Integration Manager

One stop shop or hub for driving all strategy, new development, and performance enhancements for specific set of products. Product manager coordinates among tactical analysts, developers, and functional subject matter experts to create holistic product solutions for Distribution Partnership’s customers/stakeholders and 3rd party partners. The product manager will manage the end-to-end product lifecycle from idea inception through development and launch, leveraging specialists, operators, and stakeholders along the way. They define product needs via a “roadmap” of initiatives mapped out over a predetermined cycled timeline.

Day to Day

• Own and optimize the connectivity model, acting as a subject matter expert on internal and third-party booking channel functionalities, ensuring seamless integration of availability, rates, inventory, and bookings.
• Drive new product development by defining clear business requirements and coordinating cross-functional teams—including analysts, developers, and subject matter experts—to create best-fit, integrated product solutions.
• Communicate product information effectively to stakeholders, including roadmaps, specifications, value propositions, and competitive intelligence, while establishing cross-departmental alliances to support product initiatives and reporting to the PMO.
• Manage the full product lifecycle by continuously evaluating product performance, customer feedback, and market needs to identify enhancement opportunities and new product requirements ahead of obsolescence.
• Lead the development and implementation of a future-oriented product strategy and roadmap, grounded in an understanding of IHG’s business operations, customer insights, market dynamics, competition, and distribution capabilities. This includes identifying and delivering both incremental enhancements and transformative, game-changing functionalities to maintain and advance IHG’s competitive position.
  
  

What we need from you

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Hotel Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or a related field, or a minimum of 8 years of an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Ideal candidates will have strong experience leading roadmap development in the hospitality or travel industry. A minimum of 2 years leading end-to-end product lifecycles from ideation through development, launch, and post-launch performance evaluation is preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with global distribution systems (e.g., Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport), online travel agencies (e.g., Expedia, Booking.com) is preferred. Participation in at least 1 project involving travel industry APIs or data modeling is highly preferred.
• Experience using API design and testing tools such as Swagger and Postman (or equivalent) and proficiency in interpreting and reviewing XML and JSON message formats.
• Experience collaborating across both internal and external stakeholder groups with tools such as Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, SmartSheet, or similar products.
  
  

Location - Our hybrid work structure is an expectation of three (3) days a week in office. This expectation may be adjusted to evolve with the changing needs of the business.

The salary range for this role is $58,844 to $110,000. This role is also eligible for bonus pay. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, and other benefits to employees.

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Important information:

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
• No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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