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Hi, welcome to PerkSpot. We’re looking for a creative and experienced Director to oversee the launch and maintenance of our newest Travel product arm. 

At PerkSpot, we are proud to provide exceptional perks and deals to over 17 million users. Due to the company’s growth, we are adding a new product arm to better serve our customers - Travel. Being the General Manager of the Travel arm is a unique position in which you’ll be able to completely own operations and logistics for what will become one of PerkSpot’s most exciting and lucrative product categories. 

About PerkSpot 

PerkSpot is an employee benefits company that works with America’s top employers to offer exclusive discounts, rewards, and recognition to millions of employees. These exclusive perks and savings are a great recruitment and retention tool that allows employees to take advantage of unique opportunities and feel great about the company they work for. We help employees from over 1,000 companies like Spotify, Walgreens, McDonald's, and Lyft save on everything from gym memberships and movie tickets to electronics, new cars, and travel.

Profitable and growing, our company was founded in 2006 by good people with a great vision, and we’re carrying on the work they started. In 2018, our company was proud to announce an additional investment of $50 million dollars from Susquehanna Growth Equity. As we continue to grow, we’re excited about our leadership position in the industry, but we’re also committed to doing more - developing better products, reaching more employers, and getting more employees engaged with our platform. Our passion is to make every place a great place to work, starting with our own. We’re a big platform, but a small team. That means we’re going to trust you with more responsibility than you’d have anywhere else and invest in your success and growth more than any other employer.

Meet the Marketplace Team

The Marketplace Team at PerkSpot is made of talented individuals with the success of the PerkSpot platform top of mind. As a Manager on this team, you’ll work with leadership to plan, launch, and manage operations of PerkSpot’s brand new Travel arm. Your understanding of the travel industry, coupled with exceptional product and commercial knowledge, will enable you to strategically map out our affiliate partner choices and choose merchants that will provide the best value, to both PerkSpot and our members.

Life as the Director of Travel Experience:

• Learning the PerkSpot business and the overall goals of the Travel program
• Using their expertise, knowledge, and familiarity with the Travel marketplace to make sound decisions regarding affiliate partners and deal structuring
• Selecting merchant partners for every category of the Travel program (hotels, theme parks, car rentals, etc.)
• Mapping out and overseeing the member journey from beginning to end; identifying pain points and working with internal teams to resolve them
• Identifying key OKRs for the Travel program; compiling and presenting regular reports on the program’s efficacy and progress
• Exploring new merchant partner categories and evaluating their benefits for PerkSpot
• Functioning as PerkSpot’s subject matter expert on all things Travel
• Prioritizing PerkSpot’s value and success; constantly thinking of ways to improve the product
• Attending regular team and staff meetings to go over company goals, success benchmarks, and sales strategies

 What we’re looking for:

• At least 8+ years of experience in travel coordination and operations; experience with loyalty or affiliate programs strongly preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Background within the high-growth tech space, as well as car rentals and hotels
• Team management experience strongly preferred
• Excellent business development, collaboration, and communication skills
• Strong analytical and reporting skills; experience presenting findings in layman’s terms to C-level decision makers
• Ability to map out and simplify workflows
• Visible empathy and understanding of the consumer experience; ability to easily translate this to actionable decisions
• Organized and efficient style of working; ability to manage one’s own projects and their deadlines
• Desire to learn and grow within a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment
• Proven understanding of PerkSpot’s values as a whole and a willingness to work hard to achieve company goals

Your First Few Months

Beginning on your first day, we will see you as the expert in Travel at PerkSpot, and we’ll trust you to teach us about the industry’s competitive landscape. First, you will work with the entire Marketplace team and PerkSpot leadership to understand the Travel program’s goals and map out its OKRs. Then, you will select the right industry partner to work with in each vertical, plan out the product development strategy, and work with the Marketing team to create and execute a communications strategy. After that, you will start hiring and training your ideal go-to-market team. Starting from your first day you’ll become an integral part of the PerkSpot team, and use your industry knowledge to launch and grow a main product arm within our business.

The Perks of Working at PerkSpot

We’re a big platform, but still a small team. That means we’re going to trust you with more responsibility than elsewhere, and invest in you more. You’re going to grow – a lot.

We work out of our office in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. When we are in the office, we dress how we like, encourage flexible hours and an open time-off policy, stock a good beer selection, and we’re pretty obsessive about our coffee. Most of all, we welcome good people with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

PerkSpot offers the full suite of benefits you’d expect from a profitable, established company, including health and dental insurance, a generous parental leave policy, 401(k), pre-tax transit benefits, and fully-funded disability coverage. We have in-office bike storage, a private gym, and a shower on-site.

We hold weekly company get-togethers where we learn from what went wrong and celebrate what went right. Every week at PerkSpot, we aim a little higher and get a little bit better than the previous week.

Because we consider every member of our team to be a fundamental part of our success, we encourage everyone to be invested in our success, regardless of their position. We want every one of our employees to think like an owner: put in the effort to exceed expectations, solve problems before they come up, and always go the extra mile. It’s this drive to succeed that makes PerkSpot such an interactive and fulfilling place to work. 

How to Apply

All applications will be kept strictly confidential. Please submit a resume AND cover letter (we know it is old school, but a cover letter is very important to us) telling us how you stack up to the qualifications, plus any other information you feel would be relevant to PerkSpot. Don’t be afraid to show your spark and personality!

All positions require a full background screening.

Offering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is a priority at PerkSpot. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.