Director, Partnerships & Distribution Marketing

Job description

### **About Engine** Engine is the all-in-one travel and spend management platform trusted by 38K+ businesses and groups representing 1.8M+ travelers. We're the retailer and the rails of business travel, the fastest-growing company in travel tech, built on a decade of proprietary technology, supply, and pricing no one else can replicate. Other travel and AI companies run on our infrastructure to book real trips, hold rates, and move payments, without building any of it themselves. We built it, AI-forward at every layer, from how travelers book to how the rails run. That work has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators (2025), TravelTech's Reservation Platform of the Year (2026), and one of Built In's Best Places to Work (2020–2026). We're looking for bold, ambitious people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel. Working here, you can expect exponential growth, an ambitious pace, full ownership, and high-caliber colleagues who push you to do the best work of your career. Every hire raises the bar. Come outpace the ordinary and build the future of travel with us. ### **About Engine** At Engine, we’re transforming business travel into something personalized, rewarding, and simple. For too long, managing travel and spend has been overwhelming and fragmented — we’re here to change that. We believe the future of travel should be seamless and powered by technology that delights customers at every step. That’s why we’re building a platform that brings together corporate travel, a powerful charge card, and modern spend management in one place. To make this vision real, we’re looking for exceptional, mission-driven people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel. More than 30,000 companies already rely on Engine to support over 1 million travelers and billions in annual bookings each year. Cash flow positive with rapid growth, we pair exclusive Engine-only rates, industry-leading rewards, and intelligent automation to help businesses save money while delivering world-class personalization and convenience. Backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, and Permira, Engine has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing travel and fintech platforms in North America, with honors including the Deloitte Fast 500 and Built In’s Best Places to Work. ### **Your Mission** Own every way Engine grows through others. You'll sign and activate channel and referral partners who put Engine Travel, Engine X, and Engine Groups in front of their members; deepen the supply relationships with hotels, airlines, and car rental partners that power our rates and Partner Hub; and drive API and TMC distribution that embeds Engine into the platforms serving their own users. ### **What You'll Own** - **Help grow channel and referral partnerships.** Target, sign, and activate partners such as trade associations, industry groups, affinity organizations, and benefits platforms across Engine Travel, Engine X, and Engine Groups. Drive member adoption and growing spend inside each partner. - **Engine X distribution.** Scale our Engine X channel partner program into a meaningful driver of card adoption and spend, converting both new and existing partners. - **API and platform distribution.** Grow our API product by embedding Engine's travel inventory into TMCs, booking tools, and software platforms that offer travel to their own user bases, and drive adoption of our online booking tool with TMC partners. - **Supply partnerships.** Grow and deepen our relationships with hotels, airlines, and car rental partners, expanding those relationships and driving engagement with our Partner Hub product. - **Team and go-to-market.** Lead and develop the partnerships team and its marketing arm. Build the playbooks, enablement, tiering, and systems that let the function scale efficiently as the partner base grows. ### **How We'll Measure Success** You'll be measured on the growth you drive through partners such as new business and booking volume flowing through partners, Engine X adoption and spend across the channel, and deeper, higher-value relationships across our supply base. ### **What You'll Bring** - Extensive partnerships, business development, or channel leadership experience in B2B, ideally across travel, fintech, or SaaS. - A track record of building and scaling referral or channel programs and closing complex, high-value partnerships. - Experience with API, embedded, or platform distribution is a strong plus. - Comfort owning revenue targets and building the team, enablement, and systems to hit them. - Strong commercial instincts, hands-on, and high-agency, with the ability to move fast across many partner types at once. - A people leader who can build and develop a team spanning business development and partner marketing. - An excellent communicator who can win trust with senior partners and represent Engine's brand well. *We accept applications for this role on an ongoing basis. We review applications as they are received and encourage interested candidates to apply early.* **Compensation** Our compensation packages are based on several factors, including your experience, expertise, and location. In addition to a competitive base salary, total compensation may include equity and/or variable pay (OTE). Your recruiter will share your complete compensation package as you move through the process. Base Pay Range $173,400—$240,000 USD **The Engine Edge: Perks & Compensation**We believe in rewarding great work with great benefits: - **Compensation:** Competitive base pay tied to role and experience, with opportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equity. - **Benefits:** Check out our full list at[](http://engine.com/culture). - **Environments for Success:** Different roles have different needs in terms of the environments that drive success which is why we have a hybrid-hub model. Whether you are in one of our amazing offices or fully remote, we’ll make sure you have what you need to succeed. *Perks and benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and more.* **Ready to Build the Future of Work Travel?**Join us on our mission to transform how work travel works—for businesses, for travelers, and for the industry. Apply now and let’s make travel simpler, smarter, and more enjoyable—together.