing contributions.

EXPERIENCED REQUIRED:

• You’ll have a minimum of three years’ product management experience within the travel industry, ideally with previous tour operator experience and a strong knowledge of the USA and Canada.
• Knowledge of luxury rail, cruise, aviation or South/Central America would be an advantage.
• Excellent negotiation, communication and organisational skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and attention to detail.
• Experience managing supplier contracts, hotel offers and tailor-made itineraries.
• A proactive approach to developing supplier relationships and identifying new opportunities.
• A willingness to travel for contracting trips, trade shows and industry events.

WHAT’S ON OFFER?

• Very competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• Hybrid working with the office just outside of Cambridge Centre , with three days per week from home.
• Monday – Friday – office hours
• 25 days’ annual leave plus UK bank holidays.
• Annual company profit-share bonus.
• Generous holiday discounts for you, friends and family.
• Private medical insurance, income protection and death-in-service benefit after one year.
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• Pension with a 5% employer contribution.
• Free on-site parking.
• Regular team socials and an annual volunteering day.

INTERESTED?

If you’re passionate about North America, commercially minded and ready to make your mark on an exciting travel portfolio, we’d love to hear from you!

For any further information please call (phone number removed) / email (url removed) If this role is not quite right, but you have Travel Industry experience and are keen to find a new opportunity, please do send your CV, we may have something else that could be perfect for you! Know someone else who might be interested in Travel Industry opportunities? Please share our details!