Account Manager, OTAs – O-EMEA
Job Description:
- Grow and develop Disney’s Online Travel Agency partnerships across O-EMEA, excluding the UK
- Lead commercially focused account plans and partner marketing activity to strengthen distribution, improve channel performance, and drive measurable revenue growth
- Develop annual account plans for priority OTA partners aligned with business priorities, market opportunities, and channel performance goals
- Lead partner marketing campaigns to improve visibility, conversion, and booking performance across multiple markets
- Collaborate with country teams, central stakeholders, marketing, commercial, creative, approvals teams, and external partners
- Build strong relationships with OTA partners and unlock new commercial opportunities
- Manage a focused portfolio of priority OTA partners and lead moderately complex cross-functional projects
- Use data, market insight, and feedback to identify opportunities and shape commercial recommendations
- Coordinate integrated OTA commercial and marketing activation plans across timing, messaging, product priorities, localisation, and partner requirements
- Ensure OTA activity is delivered clearly, on brand, and on time
- Improve presentation, merchandising, content, and product information for Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort across third-party platforms
- Track performance and convert data into actions improving conversion, revenue, and partner effectiveness
- Contribute regional market insight and partner feedback to OTA strategy, planning, and forecasting
- Build scalable ways of working and mentor others on OTA channel best practices
Requirements:
- Strong commercial judgement and travel industry account management experience
- Proven ability to develop and deliver partner marketing activity, including campaign planning, promotional execution, digital activation, creative development, and performance review
- Highly analytical, with the ability to interpret data, assess OTA distribution performance, identify trends or risks, and translate insights into clear commercial recommendations
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills across multiple markets, central functions, matrix organisations, and external partners
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and lead cross-functional initiatives
- Experience working across EMEA markets, with cultural sensitivity and ability to adapt to local market nuances
- Strong English language skills; additional European languages are desirable
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a relevant field
- Minimum of 7 years’ relevant experience in travel industry sales, account management, or commercial and marketing roles
- Experience in key account management across retail travel trade, OTAs, or tour operators
- Track record of delivering against annual sales targets
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance & dental care
- Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
- Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
- Excellent parental and guardian leave
- Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
- Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment