Senior Manager, Product Planning

BCD Travel

$100K — $118K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of extensive product planning experience
  • Experience in the business travel or travel management sector
  • Proficient in GDS Sabre and GDS Amadeus
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills for collaboration across diverse stakeholders
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office and collaborative project management tools
  • Excellent time management and project management skills
  • Experience in managing virtual and multinational teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead product planning efforts and monitor project development for on-scope and on-schedule delivery
  • Develop sound business plans with analyses of profitability, sales success, and pricing strategy
  • Identify current market needs and conduct feasibility studies for future product offerings
  • Coach and provide feedback to direct reports to enhance team performance
  • Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and integrate their insights into product development
  • Oversee personnel functions including hiring and training in coordination with HR

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours with remote opportunities
  • Career growth and skill development resources
  • Generous vacation policy for rest and recharge
  • Comprehensive wellbeing tools for mental, physical, and financial health
  • Travel industry perks and discounts
  • An inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and promotes collaboration
Full Job Description
Senior Manager Product Planning (Remote)

Full time, United States, United Kingdom, France, Poland, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Canada

The Senior Manager, Product Planning role leads the product planning efforts for assigned solutions. As a global leader of related key products of the assigned solution line, the role takes full responsibility for the product road maps and their delivery globally, including the development of the go-to-market approach and market penetration. The role partners with and influences stakeholders internally and externally to identify, shape, and deliver products that focus on increasing commercial opportunities across our client segments.

As a Senior Manager Product Planning, you will
  • Focus on product planning and development, including monitoring your product development project to ensure its on-scope and on-schedule
  • Make sure your assigned products have sound business plans, including an analysis of product profitability, sales success, and pricing strategy
  • Identify current market needs and possible future gaps in our offering and conduct feasibility studies to bring ideas forward
  • Provide coaching and feedback for the development of your direct reports
  • Build relationships with our vendors; listen to their thoughts and concerns and foster ways to work together
  • Perform or direct personnel recruiting, hiring, training, and separation. Exercises hiring and firing authority in coordination with HR


About you
  • Extensive product planning experience
  • Experience in business travel or travel management
  • Exceptional knowledge of GDS Sabre and GDS Amadeus
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You'll interact with a variety of partners and will need a high level of comfort in communicating with professionals of different backgrounds
  • Competency with Microsoft Office Products, and collaborative software used for projects with remote team members and stakeholders
  • Excellent time-management and project-management skills: you'll be constantly challenged to balance multiple initiatives, projects, and perspectives
  • Capable of managing and working in a virtual and multinational team environment


What we offer you

At BCD Travel, we work with highly motivated and passionate people. We value open communication, collaboration, and a flexible work-life balance. We offer unique, often global, experiences that empower you to develop and grow within the organization. Sustainability and helping others is also high on our list. We make a difference through charitable activities in our communities across the globe.

You'll be offered
  • Flexible working hours and work-from-home or remote opportunities
  • Opportunities to grow your skillset and career
  • Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge
  • A compensation package that feels fair to you, including mental, physical, and financial wellbeing tools
  • Travel industry professional perks and discounts
  • An inclusive work environment where diversity is celebrated

At BCD Travel, we value you-our culture and success are defined by our people. We carefully consider a wide range of objective, gender-neutral compensation factors, including professional background, skills, experience, and role scope.

This position is advertised across multiple global locations. The expected annual gross salary ranges by country are as follows:
  • Spain: 58,000- 63,000 EUR
  • France: 74,000 - 83,000 EUR
  • Poland: 170,000 - 185,000 PLN
  • Germany: 67,000 - 86,000 EUR
  • Netherlands: 75,000- 80,000 EUR
  • Ireland: 80,000 - 82,000 EUR
  • United States: 100,000 - 118,000 USD

The final salary offered will ultimately depend on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and location, and will be determined in line with internal equity.

We do not request salary history and are committed to equal pay in line with the EU Pay Transparency Directive.

Ready to join the journey? Apply now!

We're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you're excited about a role, but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still encourage you to apply.

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