As Strategic Partnerships Lead - Industry Bodies, you will play a pivotal role in managing and advancing Travalyst’s relationships with key industry organisations, NGOs, and non-commercial partners, working on projects that will have a global positive impact. Your goal will be to strengthen collaboration, align priorities, and drive collective impact across the global travel industry. Your good understanding of these partners and the industry as a whole, will allow us to further strengthen Travalyst´s position as a thought leader and convener in the sector.

During this maternity cover period, you will ensure our strategic partnerships continue to thrive, focusing on engagement, delivery of agreed joint activities, and representing Travalyst across collaborative projects.

Ideal candidates will have a passion for sustainable travel, the ability to mix strong partnership skills with strategic thinking so that our work can deliver measurable change. You will already be working in travel or sustainability and understand the complexity of the industry both on the structural and technical side.

Contract type

Fixed Term (6.5 months, employee or contractor), starting end of January 2026 - beginning of August 2026.

Location

Remote (EU friendly time-zone)

As part of the Tourism Policy & Industry Relationship (TPIR) team, you’ll get to:

• Maintain and strengthen existing partnerships through regular engagement, trust-building, and open communication.

• Implement agreed collaborative activities with current strategic partners.

• Lead presentations and workshops with current and potential strategic partners to work out how we can align approaches to sustainability and amplify our joint impact.

• Coordinate quarterly meetings of the Strategic Partnerships Group, ensuring productive exchange and follow-up.

• Ensure that key decision makers at industry bodies know what we need from them, and when.

• If opportunity occurs, explore development of new relationships with potential strategic partners with the aim to establish mutually beneficial collaborations.

• Track and report on the progress and impact of ongoing collaborations.

• Monitor sector trends and emerging opportunities relevant to sustainability and industry collaboration.

• Collaborate closely with your TPIR colleagues to support industry outreach and engagement with policy makers, government officials and standard setters.

• Work closely with the wider Travalyst team to help everyone understand the strategic partnership approach of the organisation and coordinate external industry engagement for different workstreams.

• Support or lead the organisation of events organised by Travalyst in relation to strategic partners and the industry.

What skills we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, Sustainability, Business, or a related field; Master’s a plus.

• Proven track record (8+ years) in strategic partnerships, business development, or a related field within the travel and tourism industry.

• Proven ability to build, manage, and influence relationships across diverse organisations.

• Deep understanding of the travel and tourism ecosystem, including sustainability trends, policy, and data challenges.

• Strong problem solving, analytical, and decision making skills.

• High attention to detail and the ability to effectively manage multiple projects at a time.

• Excellent negotiation, presentation and skills, both written and verbal.

• Strong organisational and project management skills; able to prioritise effectively.

• Collaborative, diplomatic, and empathetic working style with excellent communication skills.

• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to implementation.

• Passion for sustainable travel and belief in the power of collective action.

• Self-motivated worker with entrepreneurial passion.

• Thrives in a fast-paced work environment while being comfortable in a fully-remote virtual and results-driven environment.