Lead the Growth and Expansion of Unique Adventure Packages at a Sustainable Travel Platform
Overview
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Remote - UK/Europe
Expires at anytime
Organisation Summary
Much Better Adventures is a platform transforming sustainable travel. We connect adventurers with expert local hosts for thrilling, small-group journeys in incredible destinations. Our mission is to ensure tourism benefits the local communities, making each adventure a positive experience for everyone involved. If you're passionate about responsible travel and seek to lead critical projects, join us.
Role Summary
- Guide a team of Expansion Managers to strategise and grow our range of adventures.
- Show expertise in developing new adventure trips, ensuring distinctiveness and high quality.
- Closely collaborate with Operations, Marketing, and Commercial teams to ensure successful and popular new adventure launches.
- Deliver our expansion strategy, focusing on a performance-driven approach.
Role Requirements
- Proven experience leading product development within the adventure travel industry, ideally within a tour operator, travel platform or marketplace.
- Data-driven decision-making skills.
- Strong organisational ability, comfortable managing several initiatives.
- Great understanding of the dynamics of UK and US adventure travel markets.
- Enjoy working in dynamic, entrepreneurial environments.
Application Process Details
- Enjoy the perks of remote-first working, a flexible holiday plan, generous pensions, and more.
- Benefit from our entrepreneurial culture and join a mission-led business making a real impact in the travel industry.
Our Mission Much Better Adventures exists to make adventure travel a powerful force for good. We connect travellers with expert local hosts to deliver incredible small-group adventures in the world’s most spectacular places - while ensuring tourism benefits the communities that make these adventures possible. Our ambition is bold: to build the world’s most exciting positive impact adventure travel platform, continually expanding our range of adventures that travellers return to year after year.
The Opportunity This is a rare opportunity to lead the continued growth of one of the most exciting adventure travel ranges in the industry. The adventures on the Much Better Adventures platform sit at the heart of everything we do. The quality of our hosts, the distinctiveness of our trips and the strength of our adventure categories directly shape both the traveller experience and our growth as a business. We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded Head of Adventure Expansion (12-month maternity cover) to lead the next phase of growth across our range of adventures. You’ll lead a team of Expansion Managers, guiding the growth of all of our new adventures. You’ll support the team in the full new trip development journey, from discovering exceptional local hosts and shaping distinctive itineraries to launching and improving adventures on the platform. Working closely with Operations, Marketing and Commercial, you’ll ensure new adventures launch successfully, resonate with travellers and continue to perform strongly over time. You will lead the delivery of our expansion strategy, ensuring we continue to build and evolve a high-performing range of adventures.
Requirements We’re looking for a commercially minded product leader who enjoys turning strategy into action. You’ll likely bring experience leading adventure travel product development or managing a range of products within a tour operator, travel platform or marketplace. You’ll thrive in this role if you: Have experience managing teams and delivering product growth in travel Use data to guide commercial decision-making Are highly organised and comfortable managing multiple initiatives Understand the dynamics of UK and US adventure travel markets Enjoy working in fast-moving, entrepreneurial environments.
Benefits Why You’ll Love It Here A genuinely mission-led business redefining the future of adventure travel Entrepreneurial culture where ideas are welcomed and ownership is expected 38 days holiday pro rata (including public holidays) Flexible, remote-first working (+/-2 hours GMT) Generous pension (UK only), Private Medical Insurance (UK only) Team meet-ups, co-working budget and plenty of adventure.