Product Owner

Smartness; Town of Italy (NY); Remote; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries and bonuses

Remote working with team meetups

Continuous growth and fun team events

Job summary

A leading travel-tech firm in Italy is seeking a dynamic Product Owner to drive product development and market strategies. You will leverage your sales skills and product execution experience to manage projects from ideation to success. Join a fast-paced team where your contributions are valued, and grow within a company that rewards talent and innovation. Remote working options are available, along with competitive salaries and bonuses.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in startups or scale-ups with a proven track record.
• Experience in GTM-heavy or founder-like roles.
• Proficient in problem validation and rapid MVP building.

Responsibilities

• Spot opportunities and validate ideas through research.
• Run lean experiments with prototypes and no-code tools.
• Own go-to-market strategies and early adoption.

Skills

Sales & GTM Skills

Product Execution

Track Record

Fluent English

Professional Italian

Tools

HubSpot

Salesforce

Job description

Overview

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We are the Smarties and our goal is to fully automate online operations for every lodging across the globe and become the number one SaaS in our category worldwide.

What Will You Do?

As a true product owner with a founder’s DNA, you’ll be responsible for ideating, validating, and driving new products to success — like running your own startup, but with the power of an established growth engine behind you. Your missions:

• Spot opportunities & validate ideas through research, interviews, and fast MVPs.
• Run lean experiments with landing pages, prototypes, and no-code tools.
• Lead cross-functional squads (Product, Tech, Marketing, Sales) like an internal startup.
• Own go-to-market & early adoption, from positioning to first deals.
• Track KPIs & pivot fast, turning insights into growth.
• Drive end-to-end execution, taking products from 0 to MVP to initial traction.

What Are We Looking For?

• Sales & GTM Skills – You can sell even an MVP: cold calls, demos, closing deals, and writing copy that converts. HubSpot/Salesforce pro with a growth hacking mindset.
• Product Execution – Experienced in problem validation, rapid MVP building (incl. no-code), clear roadmaps, and data-driven decisions.
• Track Record – 3+ years in startups or scale-ups, 2–3 years in GTM-heavy or founder-like roles, proven success taking products from 0 to 1.
• Bonus – Background in Hospitality Tech, HR Tech, or Fintech.
• Languages – Fluent English + Professional Italian.

What Do We Offer?

• Work in a small and top-performing team that moves extremely fast where you are extremely important.
• Work without having to deal with jerks and ego-maniacs.
• The opportunity to join one of the best travel-tech sales teams in Europe.
• A place where your talent can blossom.
• An environment where mistakes are allowed – we make bold choices to achieve ambitious goals, learn from mistakes, and move forward.
• A place where your voice matters – meetings provide space for new ideas and projects, regardless of your role or seniority.
• Continuous growth – we challenge the status quo, renewing our sales processes and approaches to meet challenging goals.
• We have fun while working! We are easygoing people.
• Work with the best software out there to automate repetitive tasks and let you focus on customers and targets.
• Remote working with frequent opportunities to meet up.
• Fun and enriching experiences – unforgettable team-building events that go beyond the usual outings.
• Competitive salaries and bonuses – as a meritocratic team, we recognize talent and hard work, rewarding them appropriately.

About Us

We are the Smarties and our goal is to fully automate online operations for every lodging across the globe and become the number one SaaS in our category worldwide. We develop a SaaS that, by leveraging machine learning algorithms, increases our clients\' revenues by over 30% on average and helps owners get more direct bookings.

We have been the fastest-growing B2B SaaS in the lodging industry ever and have been awarded as one of the top 10 LinkedIn startups in Italy. We work with 4,000+ businesses in 20+ countries and have raised funds from top international investors like Partech.

For more information, visit our case studies page: https://www.smartness.com/it/case-studies/