Markets & Regulatory Manager - Packages

Company Description

lastminute.com is the European Travel Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. It operates a portfolio of well-known brands such as lastminute.com, Volagratis, Rumbo, weg.de, Bravofly, Jetcost and Hotelscan. 

Our mission is to lead the travel industry by leveraging technology to simplify, personalise, and enhance our customers’ travel experience. Experts in brightening up online travel, we help our customers find and do "whatever makes them pink". 

We continuously invest in talented people who ensure our offering is closer to the needs of the customers and keep us at the cutting edge of technology evolution. More than 1,700 employees spread across our offices worldwide develop our own products and services to power the entire traveller journey for millions of people.

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

lastminute.com N.V. is a publicly-traded company listed under the ticker symbol LMN on the SIX Swiss Exchange. 

Job Description

lastminute.com is looking for a Markets and Regulatory Manager to join the Packages value stream in the Marketplace area, in order to drive and coordinate Dynamic Packaging geographical expansion work stream and regulatory compliance across markets, working closely with legal, product, finance and technology teams. 

The candidate will be the main point of contact for the activations of new markets, and will project manage various efforts across the business to launch new markets and comply fully with legally required platform and trading rules when selling packages to consumers. 

Key Responsibilities

• Project manage and coordinate the opening of new markets/websites
• Collaborating with stakeholders to meet deadlines and objectives
• Competitor and market insight to contribute towards growth strategy
• Continuous A/B testing
• Regulatory compliance related to selling packages across Europe (licences, renewals, reporting, pricing and funnel compliance)

Qualifications

Essentials

• Bachelor's degree in relevant fields, e.g. business, marketing, tourism
• Solid project management and coordination skills
• Strong analytical and excel skills
• Great communication and collaboration skills
• Preferred basic understanding of Package Travel Regulations 
• Fluent in multiple languages is preferred
• Open & willing to travel for work

Desirable 

• Experience in working in OTA/Tour operator environment

Abilities

• Highly organised with acute attention to detail
• Problem-solving and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work effectively with senior management
• Ability to develop strong relationships with cross functional teams
• Positive attitude and proven ability to work in a team

Additional Information

By joining our company, you will have the chance to:

• Join a dynamic team in an inclusive-international environment
• Grow thanks to the career journey and our internal mobility perspective
• Manage your own schedule thanks to the flexible start and end of the working day
• Work a shorter working week (36h), of which 4 hours on Friday morning 
• Get focus time for learning, development and deep work on Friday mornings
• Work partially or fully remote according to local laws
• Enjoy continuous training thanks to our company platform
• Benefit from employee discounts on travel
• Receive 2 days off per year for the purpose of volunteering
• Get free snacks / fruit / hot drinks / water / beverages at our offices