It's not often you see a brand new "Head of Product" job opportunity at a B2B travel-tech company with a significant global client base, but today is your day.
If you're an experienced professional with a lead travel-tech product background, particularly in GDSs and Reservations Systems, and strong team leadership skills, this could be your next venture!
About the position:
Bring Product Vision to life and evolve high-level roadmaps in line with business growth targets and direction.
You are being a product evangelist to drive the future of products and commercial success.
Developing commercially-driven Product strategy in line with other company strategies.
Represented at relevant trade and industry events, providing thought leadership in travel communications and demonstrating the value of products.
Managing stakeholders and communication to customers and internally. Determining how to collaboration with other teams.
Developing and implementing a company-wide plan to launch new products, working with all departments to deliver.
Managing existing products including:
Assuming Product Manager responsibilities for some key projects. Creating new product developments, and gaining buy-in from the Senior Management Team with clearly articulated business cases and achievable return on investment opportunities.
Managing the entire product line life cycle (concept to phasing out) from strategic planning to tactical activities.
Specifying requirements for current and future products, working with customers and internal teams to define and refine product requirements. Individual Product Strategies - manage existing product.
Providing demos of new product features to customers to maximise their engagement and aid the sales process.
Increasing profitability and ensuring predicted ROI is realised.
Identifying and assessing potential partner relationships for the products. Develop and manage relationships with customers, and creating forums for Customer involvement in Product discovery.
Development and execution of tactical plans.
Being responsible for Product systems
The ideal candidate will have the following background:
Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Product Manager or Product Marketing Manager, including line management experience. Demonstrable achievements in defining and launching commercially successful products.
5+ years in the travel industry including experience of Reservation Systems / GDS (at least one of Amadeus, Sabre or Navitaire).
Excellent written, and verbal communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills aligned to audience needs.
Experience of working with international clients.
Experience of a SaaS type environment .
Experience of working with a commercial software company including working with a range of different types of projects from pure product developments through to customer funded developments.
Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.
Strong leadership and scope negotiation skills.
Strong facilitation and mediation skills.
Hybrid and Remote working arrangements are available.