Product Manager, Booking Tribe
at Skyscanner in Edinburgh, Glasgow for salary not provided
Travel. It's one of life's simple pleasures. But, ooof, planning it can feel like hard work. For the last 20 years we've been on a mission to empower every traveller with innovative tools, insights and experiences that help people get to where they're going, so they can spend more time out exploring the world, and less time anxiously bouncing around 25 browser tabs and endless spreadsheets. Our traveller-first approach drives everything we do and it's never been more important than it is today.
When we launched as a flight comparison site back in 2003, we changed the game by helping travellers feel smart, like they were in on a secret, that promise hasn't changed. And today, while we're a world leader in travel, with millions of people using our products every single day we know there's so much more we can be doing.
Being part of Skyscanner means joining a team hell bent on building the world's most innovative, and helpful travel experiences possible. We're hugely ambitious and believe we have the chance to genuinely challenge and disrupt the industry.
Our Product Managers are builders who love to create things and change the world through technology.
They are skilled at the Why, the How and the What of making and iterating products to find market-fit. They support each other and help each other grow. They are multi-faceted entrepreneurs who know how to generate insights, set direction, and get things done in tech & business.
Our approach to development is unconventional. We do not like top-down decision making (no ‘mini-CEOs’). We do not like pass-through management. What we value most is autonomy, nimbleness, and delivery of an integrated experience for our travellers. Our squads are empowered to make decisions and figure out for themselves how to tackle our biggest challenges.
Our Product Managers will typically work with one or more squads to deliver a goal, then pick up other goals as the work progresses and priorities shift. Their squad ships daily, tests constantly, and tries to deliver real traveller value every week. This means we look for PMs who thrive on change and are constantly taking on new challenges.
We're excited now to find a new team member to join our Flights Booking Team based from either our Glasgow or Edinburgh Office.
- Do you love to create things and change the world through technology?
- Can you deliver with hustle yet take others on the journey with you?
- Do you regularly generate insights, set direction, and get things done in a timely manner?
If this sounds like you and you have at least 2 years Product Management experience working with engineering squads/ teams, then we want to hear from you.
Whatever the challenge, our PMs:
- Find the ‘why’ behind the traveller problem
- Solve for the whole picture – seeing their work through the traveller’s eyes, creating solutions for the entire experience, and thinking beyond its parts
- Work incredibly hard to keep things incredibly simple
- Use Lean approaches to break down big ideas into valuable pieces to deliver at fast pace.
- Wholeheartedly embracing a Proof of Concept (POC) first approach, emphasising simplicity and efficient problem-solving in the product development flow and influencing others to demonstrate the appropriate behaviour and mindset required.
- Experiment quickly and often –learning constantly.
- Focus on the outcomes
Key Responsibilities for this role:
- Strategy: Shape the product strategy and lead the execution of a product roadmap
- Set Direction: Establishing squad goals, KPIs and quarterly delivery targets and communicating those across the business – while providing clarity and securing buy-in from stakeholders.
- Data Driven Decision Making: Developing hypotheses, running product experiments, and analysing data - to form proven learnings on how to iteratively increase value and impact.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ensuring a smooth and optimal delivery for squads, by coordinating workstreams across all crucial teams needed to deliver end-to-end value such as design, research and data analysis.
- Adaptable: Leading by example, and wearing any hat needed to effectively advance the team towards achieving its goals.
About You:
- A minimum of 2 years of product management experience (or equivalent)ideally with front-end web squads/ teams
- Consistent track record of owning propositions from inception to scaled delivery with support of web engineering teams
- Good problem-solving skills and willingness to roll up your sleeves to get the job done
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Naturally data-driven, and able to cut through complexity to identify high impact opportunities and simple solutions. You act decisively on these insights and collaborate with colleagues in ways which inspire and motivate.
For more insight into Product at Skyscanner, check out our Product CPO’s blog on What Makes The Best Product People
How to apply
Apply at the link below.
You'll join a brilliantly diverse group from all corners of the world. After all, travel is about finding new perspectives and experiencing new people and cultures - and Skyscanner is strongest when our teams are both inclusive and diverse. We recognise and challenge everyday biases, remove obstacles to inclusion and ensure all our people can thrive and be themselves.
We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of our travellers and creating a culture where everyone feels like they belong, including people with disabilities. If you need any adjustments to the interview process because of a disability, please let our recruitment team know. Any information you share with our recruitment team will be used solely to allow us to ensure your candidate experience is inclusive and accessible based on your needs.