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Associate Director, Strategy

Tripadvisor is the world's largest travel guidance platform, offering reviews, booking tools, and a wide variety of travel choices to millions of users globally.

TripAdvisor

Employee count: 1001-5000

Salary: 195k-220k USD

United States only

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The Tripadvisor Group connects people to experiences worth sharing, and aims to be the world’s most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIP), include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, including Tripadvisor, Viator, and TheFork.

New York or Needham (Hybrid or Remote) or Remote, United States

Why this job is excellent:

The perfect candidate for this role will be a distinctive problem solver who can embed with any team on any problem and bring structured thinking, communication, and stakeholder management to make an impact on day 1.

You will be in the center of the action and integral to shaping the future success of the company. This is a unique opportunity for a talented, dynamic strategic thinker. You will play a key role on the team, identifying and leading a portfolio of projects across the business to realize Tripadvisor’s full strategic and financial potential. This is a hybrid role with the expectation that the individual will spend some time in our Needham, MA office when necessary.

You will have an opportunity to engage and learn across multiple lines of business and actively work alongside relevant stakeholders in Product, Engineering, Operations, Sales, Analytics, and Corporate Development.

You will report to the Head of Strategy and have significant exposure to the Tripadvisor Group executive leadership team.

What You’ll Do:

  • Supporting and driving robust strategy efforts for key areas of the business to determine traveler/partner/market needs, understand competitive positioning, identify potential paths forward, and set the right strategy for Tripadvisor
  • Driving quarterly
  • Working with teams to execute by ensuring necessary resourcing and a clear understanding of roles, metrics, milestones, and activities
  • Facilitating the performance management cadence to ensure progress across all metrics and milestones, and create transparency into status, barriers, etc.
  • Supporting strategy team leaders and key business leaders as they execute the plan for each initiative to overcome barriers, solve problems, re-allocate resources, and adjust as needed based on internal and external factors

Skills & Experience:

  • 3-5+ years experience in Strategy roles operating within a top-tier consulting firm with a strong command of the analytical, financial, and strategic problem-solving toolkit
  • Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives with excellent stakeholder management
  • An organized, proactive self-starter; able to identify what needs to get done, then willing and able to make it happen
  • Ability to embrace change and balance multiple priorities - with strong instincts for and ability to focus on what matters most
  • Distinctive written and verbal communication skills - able to synthesize complex topics into clear statements, presentation materials, and plans
  • Passion for travel and the role Tripadvisor can play for travelers and our partners
  • Experience within the travel and hospitality industry a plus, but not required
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and decision-making in day-to-day work.
  • Proven ability to operate effectively with a global-first mindset

The salary range for this role is $195,000 to $220,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee's pay position within the wage range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. This compensation range may also be modified in the future.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive compensation packages (routinely benchmarked against the latest industry data), including base salary and annual bonuses
  • “Work your way” with flexibility to suit your lifestyle. Tripadvisor Group takes a remote-friendly approach to collaboration across a worldwide team, with the option to join on-site as often as you’d like or as required by your team.
  • Flexible schedule. Work-life balance is ingrained in our culture by design. Trust and accountability make it work.
  • Donation matching. Give back? Give more! We match qualifying charitable donations annually.
  • Tuition assistance. Want to level up your career? We love to hear it! Receive annual support for qualified programs.
  • Lifestyle benefit. An annual benefit to spend on yourself. Use it on travel, wellness, or whatever suits you.
  • Travel perks. We believe that travel is employee development, so we provide discounts and more.
  • Employee assistance program. We’re here for you with resources and programs to help you through life’s challenges.
  • Health benefits. We offer great coverage and competitive premiums.
  • Generous referral scheme. Help us grow and be rewarded with generous awards for referring successful candidates.

Our Cultural Pillars:

Traveler first

We exist to create value for our customer, the traveler. We enable our suppliers and partners to unlock this value. Their collective behaviors and insights are what drives us.

Execution is our edge

We act fast, experiment, learn from failure, iterate, and improve the solutions of tomorrow across every aspect of our business. Our execution is agile, data-driven, prioritised, and built to scale. We assume no problem is someone else’s problem and finish what can be done today, knowing tomorrow will bring fresh challenges.

We succeed together

The best outcomes are driven by empathic, humble, and diverse subject matter experts working toward shared goals. We collaborate relentlessly, challenge assumptions, give actionable feedback, and set each other up for success through empowered teams with a clear charter. We transparently take ownership of our growth, individually and as a team. We celebrate the quality of our effort, our learnings, and our collective achievements.

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please make sure to reach out to your individual recruiter or our team at AccessibleRecruiting@tripadvisor.com.

If you have any additional questions about careers at Tripadvisor you can email us at recruitment@tripadvisor.com. We have all the answers!

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About TripAdvisor

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Tripadvisor is the world's largest travel guidance platform, helping hundreds of millions of people each month become better travelers, from planning to booking to taking a trip. Travelers across the globe use the Tripadvisor site and app to discover where to stay, what to do, and where to eat based on guidance from those who have been there before. With more than 1 billion reviews and opinions of nearly 8 million businesses, travelers turn to Tripadvisor to find deals on accommodations, book experiences, reserve tables at delicious restaurants, and discover great places nearby. Our customers, global travelers, often face the challenge of sifting through overwhelming amounts of information when planning a trip. They seek trustworthy, comprehensive, and personalized recommendations to make the most of their precious travel time and budget. Tripadvisor addresses this by providing a platform where a global community of travelers shares authentic reviews and advice. This user-generated content, combined with our extensive inventory and booking tools, empowers travelers to confidently plan and book their perfect trip, ensuring they have memorable and fulfilling experiences.

The Tripadvisor Group operates as a family of brands that connects people to experiences worth sharing, aiming to be the world's most trusted source for travel and experiences. We leverage our brands, technology, and capabilities to connect our global audience with partners through rich content, travel guidance, and two-sided marketplaces for experiences, accommodations, restaurants, and other travel categories. The subsidiaries of Tripadvisor, Inc. include a portfolio of travel brands and businesses, such as Viator and TheFork. Our platform enables users to not only read reviews but also compare prices for hotels, flights, and cruises, book popular tours and attractions, and reserve tables at great restaurants. We strive to make travel planning easy and accessible, no matter the trip type, by being available in numerous markets and languages. For our partners in the travel and hospitality industry, we offer a valuable platform to reach a massive global audience of engaged travelers, helping them to grow their businesses by showcasing their offerings and connecting directly with potential customers.

Employee benefits

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Calm Subscription

Free subscription to Calm.

Dog-Friendly Headquarters

Dog-friendly headquarters in Needham, MA.

Care@work Membership

Membership to find caregivers, pet care, home care, etc.

Dental Insurance

Affordable dental insurance for employees and dependents.

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