• Job Description

  Req#: R16807

  Job Title

  Product Management Lead – Hospitality Platform (Open & API First)

  Job Description Summary

  Drive transversal product management activities across the end-to-end product lifecycle for Hospitality Platform API Management.

  About the Role:

  Join our team at Amadeus Hospitality, where we strive to enrich every stage of the traveler journey. Our solutions help hospitality providers and destinations acquire, service, and retain guests by profitably driving demand, increasing operational efficiency, and converting them into loyal fans.

  As we move towards a unified platform serving our Hospitality products, partners, and beyond, we

  are seeking a thought leader in Open & API First for Hotel IT. In this role, you will work with international Product, API, Architecture, and R&D teams to lead the product vision and drive the product roadmap.

  You will be part of a global IT company while working for a strategic scale-up. As thought leader of the Open & API First for Hotel IT , you will work with international Product, API, Architecture, and R&D team s to lead the product vision and drive the product roadmap .

  Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive the Open and API First platform initiative for Hotel IT

  • Lead product management activities for the Hotel IT APIs including the preparation of Epics, prioritisation based on business value and opportunity potential

  • Define the product vision & the business value in line with the business owners

  • Define and manage product roadmap around API Management

  • Assess tooling needs around API design and delivery pipeline

  • Work closely with the System Integration team and Architects to ensure proper guidelines and forums are in place for API and data model definition. Monitor adoption of those

  • Collaborate with the cross-business unit Creation Platform teams to ensure common API portal, API management and API gateway meet Hospitality business needs

  • Establish and categorize the unified API Catalog for Hotel IT and track standards compliance

  • Improve the API management process and awareness in Hotel IT

  • Embark Amadeus teams on API vision and ensure mutual understanding of the business

  • Maximize the outcome of the agile organization by translating requirements into user stories, prioritizing them, and validating their delivery

  • Coordinate with PMs, Architects, and Delivery teams to ensure end-to-end solution consistency

  Required Competencies :

  Proficient in technical knowledge to ensure team performs at a high level. Is recognized as a leader in own area and may formally train Specialists/Senior Specialists.

  Understands how main business drivers may impact on own area. Can assess complex problems with broad impact on the activity, improve processes, recommend solutions and risk mitigation plans. Able to communicate complex information.

  Works with a high level of autonomy, based on management directions. Leads projects or contributes to broad cross-functional projects. May contribute to planning of resources and budget.

  Be a change agent: embark teams and stakeholder to drive change to maximize outcome & team's engagement.

  Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in a Product Management role, ideally in a platform business (B2B)

  • Demonstrated experience leading and influencing global teams in a multicultural environment

  • Good understanding in API design, API development, R&D delivery process and toolchain

  • Excellent communication skills, customer empathy, lateral thinking, influencing skills

  • Fluent in English

  • Understanding of Platform business model (consumers/providers)

  • Experience with Agile methodologies (SAFe as a plus)

  • Hospitality IT background and understanding of customer and partner ecosystem

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  Diversity & Inclusion

  Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.

  Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.

• About the company

  Amadeus IT Group, SA is a major Spanish IT provider for the global travel and tourism industry.

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