Manager - Travel Industry

Project Manager – Travel Platform Migration

12-Month Contract | Onsite | New Administrative Capital, Cairo

We are partnering with one of the world's leading global payments and technology organizations on a strategic transformation initiative aimed at enhancing digital travel and customer experiences.

As part of this program, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a large-scale travel platform migration, transitioning from a legacy travel solution to a modern platform that will support future growth and innovation.

This role is ideal for a project professional with strong travel industry experience who understands travel operations, booking platforms, supplier ecosystems, and customer-facing travel services, while also being comfortable working with technology teams and platform integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a travel platform migration program.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across operations, technology, product, and external partners.
• Manage project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and governance activities.
• Ensure a seamless transition from the existing travel platform to the new solution with minimal business disruption.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, travel suppliers, and third-party technology partners throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Support testing, business readiness, process changes, and operational rollout activities.
• Drive clear communication and alignment among business, technology, and vendor teams.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to leadership and key stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• 8-10 years of experience within the travel, tourism, hospitality, loyalty, or travel technology sectors.
• Understanding of travel operations, online booking journeys, travel products, reservations, supplier management, or travel service delivery.
• Exposure to travel platforms, booking systems, reservation technologies, or travel distribution environments.
• Familiarity with APIs, system integrations, or platform implementations is highly desirable, although this is not a hands-on technical role.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale transformation, migration, implementation, or operational change initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and vendor coordination skills.
• Excellent communication, planning, and risk management capabilities.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working with travel providers, OTAs, GDS platforms (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport), travel technology companies, or loyalty/rewards programs.
• Exposure to cardholder travel benefits, travel loyalty programs, or partnerships with banks, , or other financial services organizations.
• Experience managing supplier onboarding, platform transitions, or customer experience transformation initiatives.

Why This Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a high-profile international program and play a key role in transforming a travel platform used by customers globally. You will work with senior stakeholders, leading technology partners, and a collaborative project team on a business-critical initiative with significant visibility and impact

For qualified and interested candidates, kindly share your updated CV to [Confidential Information] and let's connect to discuss.