Product Owner

Royal Caribbean Group; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group in Miami seeks a Product Owner for the Travel Platforms Team. This full-time role blends business insight with technical delivery, bridging stakeholders, product, and engineering to build scalable automation and data initiatives.

As an IC in Agile pods you refine requirements, write user stories, prioritize backlogs, and own end-to-end delivery of data-driven solutions, APIs with FastAPI, and Python-based automation to improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Technical Product Management or related engineering roles.
• Proven experience in Agile environments.
• Ability to write clear user stories and drive backlog refinement.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automation workflows and tools using Python.
• Build data pipelines and transformations using Pandas and DuckDB.
• Develop lightweight APIs and services using FastAPI.
• Optimize data processing and performance for large datasets.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues across the stack.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to refine requirements.
• Convert business needs into user stories and specifications.
• Drive clarity in ambiguous problem statements and ensure implementation-readiness.
• Act as an IC within Agile PODs and participate in sprint rituals.
• Prioritize work based on value and feasibility; own end-to-end delivery.
• Work with structured/unstructured data to derive insights and automation opportunities.
• Design scalable solutions aligned with platform architecture.

Skills

Python

Pandas

DuckDB

FastAPI

Agile methodologies

Product lifecycle

User stories

Backlog refinement

Tools

Pandas

DuckDB

FastAPI

Job description

Product Owner

The Royal Caribbean Group’s Travel Platforms Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time IT Product Owner reporting to the Senior Director, Product.

Position Summary

This role is ideal for a builder–product hybrid who can:

• Work closely with business stakeholders to refine requirements
• Drive delivery in an Agile environment

The candidate will play a critical role in bridging business, product, and engineering, while independently building scalable solutions to improve operational efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Technical Development & Automation (Hands-on)

• Design and develop automation workflows and tools using Python
• Build data pipelines and transformations using:
  • Pandas
  • DuckDB
• Develop lightweight APIs and services using FastAPI
• Optimize data processing and performance for large datasets
• Troubleshoot and debug technical issues across the stack
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
• Convert business needs into:
  • User stories
  • Functional/technical specifications
• Drive clarity in ambiguous problem statements
• Ensure requirements are implementation-ready for development

3. Agile Delivery & Execution

• Act as an Individual Contributor within Agile PODs
• Participate actively in:
  • Sprint planning
  • Backlog refinement
  • Daily stand-ups
  • Retrospectives
• Prioritize work based on business value and technical feasibility
• Take ownership of end-to-end delivery of solutions

4. Data & Platform Thinking

• Work with structured/unstructured data to derive insights and automation opportunities
• Design scalable solutions aligned with platform architecture
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and performance

5. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with:
  • Product teams
  • Engineering teams
  • Business stakeholders
• Serve as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams
• Communicate solutions clearly to leadership

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills

Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in:
  • Technical Product Management / Technical Lead roles
  • OR Software Engineering with strong product exposure
• Proven experience working in Agile environments

Technical Skills (Mandatory)

• Python
• Deep expertise in:
  • Pandas (data manipulation)
  • DuckDB (analytics/data querying)
• Experience building APIs using:
  • FastAPI
• Strong understanding of:
  • Data processing pipelines
  • Performance optimization
  • Debugging and troubleshooting

Product & Agile Skills

• Strong understanding of:
  • Product lifecycle
  • Agile methodologies
• Ability to:
  • Write clear user stories
  • Drive backlog refinement
  • Prioritize effectively

Domain Knowledge (Preferred)

• Experience in:
  • Travel industry
  • Cruise / booking / reservation systems
• Understanding of:
  • End-to-end travel journeys (search, booking, payments)

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to operate independently as an IC
• High ownership and accountability

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.