Job Description

Locations: Bangalore, India

Categories: Product

Req ID: 30370

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related services, provided to customers and partners in over 220 countries and territories through six primary consumer-facing brands - Booking.com, KAYAK, Priceline, Agoda.com, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. During 2019, the Company had consolidated revenues and net income of $15.1 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively, and a current market value of approximately $90 billion.

Booking Holdings Bangalore is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and a legal entity of Booking Holdings Inc. The Center was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of the Booking Holdings brands and business units.

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.

Role description

At Booking Holdings, we believe travel is a force for good in the world, connecting people and cultures, reducing barriers and increasing understanding. Our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. We make this possible by allowing everyone to book their entire trip with Booking.com.

The right candidate has previously worked in consumer-facing native applications, has previous experience in e-commerce, has great stakeholder management skills, is comfortable with iterative development and optimisation, and is able to take a stepped approach to building out our post-book Insurance experience to help our customers feel informed, empowered and excited to book more of the trip with us.

Booking Holdings Insurance vertical helps customers protect their trips and rental-car journeys through products offered across Accommodation, Flights and Cars. We combine customer-centric experiences with regulated insurance propositions, working closely with insurance partners to provide relevant coverage, clear information and support throughout the customer journey.

The vertical spans the full insurance lifecycle: discovering and purchasing cover, policy fulfilment, post-booking servicing, cancellations, claims and payouts. Our teams work across Product, Engineering, Data, Commercial, Operations, Legal and Compliance to build reliable, accessible and scalable experiences that meet both customer needs and regulatory expectations.

Insurance is also a key part of Booking.com’s Connected Trip and modernisation strategy. We are building shared capabilities that allow insurance to operate as a first-class product across the platform, while enabling future experiences such as bundled protection, cross-vertical journeys and more seamless self-service. This is an opportunity to work on complex, high-impact problems at the intersection of technology, travel, financial services and customer trust.

What You'll Be Doing

Responsible for a product team including the short and long term roadmap for the product area, goals and success metrics. Understand and explain the impact of the team on the Insurance vision and strategy, and how it fits into Booking’s mission.

• Identify user and partner needs through various methods of research (quantitative, qualitative, market research, benchmarking) and partnering with our UX colleagues as needed
• Strong sense of pragmatic prioritization: boiling down a lot of asks into a sensible plan
• Strong execution – can turn ambiguous problems into clear requirements and drive them to completion
• Responsible for data analysis, experimentation, and reporting on their product to drive changes and improvements to the user experience and business metrics.
• Serve as the product team's primary contact for information, work prioritisation, and decision-making - and doing so in harmony with their Engineering Manager
• Works independently with support and coaching from senior and group product managers.
• Responsible for selecting the right methodology for the product that is being developed given the stage of the product life cycle, by applying knowledge of the limitations and possibilities of the various product development methodologies.
• Responsible for ensuring a high quality user experience with our products by applying technical awareness and understanding of technical risks.
• Support and justify the chosen technical solutions and build a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders by ensuring the technical feature development and strategy are scoped to satisfy the short and long term needs of the business.
• Actively participate in product networks and the craft community outside their own track.
• Contributing to the craft community and company wide efforts where needed (e.g. recruitment activity generating leads, doing phone interviews)

What You'll Bring

• 5 years + experience as a Product Manager. Domain experience in the Insurance and/or Travel industry and/other regulated industries is a plus.
• A track record of shipping (global), impactful native app e-commerce products (iOS and Android);
• Proven experience and strong knowledge about e-commerce optimization and conducting A/B tests at scale.
• Proven experience leading product development of new complex functionalities, with external dependencies
• Proven experience of working effectively with and communicating to a diverse set of stakeholders within and outside the company.
• Solution oriented and outcome driven.
• Be a highly motivated self-starter with a flexible, can-do attitude.
• Able to understand and formulate meaningful business metrics.
• Curious, learn forever mindset.
• Fluent in the English language both spoken and written.

We’re a truly global e-commerce company, with business operations in nearly every country and city on the planet. And we want to make it easy for everyone, anywhere in the world, to pay for their travel or do business with our platform - whenever and however it’s convenient for them.

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

EEO Statement:

Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination, and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please email reasonableaccommodation@bookingholdings.com with your request. M/F/V/D/SO

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.