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Job Title: Product Owner - Travel Booking ( GDS & PNR)
Location: Phoenix, AZ ( 3 Days onsite)
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced and technically fluent Product Owner to join our Travel Technology team in Phoenix. This is a high-impact role where you will own two API-based platforms at the heart of our travel services ecosystem — one powering hotel content and property data, the other driving our traveler booking and PNR record management capabilities.
This is not a backlog management role. We are looking for a product leader who takes initiative, engages deeply with both engineering and business stakeholders, and drives outcomes across the full product lifecycle — from strategy to delivery.
What You'll Own
- End-to-end product ownership of API-based travel platforms — hotel content management and traveler booking/PNR systems
- Short-term sprint planning, mid-term roadmap prioritization, and long-term strategic vision
- Day-to-day backlog health, prioritization decisions, and delivery accountability
- Data analysis using SQL to surface insights, validate product decisions, and measure outcomes
- Stakeholder alignment across engineering, operations, business, and compliance teams throughout the product lifecycle
- Proactive identification of gaps, risks, and opportunities — well beyond writing user stories
What You Bring
Required
- 6 years of experience as a Product Owner on API-first or API-based platforms
- Strong hands-on SQL and data proficiency — you query and analyze data directly, not just consume dashboards
- Demonstrated experience in the travel domain — understanding of how booking systems, PNR structures, or travel data flows work
- Proven ability to own planning at multiple horizons — sprint, quarterly, and annual
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Track record of going beyond requirements documentation to actively drive product outcomes
Preferred
- Experience with hotel content, property data, or hotel distribution systems (channel management, ARI — Availability, Rates & Inventory, hotel APIs)
- Familiarity with GDS platforms — Sabre, Amadeus, or Travelport — particularly booking or hotel modules
- Background at a TMC, OTA, or travel technology company (e.g., BCD, CWT, Egencia, Navan, Expedia, Booking.com, Spotnana, IBS Software)
Experience with PNR lifecycle management, itinerary consolidation, or mid-office booking platforms