Strategic Business Development Manager

When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago! By comparing prices from major booking sites, we're making it easy for people to find hotels they want at a price they’ll love. In the lively city of Düsseldorf, we seize opportunities to learn everyday, innovate, and make an enduring mark on the travel industry. A career at trivago is a journey designed for people who crave continuous development and want to thrive in a high-performing team. Here you will find those who aren't afraid of change but rather embrace it, turning every challenge into a pathway for growth. Join trivago, work with a great team, and grow with us!

Join us in making a difference:

The Marketing Strategy and Intelligence team at trivago is a unique blend of business and data roles, driving strategic decisions in marketing through data insights, innovative products, and deep country understanding. As a Business Developer, your will be dedicated to uncovering new growth opportunities and delivering business value through financial planning, controlling, performance and opportunity analysis from a country perspective, as well as project management and execution of strategic cross-functional initiatives.

In this role, you will collaborate with data and business experts on projects that impact every aspect of trivago’s global operations.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Financial Management: Own and manage financial processes and country performance monitoring, including quarterly market-level forecasts.
• Strategic Coordination: Coordinate strategic initiatives, assist Business Units with strategy formation and establishing quarterly objectives by providing a holistic, end-to-end view of the company.
• Insight Delivery: Supply Business Units with structured and actionable insights from a regional/market perspective, challenging the status quo, and providing market perspectives.
• Cross-Departmental Alignment: Manage alignment with functional leads and diverse stakeholders at all levels, conducting in-depth analyses of critical performance drivers and market/competitive benchmarking.
• Diverse Project Management and Execution: Work on a diverse set of topics covering all business units.
• Opportunity Identification: Collaborate closely with marketing teams to identify, define, and validate business opportunities.
• Data-Driven Strategy: Partner with Data Analysts and Consumer Insights managers to convert data insights into holistic marketing strategies, maximizing business value.

What you'll need to thrive:

• Experience: 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Education: A Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, or similar.
• Business Acumen: Broad business knowledge with a holistic understanding of leveraging diverse user acquisition strategies in a test-and-learn framework to drive revenue and contribution margin growth.
• Relationship Building: Proven ability to build relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to increase overall productivity and grow profit channels.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficiency in using a data-driven approach to identify business opportunities and make strategic decisions.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to scale focus in and out of topics to understand the full business implications.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Data Storytelling: Excellent data storytelling skills with compelling and easily understandable narratives for a wide range of audiences, including executives.

Stand out with:

• Motivation and Organization: High level of motivation, structured working style, and ability to get things done.
• Project Management: Excellent project management skills, particularly in agile methodologies.
• Experience with Digital Marketing Channels: Familiarity with various digital marketing channels and strategies.

Worried about missing a few requirements? Still apply, and express your motivation as you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

What you can look forward to:

As you grow, so do we.

This is why at trivago, we prioritize your development, offer personalized coaching through Likeminded, and provide workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, and access to a fully-equipped campus library.

Moving to join us?

No problem. You can count on the visa support from our talent support team, a relocation package, interest-free newcomer loan, free language classes, regular team and company-wide events to build experiences together.

Life happens.

We offer self-determined vacation (with a minimum of 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, 2 WFH days weekly, the chance to work remotely for 20 days abroad, free access to the Heynanny platform for personalized nanny assistance, and an on-campus kids room.

Enjoy your office days.

Use your daily canteen budget to share lunch with colleagues in our canteen, help yourself to complimentary snacks and drinks in our kitchens, choose from a variety of fitness options with our on-site gym, sports classes, and Urban Sports Club membership, and enjoy the comfort of ergonomic desks and focused work areas.

Thank you for considering a career at trivago! Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and enriching environment for all talents is at the heart of what we do. We understand that embarking on a new job opportunity is a blend of excitement and curiosity. Should any questions arise before you apply, feel free to reach out to us at joinus@trivago.com. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on global travel, w__e look forward to your application!

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