Senior Product Owner

Senior Product Owner
Iaşi
Iași, Iași County, Romania

About Web
Beds Launched in 2013, Web
Beds is a global marketplace for the travel trade, providing powerful distribution solutions that make selling and buying travel products easier. It sources accommodation and destination services from travel suppliers, aggregates and merchandises that content in the Web
Beds platform, then distributes it to its global network of travel trade buyers, who sell to the travelling public.  Hotels and other suppliers - global and regional hotel chains, independent hotels, apartments, resorts, attractions, transfer and sightseeing companies and more - can sell their products to a global network of online and offline travel buyers through robust solutions that provide greater inventory control to simplify distribution, and leverage Web
Beds enhanced analytics to inform inventory optimisation choices – saving costs and increasing revenue.  Travel buyers - online travel agencies, retail travel agents, corporate travel managers, tour operators, wholesalers, tourism boards, super apps, DMC’s, group providers, airlines and more - can integrate the hundreds of thousands of hotels and ground services in the Web
Beds marketplace through simple and seamless API connectivity, or they can search, shop and book online through one of Web
Beds trade only booking sites.  Web
Beds operates globally through four geographic regions – Europe, Asia Pacific, MEA (Middle East and Africa) and Americas - with over 1, 900 travel professionals working in 120 cities across 50 countries worldwide.  Find out more about the Web
Beds business at www.webbeds.com  Web
Beds is a travel brand of the Web Travel Group (ASX: WEB).

In this role you will :

The role of the Senior Product Owner at Web
Beds is to drive the strategy, planning, delivery, marketing and
- life  optimisation of the products within their portfolio. The Senior Product Owner is responsible for understanding the needs of the customer – what are the biggest problems/opportunities and the outcomes required to deliver value - providing leadership and shaping the product vision to ensure the products supports Web
Beds’ strategy and goals. The Senior Product Owner works closely with the Product Managers and Product Leadership and is the key decision maker on priorities and works to align users, stakeholders and delivery teams at each stage of the product life cycle.

Key responsibilities 

Work closely with Product Leadership, Product Managers and other Product Owners to align product strategy around organizational goals and strategic intents.

Challenge stakeholder objectives in search of
- level goals/hidden motivation, distinguishing between ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ and establishing the business value.

Understand and maximize value of products delivered.

Represent the "voice of the customer" in collaboration with the delivery team and ensure everyone is aware of what we need and why.

Participate in team's meetings and ceremonies to follow the progress and ensure what is delivered meets the business needs.

Define what success looks like in terms of measurable outcomes.

Inform product strategies and roadmaps with insights from research.

Empower Product teams to take their own decisions by sharing context obtained from building relationships with stakeholders and users, customer and supply partners ensuring shared understanding

and expectations of the business needs, drivers and challenges.

Manage the product lifecycle, converting customer feedback into requirements, driving prioritisation and execution
- and
- launch to foster strong adoption of products.  

Define and measure progress and value towards goals.  

Problem solving & critical thinking skills.

Ability to continually learn agile best practices and understand the latest enabling technology.

The skills we would love to see in your suitcase!

5+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner.

 Proven ability to help define and shape product vision and strategy.  

Experience working in an Agile environment.

Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Strong data analytic skills and ability to use data to support and drive decisions.

Experience in an Agile environment.  

Excellent communication skills (written and verbal English).  

Time management & ability to multitask.  

Why choose us as your next destination?

We are super proud of our dedicated team of friendly, energetic & passionate professionals. Our people are key to the success of our business & everybody at Web
Beds has their own unique role to play as we continue to drive the company forward.

Over 50 different languages are spoken by our workforce, but whether working from offices in Dubai or London or out in the field in Johannesburg or Buenos Aires, we all share the common goal to take pride in what we do & to deliver our partners with unbeatable service & support.

International highly skilled group of experts from all around the globe ?

Dynamic environment with the chance to grow, influence & impact change ⚡

Disruptive,
- growing market leader within travel & endless possibilities ?

Culture built on collaboration? empowerment and innovation ?

Find out more about the Web
Beds business at www.webbeds.com  - #LI-Hybrid