Product Owner

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd•Miami, FL

37d•Remote

About The Position

Journey with us! Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world. We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests. The Royal Caribbean Group’s Travel Platforms Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time IT Product Owner reporting to the Senior Director, Product. This role is ideal for a builder–product hybrid who can: Develop automation solutions using Python, Work closely with business stakeholders to refine requirements, Drive delivery in an Agile environment. The candidate will play a critical role in bridging business, product, and engineering, while independently building scalable solutions to improve operational efficiency.

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of experience in Technical Product Management / Technical Lead roles OR Software Engineering with strong product exposure
Proven experience working in Agile environments
Strong hands-on development experience in Python
Deep expertise in Pandas (data manipulation)
Deep expertise in DuckDB (analytics/data querying)
Experience building APIs using FastAPI
Strong understanding of data processing pipelines
Strong understanding of performance optimization
Strong understanding of debugging and troubleshooting
Strong understanding of Product lifecycle
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies
Ability to write clear user stories
Ability to drive backlog refinement
Ability to prioritize effectively
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
Excellent communication and stakeholder management
Ability to operate independently as an IC
High ownership and accountability

Nice To Haves

Experience in Travel industry
Experience in Cruise / booking / reservation systems
Understanding of End-to-end travel journeys (search, booking, payments)

Responsibilities

Design and develop automation workflows and tools using Python
Build data pipelines and transformations using Pandas and DuckDB
Develop lightweight APIs and services using FastAPI
Optimize data processing and performance for large datasets
Troubleshoot and debug technical issues across the stack
Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
Convert business needs into user stories and functional/technical specifications
Drive clarity in ambiguous problem statements
Ensure requirements are implementation-ready for development
Act as an Individual Contributor within Agile PODs
Participate actively in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
Prioritize work based on business value and technical feasibility
Take ownership of end-to-end delivery of solutions
Work with structured/unstructured data to derive insights and automation opportunities
Design scalable solutions aligned with platform architecture
Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and performance
Partner with Product teams, Engineering teams, and Business stakeholders
Serve as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams
Communicate solutions clearly to leadership