Manager, Product Planning – Orders Automation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Georgia.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with internal business stakeholders to define and prioritize the product development roadmap.

• Identify business logic flaws, data inaccuracies, potential product improvements, and drive product enhancement initiatives.

• Convert high-level requirements into comprehensive, development-ready specifications.

• Recommend enhancements to product requirements and challenge stakeholder solutions effectively.

• Oversee the development calendar and coordinate with development and QA teams to address blockers and dependencies.

• Manage the scope and timelines of product delivery in collaboration with internal stakeholders and facilitate trade-off discussions.

• Act as an authority on platform capabilities and product functionalities.

• Ensure design decisions and cross-functional system integrations receive approval from functional authorities and architects.

• Partner in product demonstrations, documentation, acceptance testing, and rollout activities.

• Lead sprint planning sessions and other agile ceremonies.

• Maintain requirement traceability and manage changes throughout the project lifecycle.

• Take responsibility for project outcomes with business and technology owners.

• Assist in daily operations by addressing support issues promptly.

⛳️ Requirements

• Prior experience in Technical Business Analysis or software engineering (preferably a combination of both).

• Outstanding soft skills, including the capability to articulate both technical and business-related concerns.

• Ability to swiftly comprehend and deconstruct complex and ambiguous concepts into logical, clear, and sequenced development steps.

• Proficient in managing priorities, time management, and multitasking effectively.

• Experience in drafting business and technical requirements.

• Familiarity with system integrations involving third parties.

• Quick learner of new technologies with a thorough understanding of existing products.

• Strong technical aptitude and meticulous attention to detail.

• Knowledge of product and business logic, data sources and applications, technical constraints, and feature interdependencies.

• Experience in adding requirements to JIRA tickets.

• Proficient in using Postman to interact with APIs.

• Experience in developing large-scale web services utilizing AWS technologies.

• Knowledge of data formats such as JSON, XML, and CSV.

• Familiarity with SQL, APIs, data visualization platforms, Swagger, and cloud technologies is advantageous.

• Experience with CloudWatch, Splunk, or Kibana is a plus.

• Previous experience in the travel industry is a significant advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours with options for remote work or work-from-home arrangements.

• Opportunities for skillset development and career advancement.

• Work at the cutting edge of travel technology and contribute to shaping the future of business travel.

• Generous vacation days.

• Access to tools for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Travel industry perks and discounts for professionals.

• An inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity.

• Opportunity to work from anywhere for 60 days each year.