Director - Product Management - Travel/Airlines/Aviation/Hospitality Domain

Candidates having current experience in Travel/Airlines/Aviation/Hospitality Domain will be preferred.

- Build and manage a team of transversal Product Manager professionals

- Be accountable for the performance and results of Order product management assign to the team and report on activities.

- Develop plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges

- Ensure effective utilization of individuals and checks on quality and quantity, and ensure budget control on the solutions

- Maintain the leadership on the solution with control and focused investment according to strategy and defined long-term plan

- Suggest alternatives / improvements / new techniques in processes, flows, operational models and plans

- Work in autonomy and receive guidance from director on most-complex topics

- Technical / functional / business / commercial awareness

- Foster innovation, engagement, empowerment, growth and development of people

- Assist, guide, and motivate team members in their assigned functions.

- Interview and select candidates for the team

- Manage HR activity and procedures for the team

- Ensure timely and appropriate communication to team members regarding organization information.

- Fix and follow-up objectives for individuals in line with organizational goals.

- Conduct annual appraisal interviews and provide input for salary reviews.

- Manage Budget and Roadmap

- Build product roadmap and track execution / accountable for budget utilization

- Apply budget reporting and performance input to Product Marketing in line with product vision & long-term plan

- Prioritize and arbitrate roadmap items as new business priorities arise, and communicate with stakeholders.

Identify opportunities

- Identify, analyze and assess business requirements from customers and prospects aligned with Order Management transformation.

- Benchmark other business needs.

- Give input to the product plan/Roadmap & long-term plan.

- Consolidate and articulate business needs into new product concepts or upgrades.

Promote the product

- Provide key information on the product to define the Value proposition

- Contribute to the launch plan with Product Marketing and other associated teams & Bus.

- Share content for product documentation, sales tools and collateral.

- Create standard and tailor-made presentations, and demo scripts showing product value.

- Give presentations, demos and familiarization sessions to customer, or train Sales to perform them.

- Participate to the preparation of key events, guaranteeing the success of product launch and follow up.

- Contribute to RFP/RFI for the product.