Product Manager, Connectivity

Created on 31-08-2017

Location Berlin

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Description

HotelTonight makes it remarkably easy to book great hotels at amazing last-minute rates on your mobile device, for tonight, tomorrow and next week. Our mission is to connect with people by delivering the unexpected and we’re looking for a Product Manager to help do just that.

As a growing player in the global hotel booking industry, HotelTonight is at the cutting edge of technology. You’ll immerse yourself in the hotel booking marketplace to identify key opportunities for connecting us to the best inventory the world has to offer. When expanding our reach into existing markets, you will define our supply connectivity priorities through research and conversations with our hotel team. It’s a small team, so your input will have a huge impact on the way we work with hotels and how we grow the business. To accomplish this, you’ll have access to the best tooling and talented colleagues that can design, build, and measure anything you can dream of.

You have an infatuation with building process for business to business connectivity and watching your work come alive through innovative technologies. You know how to prioritize and move fast, and you have an amazing talent for connecting with teammates while keeping everyone accountable. Your passion for what you do thrives in an agile environment. You value the unique perspectives that designers, engineers, and product managers bring to the table and respect the strong partnership it takes to build a world-class product.

WITHIN 1 MONTH, YOU WILL:

Become an expert in the HotelTonight story, our mission, our values, and our products.

Build strong relationships with the development, design, and product teams you’ll partner with in both our Berlin office and San Francisco headquarters.

Understand the key drivers for our business, why our partners love us, and how the connectivity and global supply channels work.

WITHIN 3 MONTHS, YOU WILL:

Have ownership over a significant portion of the connectivity roadmap. You will know where our connectivity resources are strong and where they can be improved. You will have developed deep empathy with our hotel partners to know how their needs are not being met and how they aspire to work with us.

Lead and launch a major product. You will champion a technical concept from inception through concept validation, define what success looks like and how you will measure it, work with design and development to create clear feature definition, and communicate this company-wide.

WITHIN 12 MONTHS, YOU WILL:

Become the expert at HotelTonight in your area of focus. Leadership will look to you to understand the best technical opportunities for adding value to our connectivity integrations, which will support meeting our financial goals.

You will develop and champion a product roadmap that will create a strong vision for how we can achieve our company vision through incremental wins and big bets.

WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY IS COOL:

Global reach: Adding partners through connectivity is crucial to new and existing market expansion. Your work will have a huge impact on growth in revenue and marketshare.

Technical leader: You’ll be our internal technology expert that powers our product inventory.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

An ownership mindset: You accept responsibility for the success of the product and are comfortable making difficult choices when faced with uncertainty.

Strong technical skills: You’ll have the knowledge to jump in and problem-solve in partnership with our engineers. As you lead projects across the development teams, you will have a deep understanding of each component and show a strong ability to communicate their responsibilities.

Grit and scrappiness: You find ways to drive the product forward no matter the resources you have. You are not discouraged by failure because you are stubborn on the vision, but flexible on the execution. Managing multiple projects at one time is your strong suit.

Data-Driven: You have exceptionally strong quantitative skills, but also know when to rely on qualitative data and your product-sense to make decisions.

3+ years of successfully managing, updating, and launching backend integration systems. Hotel connectivity channel experience a big plus.

Willingness to travel to San Francisco headquarters once per quarter as well as occasional trips to the U.S. and Europe to meet with connectivity partners and to attend key industry events.

WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US:

The partnership of a driven, agile team that is building something disruptive

Camaraderie of an amazing team that is working tirelessly to build the world's favorite hotel app, supported by top-tier investors

Fun stuff: Quarterly travel stipend, weekly catered lunches, subsidized fitness membership, a wireless stipend, unlimited coffee and snacks, and the opportunity to spin the HT Roulette wheel to win a spontaneous weekend getaway!