Director, Partnerships & Distribution Marketing

USA (Remote)

$173K/yr – $240K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own the growth of Engine's partnerships program across travel, fintech, and SaaS, driving new business, channel adoption (Engine X, API/OBT), and deeper supply partnerships while building a scalable team and playbooks.

  • Own partner growth metrics and go-to-market programs
  • Lead recruitment and enablement of partnerships team
  • Align with supply, API, and channel strategies

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Grow channel and referral partnerships. Implement growth and marketing playbooks to attract, convert, and grow partners in 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. our Engine X channel partner program into a meaningful driver of card adoption and spend, across both new and existing partners.
  • API and Platform Distribution. Drive adoption of Engine OBT with TMC partners and convert inbound demand for our API product, Omni
  • 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. Build the team to support a large and growing partnerships team. Build the playbooks, enablement, tiering, and systems that let the function scale efficiently as the partner base grows.
  • You’ll be measured on the growth you drive through partners, including new business and booking volume, Engine X adoption and spend across the channel, Omni and Engine OBT adoption, and deeper, higher-value relationships across our supply base.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in partner growth, partnerships marketing, channel, or ecosystem roles in B2B, ideally across travel, fintech, or SaaS.
  • A track record of turning partnerships into measurable business growth through revenue, customer acquisition, bookings, transaction volume, or spend.
  • Experience with API, embedded, or platform distribution is a strong plus.
  • Comfort owning growth targets and building the team, programs, enablement, and systems needed to hit them.
  • Strong commercial instincts and a hands-on approach, with the ability to move quickly across different partner types and priorities.
  • An excellent communicator who can build trust with senior partners and represent Engine well externally.

Benefits

  • The Engine Edge: Perks & Compensation
  • We believe in rewarding great work with great benefits: - Compensation: Competitive base pay tied to role and experience, with equity for all employees. Some roles are also eligible for bonuses or commissions. - Benefits: Check out our full list at 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
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Engine is the modern travel platform for booking and managing work trips. It saves businesses time and money through an intuitive travel network that connects to nearly every hotel, airline, and car rental company in the U.S. It offers single invoice billing, the flexibility to modify trips at any time without sunk costs, and a unified view of all company travel and spend. Customers rely on Engine to not only make travel easier to manage, but to make it enjoyable for everyone involved. The company is backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, Elefund and Permira. Learn more at www.engine.com.

Founded in 2019
1.1K employees (53 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$173K/yr – $240K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$221M
Last Raise
$140M
Series C, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Series C • $140M
  • Dec 2021
    Series B • $65M
  • Sep 2019
    Series A • $16M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
340.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$144.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30%
Direct
54.9%
Referral
12.6%
Social
1.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

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