Technical Product Manager, Experimentation Platform

Kayak; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

Mental health benefits

3 days in-office (Concord)

Headspace access

No meeting Fridays

Parental leave

Generous vacation

Job summary

KAYAK is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the development of its experimentation platform from Concord, MA with hybrid work expectations. You will own the roadmap, define future testing use cases, and partner with Engineering, Data, and Product to deliver a scalable platform that enables faster, more trusted decision-making.

You will work with a cross-functional team to translate complex needs into clear requirements, set success metrics, and drive adoption across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of experimentation methodologies and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for the experimentation platform and align with business goals.
• Define and communicate product direction from current capabilities to future testing use cases.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Data, and Product teams to shape features and plans.
• Translate user needs into clear product requirements and initiatives.
• Define success metrics, drive adoption, and improve the platform based on data and feedback.
• Improve experiment setup, execution, monitoring, analysis, and decision workflows.

Skills

Experimentation

A/B testing

Roadmap definition

Cross-functional

Communication

SQL

Analytical skills

Job description

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We're also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business.

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is in our DNA and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

KAYAK is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the development and evolution of its experimentation platform. This is a role with global scope and clear accountability for the roadmap, prioritization, adoption, and success of a strategic platform that supports A/B testing today and will expand over time to broader testing use cases across the company! You will work closely with Engineering, Data, and Product partners and help a small cross-functional team deliver a platform that enables faster, more trusted decision-making across KAYAK.

Note, this position is required to work from our Concord, MA office 3 days per week.

In this role you will:

• Own the roadmap for KAYAK's experimentation platform, aligning priorities with business goals and platform needs.

• Define and communicate a clear product direction, from current A/B testing capabilities to broader testing use cases over time.

• Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Product teams to shape features, requirements, and implementation plans.

• Translate user needs and ambiguous asks into clear product requirements and well-scoped initiatives.

• Define success metrics, drive adoption, and continuously improve the platform through data and partner feedback.

• Improve experiment setup, execution, monitoring, analysis, and decision-making workflows across the platform.

• 4+ years of experience in product management, technical product management, or platform product management within a technology environment — equivalent experience, training, or transferable skills are considered.

• Strong knowledge of experimentation methodologies, including A/B testing concepts, statistical foundations (significance, power, confidence intervals, multiple comparisons, and sequential testing), trade-offs, and common pitfalls.

• Experience owning complex products or platforms with multiple collaborators and technical dependencies.

• Strong product and project management skills, including roadmap definition, prioritization, and cross-functional execution.

• Comfort working with engineers and data practitioners on technically complex topics.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

• High ownership, sound judgment, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority.

• Experience reading and writing SQL.

Bonus points (not required):

• Hands-on familiarity with the statistics underpinning experimentation — power and sample-size planning, confidence intervals, multiple testing / false discovery, and sequential or group-sequential analysis.

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace

  • Company-wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

  • No meeting Fridays

• Paid parental leave

• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday

• Paid volunteer time

• Focus on your career growth:

  • Development Dollars

  • Leadership development

  • Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• Competitive retirement and health plans

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Fun quarterly events such as boat trips, arcades, ski trips, Thursday happy hours, and more

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this Massachusetts based role is $140,000 - 155,000.00, not inclusive of annual bonus and recurring RSU grants.

We offer a competitive base salary and benefits including: health benefits; flexible spending account; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off (including PTO, paid sick leave, medical leave, bereavement leave, floating holidays and paid holidays); and parental leave benefits.

Inclusion

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That's why we're focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.

Need any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem – just give us a heads-up. We've got you.