Product Manager - Sustainability

We will consider all levels of Product Management candidates - Associate Product Manager, Product Manager, Sr Product Manager.

What does a great Sustainability Product Manager do?

Travelport's Product organization is creating a new position focused on bringing a comprehensive set of sustainability driven solutions and capabilities to our portfolio. Creating and executing the right sustainability product strategy is critical for Travelport's future as well as the travel industry at large. We want to go way beyond displaying carbon calculation for flights. Travelport has the opportunity to lead the industry with sustainability integrated search, spearheading industry standards, comprehensive reporting, offsetting and more.

The Product Manager (PM) is responsible for identifying customer needs, prioritizing features, guiding the work through Lean product management and developing and executing on the product vision and product roadmap. Identifies customer needs to articulate value propositions that will drive differentiation.

Provides vision & direction to the delivery team around value pursuit/requirements, feature prioritization and feature-level acceptance criteria. Responsible for entire product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• The Product Manager is responsible for the Product strategy and vision and will actively manage the prioritization of the Product roadmap for their Product, collaborating and working with the respective product stakeholders to support the Business Strategy.
• Accountable for tracking and reporting on status and metrics; forecasting and monitoring the product development/management activities against the agreed plan, managing and reporting potential overruns and the performance against the agreed KPIs.
• Responsible for working in concert with the Product Marketing team on general market sensing, defining the target customer, what problems they have and the needs the product will address, developing understanding of how the product measures up to competition, and what makes it unique.
• Accountable for executing the product roadmap, facilitating collaboration with internal stakeholders to deliver the product plans and help drive the anticipated value agreed as part of the planning process.
• Accountable for synchronizing with the Product Owners to ensure new work is brought into the backlog and prioritized appropriately.
• Responsible for collaborating with customers to develop a deep understanding of their customers' market and their business processes; will communicate the product roadmap and actively pursue feedback using the appropriate artefacts.
• Evangelizing the product internally and externally.
• Accountable for managing industry mandates and for executing on the delivery of these.
• Responsible for coordinating and leading the governance of the activities associated with the Product. Enabling a review of the interdependencies between products and scrutinizing performance and delivery against the plan.
• The Product Manager has content authority for the Program Backlog and is accountable for accepting features as done.
• Responsible for researching and staying up to date with market, design thinking, technology and competitor trends through the appropriate use of tools, resources and stakeholders to qualify new product pipeline opportunities, which will help realize the Product Family Strategy, KPIs and KRs. Accountable for using tools and frameworks to make data driven decisions to test out hypotheses.
• Responsible for ensuring customers, functional, and market experts are integrated into the Product Management, delivery and architecture teams by agreeing resource requirements with wider product stakeholders.

What we look for/who would prosper in this role?

• A strong belief in the importance of sustainable travel
• Understanding of sustainability approaches and initiatives in the travel sector
• Comfortable with data and using data to drive decisions
• Experience in planning and delivering new products and services
• Deep understanding of tech and travel industry trends and the ability to translate this knowledge into new product ideas.
• Deep people management expertise to inspire teams to think big, drive outcomes, and challenge themselves.
• Leadership skills: portraying passion to motivate others to build great products and create a shared vision.
• Communication and influencing skills: adept in communicating technical concepts, scheduling trade-offs and championing new ideas with tech and non-tech stakeholders.

As we evolve and grow as a business, so will you.

You will thrive within an inclusive and diverse workplace where you are encouraged to think differently, and have the courage, confidence & ambition to challenge what's been done before, and be bold to win!

Benefits of working at Travelport

We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, a competitive 401(k) match. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off.

Salary Target: $87,000 - $135,000

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

Interested? We'd love for you to get in touch!*

*Please note that if your application is progressed, you may be asked to complete a self-recorded video interview, at a time that works best for you. This is your chance to bring your skills & experience to life in your own words and style. Ensure you keep an eye on your junk folder just in case our invitation finds its way there.

We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.