About Us
G Adventures is the world’s largest small-group adventure travel company and we’ve been making epic travel memories happen on all seven continents for over 30 years.
Our mission is simple: to change lives through travel. And not just our travelers’ either. Since day one, our tours have been built to establish meaningful relationships with local communities, directly benefiting the people and places we visit at every step of our tours.
With the demand for travel coming back strong, we are set up and excited for this next chapter in our company’s story — and we’d love for you to be a part of it.
Our DNA revolves around building, nurturing, and developing a diverse culture of people and a true sense of belonging, where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic self to work each and every day. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, and yourself, alongside a passionate, talented, and welcoming community that works hard to spread goodness around the world.
If all that sounds like your kind of thing, well, we can’t wait for you to join us.
Product Development and Enhancement Execution & Stakeholder Engagement
Work closely with the Product leadership team to review and follow up with regional teams on the department and regional product strategy; assessment of current product with a focus on quality, growth and margins.
Socialize and execute on strategic action plans for current product improvement and new product development with the local teams.
Collaborate closely 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 and in compliance with the PRD, cost parameters and competitive realities.
Participate in monthly Strategic DTs meetings to review and assess current strategy and adapt planning as needed and report back to the product Strategy team
Product & Market Analysis
Review competitive offering and volume and identify where we have opportunity for growth and improvement
Review ideas and opportunities as they come in to ensure the organization remains a leader in our space and a thought leader in the industry.
Participate in FAM travel and meetings for new destinations or new regions within a destination (ie. top priority product) to work with local Product, Operations and Buying.
Content Development, Communication and Brochures
Coordinate the drafting of initial technical and narrative content for draft itineraries, clearly identifying all required services for budget planning and contracting.
Work with local teams to review all technical itinerary content, details and inclusions and review first year pricing for competitiveness.
Write itinerary write-ups in the stage gates during product development that will feed Web content in a voice suitable for each travel style.
Write up the first draft of Intro and Highlights before sending it to the Marketing team.
Build annual pagination documents and do initial pagination drafts based on page count provided by the Creative team.
Review Tear sheets and Brochure for content and accuracy.
Project Management & Commercial Oversight
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 build out an action plan with the Product Strategy team.
Lead the project management of new product style within an assigned portfolio.
Experience:
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 being done with a focus on either Europe and Middle East, Asia, Latin America or Africa.
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.
What do we offer you?
Competitive salary commensurate with the role
Competitive benefits package
Birthday day off
Vacation time for you to recharge
Enhanced Parental Leave
Learning and growth opportunities
Employee Resource Groups
*Applicable based on location*
G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.