Senior Product Manager Sofia

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Location: Bulgaria
Job type: Permanent
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Sector: Sales & Purchasing
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Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site and app, a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices. We employ over 1000 staff across 11 offices globally, and, having reached market leader status, we were recently acquired by Chinese online travel company Ctrip in a deal valued at £1.4bn. While we remain operationally independent, our acquisition by Ctrip allows us to take the business to the next level of accelerated global growth. It’s a hugely exciting time for Skyscanner and the over 80m people who use us every month. We are unbiased and free, and our secret is in our unique proprietary technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer.

The view from 32,000ft

Our vision is to be the most trusted and most used online travel brand in the world.

People love travel, but hate travelling. Travel is one of the great joys in life, yet online travel is fundamentally broken. We are here to fix it, with world-class software, and a relentless focus on the traveller. At Skyscanner we are dedicated to solving the travel needs of our friends, family, and the world. Our traveller-first approach and award-winning apps and service have made us the #1 independent travel brand worldwide, with over 60 million monthly users across more than 30 countries.

Our Cabin Crew

We hire the best, then get out of their way.

Our PMs 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 are not purely ‘organizers’, ‘sellers’ or ‘explorers’, though they are versed in all three dimensions. They are multi-facetted entrepreneurs who know how to generate insights, set direction, and get things done in tech & business.

We’re looking for Senior Product Managers who have delivered results—launching new features, delivering performance set-improvements, and challenging themselves and others to raise their game. Naturally data-driven, they nevertheless cut through complexity to identify high impact opportunities and simple solutions. They act decisively on these insights and collaborate with colleagues in a manner which inspires and motivates. Above all they are obsessed with travellers, understanding their pain-points and working continually to exceed their expectations.

Expect Some Turbulence!

Our approach to software development is unconventional. We do not have teams permanently dedicated to managing the various aspects of our products. There is no “Search team” or “Flights team”. 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 delivering an integrated experience for our travellers. So as a team, we are organized into over 60 autonomous ‘squads’ that can change focus on a dime, and join up to ‘swarm’ our current top business goals. 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 squad to deliver a goal, then pick up other goals as the work progresses and priorities shift. Their squads ship daily, test constantly, and try to deliver real traveller value every week. This means we look for generalist PMs who thrive on change, and are constantly taking on new challenges.

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.

* Fail fast and often – until they don’t.

* Take pride in their craft.

Ready to take off?

Great product managers come from everywhere – their paths are as varied as the skills they have accumulated. What they share is a common aptitude — they are builders.

We value experience and accomplishment, but there is no set-list of requirements. If you feel this is the place where you will make your mark, we encourage you to apply!

Ideally:

* A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in Computer Science or a STEM subject but we welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of what you’ve studied.

* Experience as a Product Manager in a fast-moving internet company, or equivalent.

* Experience driving product initiatives to successful completion, resulting in business impact.

* Experience making hard, data-driven decisions (incl. AB testing, User Testing, Analytics, Market Research, Competitor Analysis, Defining Metrics).

* A passion for travel.

For more insight into Product at Skyscanner, check out our Product VP’s recent blog on What Makes The Best Product People

Why Us?

We are proud to have a working environment that sets our employees up for success, as well as all the usual perks you would expect from barista machines to massage chairs, to free food, holiday buying scheme as well as frequent townhalls with our CEO. What we really aim for is a place where people can thrive, be trusted to make impact and ultimately help us put our users first.

Skyscanner can offer you large scale, complex problems where you can reach over 80 million users whilst enjoying a high level of autonomy and influence and a flexible working environment where you can thrive.

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