Business Integration Director

Where passion meets opportunity

Discover your journey into the extraordinary.

Your Purpose

Explora Journeys is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, European luxury brand, imagined in the heart of Swiss hospitality in Geneva. Leveraging our parent company MSC Group’s hundreds of years of maritime expertise, our fleet of six luxury ships (four currently in the pipeline) are being built and designed in a totally different and unique way that will transform and redefine the cruise experience, creating a category of its own, appealing to the next generation of luxury travellers. 

An exciting opportunity exists for a talented Business Integration Professional to join our newly created luxury travel brand Explora Journeys. We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Business Integration Director to join our team in Geneva Head Quarter.

This role plays a pivotal role in ensuring seamless coordination between internal teams, business processes, and technology initiatives within the Reservation, Inventory, and Revenue Management areas. This leader will partner closely with business and IT stakeholders to deliver strategic projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards—while proactively driving innovation, cost efficiency, and operational excellence to support Explora’s growth roadmap.

Your Impact

• Partner proactively with department heads to forecast upcoming business and system initiatives in the Reservations area, enabling accurate project planning.
• Cultivate and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with senior business leaders to ensure ongoing alignment with operational and strategic priorities.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between IT and business teams, ensuring mutual understanding of project goals, risks, and delivery expectations.
• Identify and implement cost-saving strategies to fund emerging priorities outside the original budget plan.
• Lead the successful delivery of high-priority, business-enabling projects, ensuring measurable impact on operational performance.
• Collaborate with business and product teams to identify operational pain points, particularly in Inventory and Revenue Management, and propose innovative, technology-enabled solutions.
• Foster a culture of innovation by piloting technologies or practices that align with Explora’s strategic roadmap.
• Ensure vendor partners are effectively engaged, monitored, and aligned with the company’s quality, timeline, and budget expectations.

Your Journey so far

1. You have minimum of 20 years’ experience in a similar Business Integration Role preferably in the Luxury Cruise Industry
2. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field.
3. Proven Experience in deliver and implement Seaware reservation system for well-established cruise lines
4. Proven experience in accounting and revenue recognition methodology in the cruise line industry
5. Deep knowledge of Enterprise Systems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Navision, Amadeus, Salesforce and Seaware.
6. Deep knowledge of cruise line processes in start up context to build and adapt above mentioned systems.
7. Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects or programs from conception to delivery.

Your Essentials

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage change in dynamic environments.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process improvements and implement technology-driven solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel — where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony. 
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.