Head of Product – Shopping Experience

lastminute.com is the European Travel Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. It operates a portfolio of well-known brands such as lastminute.com, Volagratis, Rumbo, weg.de, Bravofly, Jetcost and Hotelscan.

Our mission is to lead the travel industry by leveraging technology to simplify, personalise, and enhance our customers’ travel experience. Experts in brightening up online travel, we help our customers find and do “whatever makes them pink”.

We continuously invest in talented people who ensure our offering is closer to the needs of the customers and keep us at the cutting edge of technology evolution. More than 1,700 employees spread across our offices worldwide develop our own products and services to power the entire traveller journey for millions of people.

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

lastminute.com N.V. is a publicly-traded company listed under the ticker symbol LMN on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

As a Head of Product at lastminute.com, you will

• Own and build a product strategy that fulfills the company’s vision and objectives
• Lead and grow a team of Product Managers to be the best version of themselves, taking care of their career journey and improving together every day.
• Provide strong guidance to the product team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Build strong relationships with the different stakeholders
• Monitor the performance of the main KPIs
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement

The ideal candidate would have most of the following:

• Have been working as a product person in a digital business for at least 5 years, of which 3 are as the manager of product managers. Preferably in the area search, product detail page, and checkout.
• You have experience in leveling up a team of product managers.
• Solid hands-on experience as a Product Manager. You have a proven record of delivering products that customers love.
• You are passionate about solving problems that matter. You ask why, you team up with the research team and you dig into the root causes of a problem.
• You are always eager to learn. You know industry thought leaders such as Marty Cagan, Eric Ries, and Terresa Torres.
• You are a data-driven and highly analytical problem solver. You use OKRs and KPIs to define your strategy and to measure progress
• You have the courage to be bold and make difficult decisions.
• You are fluent in spoken and written English

Additional Information

Our company is distributed across major European countries, in a multicultural environment where the Pink spirit gets lived boldly ???? through async comms and live remote events, as well as hybrid office gatherings.

Information sharing is crucial and, being a pure digital player, product management is at the heart of our business.

If you think we’re a fit and that we could have fun together, please let us know by applying for the position

By joining our company, you will have the chance to:

• Join a dynamic team in an inclusive-international environment
• Grow thanks to the career journey and our internal mobility perspective
• Manage your own schedule thanks to the flexible start and end of the working day
• Work a shorter working week (36h), of which 4 hours on Friday morning
• Get focus time for learning, development and deep work on Friday mornings
• Work partially or fully remote according to local laws
• Enjoy continuous training thanks to our company platform
• Benefit from employee discounts on travel
• Receive 2 days off per year for the purpose of volunteering
• Get free snacks / fruit / hot drinks / water / beverages at our offices
• Participate in amazing winter and summer corporate events
• Benefit from extended parental or marriage leave according to local laws
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