Product Manager Times Travel – 12 Month FTC

News UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media business in the UK is seeking an experienced Product Manager to enhance their travel products and services. This role involves managing product development, campaign management, and partnerships while leveraging data to increase revenues. You will play a key role in shaping travel offerings for a broad audience, ensuring sales-driven strategies across multiple platforms.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Holiday and volunteering days

Parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a product or trip creation role within the travel industry.
• Understanding of the travel market and online travel environments.
• Driven and results-oriented with strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow travel products and services.
• Manage campaign proposals and monitor performance to meet revenue targets.
• Oversee end-to-end digital and print marketing processes.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Analytical Skills

Negotiation

Product Development

Organizational Skills

Job description

Job Description

The Times Travel

We are News UK: one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, and The TLS. We also own talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV, Virgin Radio UK, and local radio stations across Ireland. Our brands reach nearly 40 million people monthly across various platforms, providing news, analysis, opinion, and entertainment. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Your Role:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Product Manager to join our team. You will be responsible for developing and growing our travel products and services, managing a portfolio that includes product development, campaign management across print and digital channels, account management of third-party partners, and achieving revenue and performance targets. You will also support the growth of direct-to-consumer travel revenues for The Times & Sunday Times Travel.

Day to day you will:

• Source appropriate travel products aligned with editorial content, market insights, and audience preferences for print, digital, and email platforms, with calls to action that drive sales.

Build and maintain strong relationships with travel partners, negotiate campaign proposals, hold regular trading meetings, and monitor performance to meet revenue targets and grow partnerships.

Use booking data and market insights to liaise with partners on the best products to feature, maximizing revenues and tailoring content for each distribution channel.

Manage the end-to-end process for digital and print marketing, including booking space, briefing designers, sourcing and approving offers, setting up tracking, checking copy, submitting assets, and analyzing campaign results.

Manage relevant products within the CMS, ensuring they are merchandised online alongside content via trip cards and affiliate links, with support from Merchandising and Affiliate Executives.

What we are looking for from you:

• Experience in a product or trip creation role within the travel industry, including negotiation and product development.

Understanding of the travel market, experience with online travel environments, and knowledge of domestic and international travel trends.

Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills.

Driven, results-oriented, with strong organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines.

Life at News UK: Our people are our heartbeat. We support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid models. We champion diversity and inclusion through various initiatives, training, and employee networks. We also prioritize health and wellbeing, offering benefits such as pensions, holiday and volunteering days, parental leave, training, private medical insurance, discounted gym memberships, wellbeing supports, and more.

We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and supporting individuals with disabilities through adjustments during recruitment and beyond.