Job Title: Senior Product Manager - Flights Ancillaries
Role Overview:
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
Responsible for a product team including the short and long term roadmap for the product area, goals and success metrics. Understand and explain the impact of the team on the Flights vision and strategy, and how it fits into Booking’s mission.
Work closely with other Flights Ancillaries product managers to ensure alignment and coherent strategy across the diverse teams working in this area.
Identify user and partner needs through various methods of research (quantitative, qualitative, market research, benchmarking)
Responsible for data analysis, experimentation, and reporting on their product to drive changes and improvements to the user experience and business metrics.
Serve as the product team's primary contact for information, work prioritisation, and decision-making.
Responsible for selecting the right methodology for the product that is being developed given the stage of the product life cycle, by applying knowledge of the limitations and possibilities of the various product development methodologies.
Responsible for ensuring a high quality user experience with our products by applying technical awareness and understanding of technical risks.
Building of business cases and supporting business models to be able to understand and explain the impact of team on the wider business
Support and justify the chosen technical solutions and build a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders by ensuring the technical feature development and strategy are scoped to satisfy the short and long term needs of the business.
Works independently with support and coaching from group product managers.
Responsible for directly or indirectly coaching, leading, and/or managing junior or core product managers to successfully grow others in their career.
Actively participate in product networks and the craft community outside of their own track. Contributing to the craft community and company wide efforts where needed (e.g. recruitment activity generating leads, doing phone interviews)
Creativity and curiosity - A creative problem solver with a deep curiosity about our business and product.
Excellent degree of communication skills - Being able to effectively communicate both the strategic vision and specific details to various stakeholders, from senior leadership to individual project members. Being able to write clear and concise product requirements, status updates, and product results.
Excellent degree of analytical skills - Able to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and recommend effective action plans to resolve issues.
Strong teamwork, stakeholder management and collaboration skills with the ability to achieve mutually agreeable solutions by staying adaptable, communicating ideas in clear coherent language, and practising active listening.
Ability to thrive and work in a fast-paced, results driven environment with multiple responsibilities, whilst also taking the time for personal reflection and growth on individual and product skills.
Great commercial awareness - Ability to conciliate product and business goals.
Strong Problem Solver - Ability to identify and analyse issues, problems or opportunities to achieve desired outcomes, by applying structured thinking and to break down issues to form a logical train of thought that can be followed and understood by others.
Project Management - Ability to create and lead a plan, with concrete milestones, to deliver complex projects/products with external dependencies, identifying key stakeholders, monitoring and communicating progress and proposing risk mitigation actions.
Role Qualifications and Requirements:
5 years + experience as a Product Manager. Domain experience in the Flights and/or Travel industry is a plus.
A track record of shipping global, impactful e-commerce products
Proven experience in leading high complexity projects with multiple dependencies. External (to the company) dependencies is a plus.
Knowledge about e-commerce optimization and conducting A/B tests is desirable. Previous A/B testing experience targeting revenue increase as a primary metric is a plus.
Proven experience of working effectively with and communicating to a diverse set of stakeholders within and outside the company.
Solution oriented and outcome driven.
Be a highly motivated self-starter with a flexible, can-do attitude.
Able to understand and formulate meaningful business metrics.
Fluent in the English language both spoken and written.
Booking.com’s total rewards philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. Our rewards are aimed at making it easier for you to experience all that life has to offer — all the messy, beautiful, and joyful bits — on your terms. So you can focus on what really matters. We offer competitive compensation as well as thoughtful, valuable, and even fun benefits which include:
25 days’ paid holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28 days after 3 years of service)
Health & well-being benefits such as mental health support, access to health insurance, etc.
Employer contribution pension
Industry-leading parental leave and adoption leave
Great discounts on accommodation, car rentals and other group benefits
From day one of your employment with us, we offer 22 weeks’ fully paid leave for all new parents, regardless of gender or the way you become a parent
Carer’s leave. 10 days’ fully paid leave per year for colleagues who are caring for ill family members.
Hybrid Working (UK): We believe in office attendance at least 40% of your time whilst empowering you with the flexibility to plan where to do your best work.
Career Development Opportunities:
At Booking.com, we’re constantly growing and we want to provide resources to help grow your career.
Free access to online learning platforms
Development and mentorship programs to support career growth
Access to trainings and workshops
Team development opportunities
Application Process:
Please submit your application via the ‘Apply Now’ button above, your details will be reviewed by one of our Recruiters.
Your Recruiter will discuss the full interview process and they will ensure that you are fully prepared for each stage of the interview process.
Pre-Employment Screening
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