Product Development and Travel Style Manager-2

G Adventures•Boston, MA

10d

About The Position

G Adventures is a leading small group travel company that believes travel changes people. For 35 years, they have focused on unique tours, avoiding large buses and cruise ships, and encouraging authentic travel experiences. The company culture is built on belonging, where employees are encouraged to be their authentic selves. They offer opportunities for career growth and working with a passionate team dedicated to producing high-quality work and making a positive impact. This role is an opportunity to grow into your role and contribute to a company that values individuality and passion.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional training in tourism, business, or a related field.
Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English, with excellent grammar and communication skills.
Minimum of 6 - 7 years of experience in adventure, active or cultural travel, with a focus on product development and sales marketing or operations and buying.
Extensive travel product development or marketing experience, with extensive work focused on Latin America or North America.
Proven track record of managing a product line and developing travel products or managing operational processes specific to the region.
Extensive travel experience across multiple countries and cultures beyond Europe and North America, providing deep market and cultural insight.
Strong ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, meeting deadlines and balancing regional priorities.
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including operations, buying, marketing, and sales.
Advanced communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey ideas clearly to diverse and multilingual audiences.
A collaborative team player who builds strong relationships and works well across departments and cultures.

Responsibilities

Review and follow up with regional teams on department and regional product strategy, assessing current product for quality, growth, and margins.
Socialize and execute strategic action plans for current product improvement and new product development with local teams.
Collaborate with regional Product, Operations, and Buying teams to execute and deliver on new or changed Product requests.
Take regional ownership of the stage gate process to execute and deliver based on timelines, PRD compliance, cost parameters, and competitive realities.
Participate in monthly Strategic DTs meetings to review and assess current strategy, adapt planning, and report back to the product Strategy team.
Review competitive offerings and volume to identify growth and improvement opportunities.
Evaluate incoming ideas and opportunities to ensure the organization remains a leader and thought leader in the industry.
Participate in FAM travel and meetings for new destinations or regions to work with local Product, Operations, and Buying teams.
Coordinate the drafting of initial technical and narrative content for draft itineraries, identifying all required services for budget planning and contracting.
Work with local teams to review technical itinerary content, details, inclusions, and first-year pricing for competitiveness.
Write itinerary write-ups in stage gates during product development for web content, using a voice suitable for each travel style.
Write the first draft of Intro and Highlights before sending to the Marketing team.
Build annual pagination documents and create initial pagination drafts based on page counts provided by the Creative team.
Review Tear sheets and Brochures for content and accuracy.
Lead Travel Style Consistency and Performance review on a quarterly basis.
Lead quarterly quality summary meetings for the Strategic DT and the Product Strategy team.
Identify opportunities or issues with Travel style and develop an action plan with the Product Strategy team.
Lead the project management of new product style within an assigned portfolio.