Travel Operations Lead

About OnArrival

OnArrival powers the travel stack inside leading banks, fintechs, and consumer apps across India, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. We enable these enterprises to offer flights, hotels, and soon buses, trains, tours & activities directly inside their apps through our embedded travel micro-app.

Even though our customers are enterprises, the end-user experience is 100% consumer travel - with all the complexity of cancellations, refunds, IRROPS, hotel issues, and cross-supplier unpredictability.

Your role will ensure these journeys run smoothly.

Role : CX & Travel Operations

We are looking for a Manager-level operator (6–8 yrs) with hands-on expertise in travel operations, consumer support, or fast-moving consumer apps.

You will be responsible for day-to-day travel operations, high-priority ticket escalation, CX quality, and smooth partner communication.

This role is perfect for someone who :

• wants to step up into a Lead role
• brings a strong travel operations foundation
• can manage and coach a team
• can ensure daily delivery excellence
• but does not yet need to run the entire org-level strategy
• reports to a senior leader

What You Will Own (Manager-Level Scope)

1. Day-to-Day Travel Support & Operations

Run the CX operations for flights + hotels with consistency and accuracy.

Ensure TAT, CSAT, FCR, VOC, and SLA metrics are met daily.

Monitor queues, allocate load, and ensure agents stay unblocked.

2. Handle Priority Escalations

Take ownership of escalations coming from enterprise partners and internal stakeholders.

Resolve complex travel cases : cancellations, refund conflicts, hotel failures, supplier errors.

Maintain calm, clear, and professional communication under pressure.

3. Team Management & Coaching

Lead a small-to-mid-sized CX team.

Conduct coaching, feedback sessions & quality checks.

Ensure team readiness during peak travel and disruption cycles.

4. Process Execution & Improvement

Maintain and update SOPs for travel flows.

Identify repetitive issues and propose fixes to senior leadership.

Work with product & engineering on small workflow improvements.

5. Partner Coordination (Operational Level)

Communicate updates to partners during ticket escalations.

Share status, expected timelines, and closure details.

Help prepare incident summaries for senior leaders to present.

6. CX Quality & Accuracy

Run daily QA checks.

Ensure responses are consistent and policy-aligned.

Maintain high accuracy and correctness in refund & cancellation flows.

7. Knowledge Management

Maintain the internal knowledge base.

Train the team when policies or supplier rules change.

Keep documentation clear, updated, and easy to use.

What Great Looks Like (Manager Level)

Day-to-day escalations are handled swiftly and cleanly.

CX team performance steadily improves.

Refunds, cancellations, and travel disruption cases are handled accurately.

Partners trust the operational cadence and clarity of communication.

Issues are solved before they reach senior stakeholders.

You maintain a stable, predictable support environment.

Who You Are

Path A - Travel Ops First

You’ve spent 3–6+ years in :

OTA support

Airline operations

Hotel booking support

Travel marketplace

Meta-search support

You understand the everyday reality of travel support.

Path B - High-Volume Consumer Ops Professional

You may come from :

fintech

mobility

food delivery

logistics

e-commerce

…but with strong ops discipline, escalation-handling skill, and empathy for consumer journeys.

You love operational structure and accuracy more than fancy CX-design buzzwords.

Minimum Requirements

6–8 years in customer support / operations roles

Experience working in fast-paced, high-volume, rule-heavy environments

Strong communication : clear, calm, professional

Experience coaching a team

Process-oriented mindset and close attention to detail

Strong data hygiene & comfort with tools like Excel / Sheets, CRMs

Nice to Have (Forward-Looking)

Experience with AI tools (summarizers, agent assist, QA automation)

CRM experience : Freshdesk, Zendesk, Salesforce