Product Manager, Search & Cache

TripStack; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A travel technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Product Manager for their Search & Cache products. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in the travel industry and at least 5 years in product management. Responsibilities include defining product vision, ensuring strategic alignment, and leading a high-performing team. This role is integral to driving innovation and efficiency in product offerings.

Benefits

Opportunity to work with a dynamic team

Culture of professionalism and growth

Qualifications

• 10+ years of travel industry experience with focus on fare filing and pricing.
• 5+ years of relevant product management experience.
• Strong experience in statistics and market research.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision for Search and Cache products.
• Ensure alignment with company strategy.
• Lead change and promote innovation.

Skills

Fare filing

Search (GDS, NDC, OTA)

Caching strategies

Data-backed decision making

Technical skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Tools

APIs

Job description

Overview

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About TripStack: We are travel tech entrepreneurs, changing the way millions of people travel. Our proprietary virtual interlining technology provides access to billions of travel itineraries by combining flights from different airline carriers that don’t traditionally work together. We take our customers from point A to B via C, including land transportation, at the lowest possible price. We are impacting the way people travel and provide higher margin opportunities to our partners that are some of the largest in the travel industry. We pride ourselves on a performance-driven environment where teams prosper and excel. We come to work ready to challenge and be challenged, with support and room for individual impact.

The Role

As a leader at TripStack, your primary responsibility will be to support the Sr. Director of Product to drive the vision, roadmap, and performance of our Search & Cache products. This role requires deep technical and market understanding, strong stakeholder collaboration, and the ability to lead and grow a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Help define the vision for our Search and Cache products.
• Ensure that vision and product roadmaps are tightly aligned with company strategy.
• Work closely with our Cache and Search Product Owners and oversee the execution of the vision and roadmaps for these products.
• Understand the architecture of our Search and Cache products and how it interacts with other products and parts of the business.
• Be responsible for the P&L of the products with a focus on unit economics and efficiency.
• Lead the adoption of ML & AI across the Search and Cache product portfolios.
• Drive and lead change, promoting innovation across the organization.
• Forge strong business relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to understand and anticipate client and user needs.
• Anticipate organizational and architectural needs using product and market knowledge.
• Complete regular market analysis, always having an eye on the competitive landscape.
• Create a shared brain across larger teams to empower independent decision-making.
• Collect and analyze information, solve complex problems rationally, and make decisions on time for enhanced productivity.
• Interview, onboard, and manage direct reports.
• Provide guidance and be an example to others in the organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of well-rounded travel industry experience with focus on:
• Fare filing, fare construction and pricing
• Search (GDS, NDC, OTA)
• Experience in caching strategies
• 5+ years of relevant product management experience
• Strategic thinker with critical decision-making skills
• Strong experience in data-backed decision making / statistics / market research
• Output and delivery driven; ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with significant context switching
• Highly influential, proactive leader with strong business acumen
• Strong technical skills and extensive experience working with APIs
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills
• Entrepreneurial at heart with a focus on culture building
• Passion for problem solving and root cause analysis
• Team player with leadership skills and a desire to develop employees
• Outstanding research skills
• Ability to balance user needs and business goals while questioning and validating assumptions

What It Takes To Succeed

Ambition and dedication to make a difference and change the way people travel. We work as a high-performing team, move with urgency, stay accountable, and win by staying true to our values.

Benefits

What we offer

Opportunity to work with a young, dynamic, growing team of high-caliber professionals. We value professionalism and promote a culture where individuals are encouraged to do more and be more. If you share our passion for excellence and growth, join us to help make our ambitious mission a reality.