Product Development Manager III

American Express Global Business Travel • Washington, DC

2d • Remote

About The Position

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued. Product Development Manager III wanted by American Express Global Business Travel, Egencia in Bellevue, WA. Craft and drive product strategy that aligns with company goals and drives long-term impact by deeply understanding user problems, business and technology trends and collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Supply, Design and other key teams. Collaborate with partners, product and development teams to craft technical solutions and provide detailed specifications that satisfy scalability, reliability, and performance goals. Lead the backlog creation for a team of 7 engineers focused on driving key company metrics. Examples include driving product adoption and improving profitability. Launch new products by collaborating with customer success and product marketing on requirements and go-to-market strategy. Providing excellent project management skills, including active mitigation of risks to the plan, providing status updates, management of trade-offs to drive satisfactory completion of product/project, and facilitation of planning and governance activities with team(s). Work closely with analytics and data science to measure and improve the performance of your products. Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management or related field plus five (5) years of relevant experience. May work from home within commuting distance to office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management or related field plus five (5) years of relevant experience.
• Five (5) years of experience with API documentation and integration.
• Five (5) years of experience with product management tools, including JIRA and confluence.
• Five (5) years of experience with B2B including go-to-market strategy, measurement, adoption.
• Two (2) years of experience with Travel industry connectivity (GDS).
• Two (2) years of experience working with travel content suppliers and Property Management Systems.
• Two (2) years of experience with Adobe analytics.
• One (1) year of experience with AI feature product development.

Responsibilities

• Craft and drive product strategy that aligns with company goals and drives long-term impact by deeply understanding user problems, business and technology trends and collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Supply, Design and other key teams.
• Collaborate with partners, product and development teams to craft technical solutions and provide detailed specifications that satisfy scalability, reliability, and performance goals.
• Lead the backlog creation for a team of 7 engineers focused on driving key company metrics. Examples include driving product adoption and improving profitability.
• Launch new products by collaborating with customer success and product marketing on requirements and go-to-market strategy.
• Providing excellent project management skills, including active mitigation of risks to the plan, providing status updates, management of trade-offs to drive satisfactory completion of product/project, and facilitation of planning and governance activities with team(s).
• Work closely with analytics and data science to measure and improve the performance of your products.

Benefits

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level