Manager Product Planning

About this role

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Manager Product Planning (Remote)
*Full time, United States*
This role leads the product planning efforts for assigned solutions. As a global leader of related key products of the assigned solution line, the role takes full responsibility for the product road maps and their delivery globally, including development of the go-to-market approach and market penetration. The role partners with and influences stakeholders internally and externally, in order to identify, shape, and deliver products which focus on increasing commercial opportunities across our client segments.


As a Manager Product Planning, you will

• Monitor your product development project to ensure its on-scope and on-schedule
• Support preparation of market introduction and hand-over to product delivery teams
• Make sure your assigned products have sound business plans, including an analysis of product profitability, sales success, and pricing strategy
• Identify current market needs and possible future gaps in our offering and conduct feasibility studies to bring ideas forward
• Conduct a competitive analysis for all your assigned products to show how we compare on the market
• Build relationships with our vendors; listen to their thoughts and concerns and foster ways to work together

About You

• Prior experience in business travel or travel management
• Excellent knowledge of GDS Sabre and GDS Amadeus
• Competency with Microsoft Office Products, and collaborative software used for projects with remote team members and stakeholders
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. You'll interact with a variety of partners and will need a high level of comfort in communicating with professionals of different backgrounds
• Excellent time-management and project-management skills: you'll be constantly challenged to balance multiple initiatives, projects and perspective
• Capable of managing a...