HomeAway, a world leader in the vacation rental industry, is the place to book beach houses, cabins, and condos with more than two million places to stay in 190 countries. The site makes it easy to find and book the perfect vacation rental for any getaway, often for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. HomeAway is part of the Expedia Group family of brands.

The Opportunity:

FRBO is the largest segment of suppliers (partners) in the vacation rental marketplace. We are committed to our partners being successful and maximize booking opportunity while increasing our footprint through consultative, strategic acquisition. 

As Director Partner Success, you will expand existing relationships and create new business by managing a team of relationship-focused account managers and building a world-class. The ideal candidate will have balanced experience with product-focused acquisition sales, account management, and ecommerce marketplaces. S/he will possess the ability to set a vision, build a team, and iterate often in order to execute measurable results

The Day to Day:

Partner Success – Manage and scale a consultative account management team with a programmatic approach to developing processes and tracking. Provide ongoing feedback to our product and internal partner teams. Determine performance optimization campaigns applied to accounts and meet company objectives through the design and execution of strategic programs. In addition to strong leadership capability, achievement of our partner success objectives requires strategic agility, program management skills, and a deep interest in ecommerce products and performance optimization.

Sales – Create an acquisition team focused on high-velocity sales cycles driving new customer acquisition. You will hire, train, and coach our team to be a world-class, consultative acquisition team. You will measure team member performance by new partners acquired. You are a self-starter who can operate both tactically and strategically. Sales success requires excellent business insight, regional expertise, creativity, and technical aptitude.

Job Description:

• Leadership of sales and partner success teams and managers
• Recruits, retains, and coaches sales and partner success teams
• Collaborates internally to improve partner performance in HomeAway’s marketplace 
• Develops strategic relationships with key accounts; leads delivery of business reviews
• Transforms our team members into marketplace experts who maximize partner success through data-driven conversations, marketplace insights, and actionable recommendations
• Drives revenue and market share for HomeAway through strategic acquisition and retention
• Meets or exceeds quarterly and annual revenue targets
• Develops and executes against targeted sales plan and strategy
• Builds and maintains a robust sales pipeline
• Manages contract negotiations along with the core sales organization.
• Delivers feedback to product teams to improve our tools, technology, and product offerings
• Delivers feedback to marketing teams to utilize in scripting/messaging, 
• Drives innovation utilizing a scientific test and learn methodology
• Leads or assists with sales operations, planning, forecasting, and inventory management

Required skills:

• 8+ years of sales experience and B2B client success or account management
• 4+ years of experience in a B2B environment leading and developing managers
• Consistent track record driving acquisition and product adoption
• Strong knowledge and documented experience coaching clients/partners for success in an ecommerce marketplace 
• Program management or process improvement successes with monetization and optimization
• High level of comfort working in (and explaining) technology platforms
• Demonstrated success working cross-functionally in matrixed organizations 
• Strong communication skills in both writing and speaking
• Analytical and experienced with managing business forecasts and budgets; organized, data-driven, and goal oriented
• Detailed knowledge of Salesforce.com & Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• High tolerance for change and familiarity with Agile Framework
• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA strongly preferred

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive health and insurance benefits
• Competitive salary
• Annual target bonus or commission
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Free snacks and beverages
• Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
• Free listing on HomeAway.com
• Electronic, adjustable stand-up desk
• Discounted Metro & Rail pass
• Casual dress

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.