Director, Product (API)

This role is eligible for our five-day flex office work model.

Director, Product Management(API)

Our Product Management teams work tirelessly to understand what our customers need and make it a reality. They’re the ones who make our deals come to life and our user experience simple and intuitive.  

Why this job’s a big deal:

We are seeking a Director of Product Management across our API product lines which includes our demand and content API’s in the hotel, rental car and flight industry. You have a strong background in software systems, an ability to understand customer needs and opportunities, analytical aptitude and strong stakeholder management skills. A background in the travel industry, especially in the hotel API space is a strong plus.

We welcome people at the top of their game who work collaboratively, prioritize learning, and take their work seriously, but not themselves. Our distribution team is a grown-up start-up, combining cutting-edge technology with real purpose. Every day we provide exclusive discounts on hotels, flights, rental cars and packages through our Booking Engines (API) and Customer Facing Platforms (Private Labels). Our products and technology powers some of the most iconic brands in the world, helping millions of travelers be there for the moments that matter. For us, every trip is a big deal.

In this role you will get to:

• Work closely with our partners, sales and market teams to understand the needs and opportunities in the travel API distribution space

• Build and maintain up to date industry knowledge, performing extensive research to completely understand how our product offering stacks up against our competitors

• Manage a team of product management professionals to define, create and manage the short and long term API product roadmap and strategy

• Lead teams in developing requirements, specifications, and enhancements to our suite of API products.

• Translate partner problems and opportunities into tangible customer facing solutions with your team

What we’re looking for:

• 4+ years experience as a product manager, ideally in the travel technology space

• Experience managing multiple product teams

• Experience balancing and prioritizing the needs of internal and external stakeholders 

• Strong analytical abilities including proficiency with multiple analytics tool sets including Splunk, Tableau, Google Analytics, SQL

• Experience with Agile project management techniques and tools such as Jira and Confluence

• Ability to quickly learn and understand complex projects and software systems

• A desire to work in a fast-paced, results driven environment

• Strong customer-centric communication skills. Ability to communicate to both business and technical personnel. Displays ‘grace under pressure’ ethic at all times, with both customers and peers

• Strong problem solving, analytic, and decision making skills. Able to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and formulate innovative and effective actions plans to resolve issues.

• Must be a great team player that works well in collaborative and multi-cultural situations.

• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust. 

• The Right Results, the Right Way is not just a motto at Priceline; it’s a way of life. Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential. 

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