Technical Product Manager - Hotel Supply & Connectivity

lastminute.com

9d•Remote

About The Position

At lastminute.com, we live for the holidays. We are the European Travel-Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. With technology, we turn spontaneous thoughts into meaningful experiences, helping people travel the world. We are looking for a Technical Product Manager - Hotel Supply & Connectivity to join our team of around 1,700 people worldwide to help us power up the traveller's journey for millions of holidaymakers. If you are technically minded, comfortable with APIs, data flows and integrations, and interested in going deep into hotel supply and distribution, keep on reading, as you might be the perfect fit for this job. Job Description The job in brief: Job Title - Technical Product Manager - Hotel Supply & Connectivity Team - you will join Global Hotel, lastminute.com group's hotel sourcing and distribution division, managing direct contracts with 23,000+ hotel properties worldwide. We operate sophisticated B2C distribution through the group's consumer brands and are expanding our B2B capabilities through strategic partnerships and technology platforms. Level - Professional Location – Europe

Requirements

3+ years of experience in Product Management, or in an equivalent technical or analyst role transitioning into product, ideally with exposure to B2B, platform or integration products.
Genuine technical acumen: comfortable with APIs, data flows and system integrations, and able to hold credible technical discussions with engineers.
Analytical and data-driven, comfortable with SQL or able to learn it quickly.
Curiosity about hotel supply and distribution and a clear desire to specialise in the technical, supply-facing side of product.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to hotel distribution technology, including channel managers, GDS, OTA integrations and property management systems.
Experience with supply-side, platform or internal-tooling products rather than consumer UX.
Proficiency in extracting insights from data.
Deep curiosity and an interest in keeping up to date with the latest trends and news in the hotel business.
AI proficiency, with the ability to embed AI into daily work, from creating ways to automate and work more efficiently to data analysis and building working prototypes end to end.

Responsibilities

Own the backlog and end-to-end delivery for one or more supply and connectivity product areas, including channel connectivity, extranet and internal supply tools, serving our B2C brands and supporting strategic B2B initiatives.
Work closely with engineering teams to translate business requirements into clear specifications.
Manage day-to-day prioritisation and trade-offs to keep delivery moving.
Run continuous discovery with internal supply and operations stakeholders, as well as connectivity partners.
Drive your team's prioritisation and roadmap with clear reasoning and foundations that facilitate alignment across your area and the company.
Define success metrics and KPIs for each product initiative.
Analyse connectivity performance, content quality, booking conversion and operational efficiency indicators to inform prioritisation.
Collaborate effectively across distributed teams in Europe and Asia.

Benefits

An inclusive, friendly, and international environment (you’ll be working with colleagues from +10 countries and over 48 nationalities)
Shorter working week (36h as full time), with a half working day on Fridays
Flexible start and end of the working day, with core hours from 10:00 to 4:00 pm
Possibility to work from anywhere for a period of time per year defined according to local regulations
Fri-Yays: half a day on Friday morning with a no-meeting mandate and dedicated to deep work, personal growth, learning and training and/or focus time.
Professional and managerial skills development training paths, access to e-learning platforms such as O’reilly, Udemy, Coursera (depending on the department), and to our internal platform offering bespoke training content
2 paid days off per year for volunteering purposes
Occasional social events to foster connections among colleagues
Travel industry discounts and flash exclusive staff fares
Leave options (e.g parental responsibilities, marriages, bereavements, relocations, etc.) in line with local laws.