Travel Product Manager Resume
Objective : As a Travel Product Manager, identified and defined product optimisation opportunities and strategies (coverages, branding, distribution channels, and pricing and performance levels), tracked record of shipping at large cross-functional projects in a high scale, global Internet service environment, managed sales and marketing, developing growth in revenue and managing all travel products.
Skills : Product Development, Market Research, Strategic Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration
Description :
- Measured effectiveness of sales and customer initiatives, managed each product development by implementing the gated process, from product concept, through to detailed design stage, implementation, and post-implementation review.
- Conducted a post-implementation review in respect of product performance and general progress of all launched products through the new product approval process.
- Conducted competitor and market intelligence background research for all new product developments.
- Responsible for publishing competitor product information as well as through interaction with relevant distribution channels.
- Analyzed, investigated, and implemented recovery of 3P bookings to DC according to departmental parameters.
- Developed and managed a diverse portfolio of travel products, ensuring alignment with market trends and customer preferences to maximize sales and customer satisfaction.
- Collaborated with suppliers and vendors to negotiate contracts and secure competitive pricing, resulting in improved profit margins for travel offerings.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
BA in Hospitality Management
Travel Product Manager Resume
Objective : As a Travel Product Manager, developed an innovative and well-presented product range which is reputable within the market and intended audience, worked with Operations and Product Delivery prior to each new season launch to review the operational instructions to the Tour Directors and suppliers to ensure smooth operation of the tour season.
Skills : Product Management Tools, Analytics & Reporting Tools, Customer Relationship Management, Travel Industry Knowledge, Vendor Management
Description :
- Ensured Product Coordinators are loading rates and contracts into the contract system before brochure release.
- Attended travel trade shows (if relevant) and other industry functions as necessary to continually research, and develop products and relationships.
- Worked with the Sales team and Product Coordinators to design Familiarization tours for staff and Agents to showcase the highlights of the Product for each region.
- Identified, negotiated, and onboard travel suppliers (hotels, airlines, transfers, activities, holiday packages,) direct contracting with hotels, Airline NDC fares,
- Insurance companies, payment gateway partners, and other such suppliers, managed and ascertained IATA accreditation for the company.
- Made sure that the supplier is fully compliant with government and financial regulations.
- Ensured proper contracting was closed with well-defined SLAs, incentives, and penalties and offered, negotiated, and built relationships with suppliers.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
MBA in Marketing
Travel Product Manager Resume
Objective : As a Travel Product Manager, developed and managed travel products and services to generate profitable revenues, built and maintained direct relationships with hotel partners, maintained contractual hotel allocations, last-minute availability, and overall portfolio availability.
Skills : Agile & Scrum Methodologies, MS Office Suite, Budgeting, Negotiation Skills
Description :
- Worked with Hotels and Contracting Managers on special offers and promotions.
- Reviewed, accepted, or negotiated against stop sales.
- Evaluated production and determine follow-up action.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, technology, and customer service to optimize product offerings.
- Managed relationships with external travel partners, including airlines, hotels, and tour operators, to ensure seamless product integration.
- Monitored product performance, making data-driven adjustments to meet KPIs for revenue, customer satisfaction, and market share.
- Designed and implemented marketing strategies for new travel products, utilizing digital marketing channels to effectively reach target audiences and drive bookings.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
Certificate in Travel Management
Travel Product Manager Resume
Objective : As a Travel Product Manager, reviewed the product offering and profitability on an ongoing basis to determine its penetration to the market, validate budget and make recommendations to expand, maintain or discontinue a given feature, developed a library with expert knowledge of the relevant product technically and operationally.
Skills : Product Development, Project Management, Sales Strategy, Marketing Strategy
Description :
- Undertook regular competitor and non-competitor analysis in terms of product strategy, practices, and proactively initiate product reviews based on trends identified to ensure ongoing product competitiveness (Research).
- Identified non-profitable IB products from the portfolio and implement corrective actions.
- Involved ensuring that product and market research is done to review potential enhancements, liaising with pricing to re-price, or discontinuing the product.
- Managed product and process changes focusing on evaluating, recommending, and controlling all change to product and process designs.
- Worked closely with BE to attain information that informs product performance.
- Worked closely with Management Information and Business Intelligence teams to translate information into executable activities.
- Supported the planning and implementation of any system or process changes within the business unit by communicating such changes to the Sales team.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
BS in Travel and Tourism
Travel Product Manager Resume
Headline : As a Travel Product Manager, specified product performance and target setting criteria per channel, proactively identified risks and institute remedial measures to reduce undesirable exposure in the market, developed risk enhancements to minimise risk and losses.
Skills : Vendor Management, Budgeting, Project Management, Content Creation, Digital Marketing
Description :
- Monitored and made sure that all products and related activities comply with the relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
- Ensured compliance to Group policies and guidelines in terms of new product approval, etc and stay abreast of the changes.
- Monitored activity and identify trends in product usage with the potential for risk and address these by investigating and driving actions to mitigate.
- Reviewed and modified existing product performance to maximise profitability and meet customers needs.
- Negotiated competitive rates, exclusive inclusions and service level agreements with suppliers.
- Continually reviewed the performance of the product (sales competitor analysis) and recommending strategies to gain market share whilst maintaining product margins.
- Developed exclusive agreements where possible to facilitate the growth of the destinations.
Experience
5-7 Years
Level
Executive
Education
BS in Business Administration
Travel Product Manager Resume
Headline : As a Travel Product Manager, conducted a post implementation review in respect of product performance and general progress of all launched products through the new product approval process, conducted competitor and market intelligence background research for all new product developments.
Skills : Marketing Strategy, Sales Strategy, Team Leadership, Pricing Strategy
Description :
- Managed and prioritized a portfolio of existing and new solutions through a product development pipeline from idea generation and business evaluation in the Product Management area through to development, go-to-market, and maintenance in the Product Development area.
- Initiated talks with 3rd parties that can offer assistance with new product development, which Absa cannot facilitate.
- Stayed abreast of the trends in the International Banking industry, local and global economies, and related trends and insights to specific customer strategies, including competitor products and services.
- Identified business and product development opportunities to support the business's short and long-term strategies.
- Evaluated the success of new products and recommend changes in product or marketing strategies.
- Managed the respective products by aligning to the product lifecycle stage, that is, from concept to back booking.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and operations, to ensure seamless execution of travel product launches and promotions.
Experience
5-7 Years
Level
Executive
Education
BA in International Relations
Travel Product Manager Resume
Summary : As a Travel Product Manager, researched and identified new business and feature opportunities, develops business cases to support and recommends enhancements to the digital product portfolio to integrate with the overall travel product strategy, managed digital product innovation through cross-functional teams.
Skills : Sales and Marketing, Content Creation, Risk Management, Performance Metrics, Trend Analysis
Description :
- Developed cogent and realistic business case scenarios for new feature capabilities to rationalize resource investments.
- Understood complex process and system interdependencies to ensure successful product execution.
- Managed the budget expense invoices to ensure accurate expense management and staying within cost-per-acquisition targets.
- Developed and delivered strategic initiatives that will drive product awareness and incremental considerations.
- Maintained strong risk management, internal controls, and compliance practices.
- Collaborated with agency partners and Acquisition Channel Managers to manage and optimize existing campaigns in paid search, affiliates, display, and email channels and drive the acquisition of new accounts.
- Identified opportunities and tactics to drive organic traffic to our website, including SEO, conversion rate optimization, creative refreshes, and Social Media marketing.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
MS in Tourism Management
Travel Product Manager Resume
Summary : As a Travel Product Manager, responsible for helping marketing and sales team and provided product details for promoting products. Reviewed and modified existing product performance to maximise profitability and meet customers needs.
Skills : Marketing Strategy, Sales Strategy, Customer Service Excellence, Communication Skills
Description :
- Drove the creative strategy with internal or external agencies for delivering any new or revised creative assets for campaigns.
- Took full responsibility for the development of new products and enhancements within the business unit product development policy as well as within the provisions of fair customer treatment.
- Identified and defined product optimization opportunities and strategies (coverages, branding, distribution channels, and pricing and performance levels).
- Involved asking distribution channels to help research potential enhancements, asking Pricing Actuary to re-price or discontinue the product.
- Researched and investigated product ideas and conducted a detailed preliminary assessment looking at the strategic fit and risks associated with any new product and that all key steps up to product launch are followed and documented as per the new product approval requirements.
- Made sure that the processes and documentation related to the products are in place (through the Product Development area) and this includes product manuals, product collateral, product training mechanisms and launch toolkits.
- Monitored industry trends and competitor activities to inform product development strategies, ensuring the company remains competitive in the travel market.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
Diploma in Event Management
Travel Product Manager Resume
Summary : As a Travel Product Manager, responsible for supervising all product availability prior to making sale, responsible for maintaining good working relationships with suppliers, managed to get all endorsements, responsible for monitoring all products and enhanced it various regions.
Skills : E-commerce, Risk Management, User Experience Design, Data Analysis, Time Management
Description :
- Responsible for analyzing market progress reports and revenue targets.
- Responsible for ensuring product updates communication to all reservation departments.
- Responsible for inspecting descriptions for products mentioned on web and ensured accuracy.
- Responsible for managing a team of product managers
- Responsible for developing plans to increase revenue from products.
- Responsible for developing product strategy and prepared a product roadmap with help of market research.
- Responsible for coordinating with Quality Assurance engineers, designers and developed various products.
Experience
10+ Years
Level
Senior
Education
BS in Marketing
Travel Product Manager Resume
Summary : As a Travel Product Manager, worked on a travel e-commerce environment. Responsible for developing and maintaining good working relations with various suppliers, responsible for determining competitive nature of all company products and recommended solutions to enhance it.
Skills : Content Creation, Problem Solving, Brand Management
Description :
- Responsible for preparing specifications for products and evaluated all specifications written by other members of team.
- Responsible for organizing and interpreting all market trends.
- Responsible for assisting sales and marketing teams to launch various new products in market.
- Responsible for managing all products and uploaded it on reservation systems.
- Responsible for coordinating with various teams and informed about new products.
- Responsible for assisting reservation teams in determining prices and booking queries.
- Responsible for determining product comparisons for products.
Experience
10+ Years
Level
Senior
Education
BA in Hospitality Management
