Group Product Manager at Booking Holdings

, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Management, People Management, Strategy, Vision, Roadmap Ownership, KPI Definition, Data Analysis, Experimentation, Stakeholder Management, Technical Partnership, Mentoring, Systems Thinking, Product Strategy, Cross-functional Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Analytical Fluency

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

The Scope Join us in shaping the future of travel! At Booking.com, our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. This Group Product Manager role is central to realizing our ambitious Connected Trip vision: to create a seamless, end-to-end travel experience connecting all relevant elements of a customers’ trip together with the aim to be helpful and take their stress away. You will lead a critical scope in the Bangalore COE, supporting multiple teams, including foundational and data-focused groups, all driving towards delivering the Connected Trip. This is a chance to make a profound impact by working closely with our headquarters in Amsterdam, ensuring our global efforts align to deliver a truly magical experience for millions of travelers worldwide. Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related services, provided to customers and partners in over 220 countries and territories through six primary consumer-facing brands - Booking.com, KAYAK, Priceline, Agoda.com, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. During 2019, the Company had consolidated revenues and net income of $15.1 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively, and a current market value of approximately $90 billion. Booking Holdings Bangalore is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and a legal entity of Booking Holdings Inc. The Center was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of the Booking Holdings brands and business units. At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world. We’re a truly global e-commerce company, with business operations in nearly every country and city on the planet. And we want to make it easy for everyone, anywhere in the world, to pay for their travel or do business with our platform – whenever and however it’s convenient for them. The Role A Group Product Manager leads a track with multiple teams, and may also be a single POC or lead strategically important cross-departmental initiatives. They deal with ambiguous, multi-faceted product problems and apply systems thinking to fully understand their area. A Group Product Manager drives the long-term vision and strategy for a clearly defined group of products/product area. This strategy sets the identity and scope of their team(s). A Group Product Manager is a strong people manager. Leading a team of (S)PMs and helping them grow their craft skills and maximise individual and business impact. A Group Product Manager owns products/domains that are essential to the health of an important area of the business. In an optimization-setting, impact will mean achieving meaningful business outcomes through their product or portfolio. In an NPD setting this might mean creating a successful product strategy that leads to relevant and meaningful business outcomes or investments. A Group Product Manager is a strong contributor to our product community, organising talks and contributing to excellent recruitment practices, and encouraging engagement in the community from their direct reports. At Booking Holdings, our mission is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. We are looking for a visionary Product Lead to shape the future of our platforms. In this role, you won’t just manage a roadmap; you will lead a "Track"—a collective of teams—empowering them to solve complex problems while ensuring their work scales across our global ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Strategy & Vision Strategic Translation: Transform high-level business goals into a cohesive Track strategy, providing clear guidance while fostering autonomy for individual teams to innovate. Advocacy & Alignment: Serve as the primary spokesperson for your Track, building broad alignment across department leadership and the wider organization. Roadmap Ownership: Define and own the long-term roadmap, proactively identifying risks, resolving cross-track dependencies, and optimizing delivery cycles. Data & Customer Centricity Analytical Leadership: Define success through rigorous KPIs, using complex data and experimentation (including $non-inferiority$ testing and advanced statistics) to drive product decisions. Insight Integration: Partner with Research and Design to distill global customer feedback into actionable hypotheses, ensuring our products solve real-world problems. Operational Excellence: Define and refine the processes necessary for teams within your Track to execute efficiently and maintain high standards of product health. Collaboration & Technical Advocacy Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with leaders up to the VP level, managing expectations through clear, inclusive communication tailored to diverse audiences. Technical Partnership: Collaborate closely with Engineering leaders to advocate for the customer during trade-off decisions, ensuring our technical strategy supports long-term business health. Community & Mentorship: Actively contribute to the Product Management community by interviewing, mentoring junior PMs, and leading "craft" projects that elevate our collective expertise. Qualifications We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation. While the following experience is preferred, we value a proven track record of impact and a commitment to continuous learning. Experience: Substantial experience in Product Management (typically 8+ years), with a significant portion spent leading and developing other Product Managers (typically 4-5 years). Domain Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in platform-based and data-driven product development. You should be comfortable navigating complex, interrelated systems. Analytical Fluency: Strong understanding of experiment statistics (e.g., $p-value$, $sample size$, and $test power$). You are the "go-to" person for interpreting ambiguous data and proxy metrics. Communication: Exceptional ability to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders, crafting compelling narratives for complex technical solutions. Education: A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience that demonstrates a high level of analytical and strategic thinking. Inclusive Leadership: A proven ability to coach and mentor teams, fostering an environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute and grow. EEO Statement: Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Pre-Employment Screening If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.

Responsibilities

The Group Product Manager will lead a track of multiple teams, transforming high-level business goals into a cohesive strategy, owning the long-term roadmap, and serving as the primary spokesperson for the track to build organizational alignment. Key duties include defining success through rigorous KPIs, integrating customer insights, and collaborating closely with Engineering leaders on trade-off decisions.