Manager, Advisor Recruitment - East

Global Travel Collection (GTC), part of Internova Travel Group, is the most influential collection of international luxury travel agencies. More than 1,500 GTC advisors are industry leaders in providing premium travel services to leisure travelers, corporate executives and the entertainment industry. GTC's combined global reach and leverage translate into value, recognition and preferential treatment for its world traveler clients.

The Manager, Advisor Recruitment - US Eastern Region is a field-based business development role responsible for driving new independent advisor acquisition across the Eastern United States. This role is heavily focused on proactive "hunter" activity - generating leads, building pipeline through industry events and conferences, networking within luxury travel communities, and closing high-potential advisors into the Global Travel Collection (GTC).

The Manager will serve as the face of GTC in the Eastern territory, developing market intelligence, identifying competitive opportunities, and building a consistent, high-quality pipeline of independent advisors and branch opportunities.

Proactively source and identify new Independent Contractors opportunities throughout the Eastern U.S.
• Attend industry conferences, trade shows, consortium events, luxury travel events, and networking forums to generate qualified leads.
• Conduct in-person meetings, presentations, and market visits to build brand presence and recruit top-producing advisors.
• Based in a key luxury travel market.
• Maintain a disciplined travel schedule (up to 30%) aligned to territory growth goals.

• Build and maintain a robust, active recruitment pipeline within Salesforce CRM.
• Execute consistent outbound prospecting via networking, referrals, events, and industry outreach.
• Identify and qualify high-revenue advisors and competitive prospects.
• Track and report pipeline activity, conversion metrics, and territory growth progress.

• Lead recruitment conversations from first touch through contract execution.
• Clearly articulate GTC's value proposition and competitive differentiation.
• Conduct financial and production qualification of prospects.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to structure compelling offers and close deals.

• Gather competitive intelligence within the Eastern territory.
• Identify regional trends, advisor sentiment, and growth opportunities.
• Provide territory feedback to VP to inform strategic direction.

• Partner with onboarding, sales operations, and leadership to ensure smooth transition of newly signed advisors.
• Align recruitment strategy with broader GTC growth objectives.

• 5-8 years of experience within the travel industry, with deep exposure to corporate travel, entertainment, and/or high-end luxury leisure markets.
• Demonstrated insider knowledge of the corporate, entertainment and luxury leisure travel landscape, including key players, advisor profiles, supplier relationships, revenue models, and industry networks.
• Proven success in business development, outside sales, or recruitment, with a strong closing track record-preferably focused on recruiting or developing talent within corporate and luxury leisure verticals.
• Established industry relationships and credibility within corporate travel and/or luxury leisure advisor communities.
• Experience working independently in a territory-based, field-driven role with a proactive, "hunter" mentality.

• Strong networking and relationship-building abilities.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to travel extensively within the region (up to 30%).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM tools.
• Strong organizational and pipeline management skills.

• Self-starter with strong hunter mentality.
• Highly motivated, results-driven, and comfortable with performance metrics.
• Solutions-oriented and resilient in competitive environments.
• Strong negotiation and closing skills.

PAY AND BENEFITS

Our benefit offerings include choice of two medical plans and two dental plans, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs), company-paid life insurance and AD&D, optional additional life insurance and AD&D, disability insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off, 401k Plan with company match, discounted employee travel options, access to LinkedIn Learning webinars and courses. Discounted pet insurance and auto, home, & renters insurance.

The salary range on this job posting/advertising has been developed to give applicants a wide range to comply with pay transparency laws in all states and geographical areas. Many factors, such as years of experience, geographical location, budget etc. are considered when determining the starting rate of pay. The salary range posted represents the pay range for U.S. candidates. If the job posting indicates that the role is available for international candidate consideration, the salary range will be based on the local market for the country where the candidate would be working.

This role may be eligible for an incentive, commission, bonus, or a discretionary bonus program based on the company's financial goal achievement and individual performance.

Internova Travel Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make employment decisions without regard to age, race, religion, national origin, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and gender identity or any other protected class.

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