Role Purpose:

As a Product Manager, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of a key product (for example: flight booking engine, hotel booking flow, corporate travel platform).

You will be responsible for defining product strategy, building the roadmap, collaborating with engineering, UX/design, operations and business teams, and driving business & customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define the product vision & strategy aligned with business goals and market trends (travel industry, online bookings, user behaviour).

- Own the product roadmap: prioritise features, drives releases, ensure timely delivery and high quality.

- Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, design/UX, marketing, operations, customer service) to deliver product features.

- Collaborate with airline distribution systems (GDS, NDC, APIs) or other booking partners if product is flights-focused.

- Analyse user behaviour, data and performance metrics to identify opportunities for growth, optimisation (conversion, retention, revenue).

- Drive innovation in areas like dynamic pricing, ancillary services, booking optimisation, user experience.

- Gather customer/market feedback; maintain competitive intelligence in travel & bookings.

- Define product requirements, user stories, feature specs; ensure clarity for engineering/design teams.

- Monitor post-launch performance; iterate and improve product based on feedback and results.

- Work with marketing and operations teams to ensure successful go-to-market and adoption of product/enhancements.

- Manage stakeholder expectations (senior leadership, business units) and communicate product status, road-map, KPIs.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Computer Science / Business; MBA preferred.

- 7-10 years of product management experience, ideally with travel/OTA (online travel agency) or booking engines; experience with flight/hotel booking flows is a strong plus.

- Strong technical understanding (APIs, integrations, booking systems, data analytics).

- Proven track-record in defining and launching products/features in a fast-paced environment.

- Data-driven mindset: comfortable with analytics, KPIs, A/B testing, funnel metrics.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across teams and geographies.

- Passion for travel, user experience and for building scalable online platforms.

- Ability to prioritise, work under ambiguity, adapt quickly in a dynamic startup-/scale-up-type environment (Musafir mentions "fast-paced entrepreneurial" environment).

Preferred / Nice-to-have:

- Experience with GDSs (e.g, Amadeus, Sabre), LCCs, airline distribution (for flight products)

- Experience in B2B/corporate travel product platforms.

- Exposure to user-facing mobile/web platforms in travel domain.

- Prior experience working in multi-regional (MEA / India) setting.

- Strong UX/design sensibility in travel context