Product Owner

Travelodge Hotels Limited; Thame; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £60,000

Annual Bonus

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Discounts

25 days holiday + holidays

Job summary

Travelodge Hotels Limited is seeking a Product Manager to shape guest‑facing products, turning customer insight into commercial impact.

Lead cross‑functional projects from concept to launch, manage budgets, measure success, and protect the Travelodge brand to ensure proposals are viable and guest‑centred. This 12‑month fixed‑term role involves national travel and a hybrid working pattern, with a collaborative team and opportunities to influence the guest journey.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management and launching customer-focused products.
• Organised, able to juggle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in customer-led or value-focused markets is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from concept to launch, turning ideas into tangible products.
• Identify opportunities using customer and market insight and manage stakeholders.
• Oversee budgets, measure success, and continuously improve products and guest experience.
• Protect and evolve the Travelodge brand to ensure commercial viability and practicality.

Skills

Product management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer experience

Job description

Job Description

Find where you belong!

Are you passionate about creating products that customers genuinely love? Do you thrive on turning insight into innovative ideas that make a real commercial impact? If yes, our Product Manager position might be the right next move for you.

This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

This role will require national travel at times.

Your Purpose

As a Product Manager, you'll help shape the products and experiences that millions of guests enjoy every year. Working as part of our dynamic Product team, you'll combine customer insight, commercial thinking and project leadership to develop new propositions and enhance existing ones, ensuring they deliver value for our customers and the business.

In this varied role, you'll lead projects from concept to launch, working with teams across the business to turn ideas into reality. You'll use customer and market insight to identify opportunities, manage stakeholders, oversee budgets and measure success, continuously improving our products and guest experience.

You’ll also play an important role in protecting and evolving the Travelodge brand, ensuring every product and proposition is commercially successful, operationally practical and consistently delivers for our customers.

Your Strengths

You’ll have proven experience in product management, with a track record of successfully developing and launching customer-focused products and propositions. You’ll be an organised project manager who can juggle multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines and keep stakeholders engaged throughout.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, builds strong cross-functional relationships and combines commercial thinking with a genuine passion for delivering great customer experiences. You’ll be proactive, adaptable, detail-oriented and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team where everyone pitches in. Experience developing products in a customer-led or value-focused market would be an advantage.

Your Perks

• Salary up to £60,000 & Annual Bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Hybrid working - a minimum of 60% of your time should be spent in the office, hotels and or visiting suppliers
• 50% personal discount for hotel bookings and great friends and family discounts too!
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, increasing with length of service

Why Travelodge?

At Travelodge, we’re more than just a Hotel brand; we’re a community where you can truly be yourself and belong. Through our "Better Me" initiative, we prioritise your total wellbeing - emotional, physical, financial, and professional - while actively celebrating the diversity that makes our teams stronger. If you’re a results-driven individual who pays attention to the little things and genuinely cares about people, you’ll fit right in.