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Manager - Business & Partnerships

ixigo

ixigo

Sales & Business Development
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Posted on Jan 30, 2025

Company Description

Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo is a technology company focused on empowering Indian travelers to plan, book and manage their trips across rail, air, buses and hotels. ixigo assists travelers in making smarter travel decisions by leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science-led innovations on ixigo’s OTA platforms, including websites and mobile applications.

ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus became a part of ixigo in 2021. ixigo is headquartered in Gurugram with offices in Bangalore (ConfirmTkt) and Hyderabad (AbhiBus). The ixigo, ConfirmTkt and AbhiBus apps allow travellers to book train tickets, flight tickets, bus tickets, hotels, cabs and provide travel utility tools and services developed using in-house proprietary algorithms and crowd- sourced information. In 2022, as per data.ai, ixigo was featured in the Top 10 most downloaded travel apps worldwide.

Job Description

Role:

The successful candidate will have L1 reporting to AVP Flights Business , to be based out of Gurgaon with L2 reporting to SVP Flights & Hotel Business. The ideal candidate will be required to work across domains of partnerships, new vertical launch, account management and growth of the verticals ; The role require the candidate to be a quick learner, agile, persistent and have let’s do it attitude.

Responsibilities

  • Category management with regards to Flights LOB- Airport Cabs & Rentals, Travel Insurance, Forex, and Visa
  • Account management involving building relationships with partners , revenue reconciliation, invoicing and recovery.
  • Responsible for engaging with partners to identify new product opportunities & driving them to closure with internal stakeholders i.e. Product/ Tech / CX/ Finance

Qualifications

  • Masters degree in Business Management / Sales & Marketing preferably from a reputed B-School.
  • Min 3/4 years of experience across business development / business alliances/ account management with excellent relationship building skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, should be able to do hard talk, communicate and build relationship with C level executives in the industry.

Additional Information

Soft Skills:

  • Strong relationship skills with technology bend of mind, should be able to think out of the box, methodical in approach and primarily a sales and relationship person.
  • Genuine passion for sales with high energy level with understanding of e commerce business web and mobile, should be able to think out of the box and a quick learner.