Booking.com

Role Description

About us: 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 encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

About the team: ADS Cloud & Database Services

With over 1.6 million room nights booked every day, data is the backbone of everything we do. The Application Data Services department provides world-class database and streaming solutions, both on-premise and on public cloud, to our infrastructure and product development teams. We provide secure, reliable, and scalable data transport and storage for critical business and infrastructure services. Our current data services leverage technologies such as MySQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Confluent and Elasticsearch, with plans to expand into complementary cloud database solutions.

We are looking for a Group Product Manager to lead the critical area of Cloud & Database Services, overseeing both on-premise data platforms (e.g., MySQL, Cassandra) and cloud-native platform (e.g. Amazon RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB), as well as the suite of tooling, Infrastructure as code templates and services for security, scalability, compliance and governance on top of these platforms.

This role will be instrumental in driving Booking.com’s data and modernization journey - enabling scalability, privacy, compliance, and governance while empowering teams to move faster and innovate with confidence.

Role Description: A Group Product Manager leverages strengths in product craft as well as their experience managing other PMs & leading others to inspire and lead multiple cross-functional product development teams.

As a Group Product Manager at Booking.com, you will define product strategy and roadmap, lead a team of product managers across multiple closely coupled initiatives and individually contribute to execute key projects. You will translate business needs into product roadmaps that incorporate appropriate qualitative and quantitative research and stakeholder input. To be successful in this role, you will be passionate about insights drawn from data, able to craft a vision, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

As a Group Product Manager for ADS - Cloud & Database Services, you will:

• Influence decision-making at all levels of the company. Define product strategy and a multi-year roadmap for data storage platform for both structured and unstructured data, balancing innovation with resilience, cost efficiency, and compliance.
• Lead a team of Product Managers and partner closely with engineering, security, and compliance teams to deliver robust infrastructure and services.
• Own a suite of tooling, integrations and IaC templates that enable scalability, reliability, and governance for data at Booking.com.
• Drive adoption of managed cloud services, ensuring smooth migration journeys and establishing a “shift left” approach to governance and quality.
• Translate business and developer needs into product initiatives, using qualitative insights, quantitative data, and stakeholder feedback.
• Evangelize modern data practices across Booking.com, ensuring teams understand how to best leverage ADS services.
• Define clear success metrics and track them regularly to ensure services are reliable, cost-effective, and meeting customer needs.
• Collaborate across departments to align data infrastructure with broader company priorities.
• Coach and grow Product Managers, ensuring excellence in product craft and leadership across your domain.

Role Qualifications and Requirements

• 6 - 9 years of directly applicable internet product management experience.
• Bachelors required. Masters in the relevant field is highly desired.
• Minimum of 2 -3 years of successfully managing and mentoring a team of product managers as direct reports.
• Strong experience in data storage, cloud platforms, or infrastructure services at scale (MySQL, RDS, Aurora, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Experience managing various types of resources, making trade-offs and prioritizing as if managing your own business. P&L experience a plus
• Creativity and curiosity - A creative problem solver with a deep curiosity about our business and product.
• Excellent communication skills - Being able to communicate efficiently both strategic vision and specific details to various stakeholders, from senior leadership to individual project members. Being able to write clear and concise product requirements, status updates and product results.
• Strong analytical skills - Able to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and recommend effective action plans to resolve issues.
• Strong organizational and project management skills - Someone with responsibility to ensure multiple projects are completed in an appropriate and timely manner. Experience with agile methodologies is highly preferred.
• Ability to thrive to work in a fast-paced, results driven environment with multiple responsibilities.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills are essential.

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
• Living and working in Amsterdam, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe
• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
• Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
• Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
• Competitive compensation and benefits package and some great added perks of working in the home city of Booking.com

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Application Process:

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• This role does not come with relocation assistance.

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.