Role Overview
This role includes the following responsibilities:
Identifying, shaping and bringing to life new financial products
Enabling strategic decision making across FinTech
Driving the development of new capabilities where needed
Supporting commercial optimization with insights & advice
You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate the product from ideation, to investment case approval, development launch and eventual running the incubation of products once they are live - until they reach a scale big enough to hand over fully to the Product team.
The role plays on the intersection between financial services and tech, such that experience across both those domains is a big plus. Plus, we hope you are enthusiastic about Booking.com and the ways in which we can offer financial products to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties
Think customer first in identifying opportunities for new products and how we can best enhance our customer experience (bookers and partners)
Apply a solid understanding of the financial services / payments landscape, including implications / opportunities for Booking.com
Build business cases and opportunity-sizing that are supported by both internal and external data
Project manage internal and external stakeholders during the implementation and growth phase of new Fintech products
Apply a Product mindset in identifying opportunities and areas of improvement of Fintech products in their incubation, growth phase
Gain understanding of the complexity & ambiguity of a topic, and apply structure to convey it in a simple manner
Enable strategic decision making with crisp & clear communication on data driven insights and recommendations
Be a key contributor to the team, working in close alignment with senior leaders in the team, but also with other teams across FinTech and beyond
Be familiar with the larger ecosystem at Booking and how other business units and functions relate to the work they do
Collaborates and is open to giving and receiving feedback with peers and direct stakeholders.
Role Qualifications and Requirements
7-10 years of experience within strategy consulting roles, mostly within the financial services and/or payments industry
Solid expertise (3+ years experience) in financial services and / or payments
Experience in either strategy consulting or strategic role in Tech
Experience in managing individual contributors is preferred
Strong project and stakeholder management skills
Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking skills
Business case creation and refinement
Ability to explain difficult concepts in simplified terms
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions
Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills
Ability to work with ambiguity in fast changing environment
The benefits and perks offered by the company can be
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