Product Management Lead, Data Platform & Products

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Product Management Lead, Data Platform & Products

Navitaire, an Amadeus company, is a proven innovator in the travel industry, shaping the way the world thinks about travel. With more than 50 customers worldwide, including many of the world’s most successful hybrid and low-cost airlines, Navitaire offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the world of travel.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Product Management Lead - Data Platform & Products, to lead the development and lifecycle of data platform capabilities and data-centric products. This role plays a pivotal part in transforming how airlines access, manage, and derive insights from their data. If you're passionate about data technologies, product strategy, and helping airlines unlock the power of information, we want to hear from you.

About the Business:

As a Product Management Lead in the Data Platform & Products team, you will own a portfolio of data products, APIs, and services used by airline customers to drive decision-making, operational performance, and digital innovation. You will be responsible for defining product strategy, shaping the roadmap, coordinating cross-functional execution, and ensuring that each product delivers measurable business value.

In this Role You’ll:

Strategic Leadership & Product Vision

• Define and own the product strategy and vision in alignment with Navitaire's business goals and customer needs.

• Translate high-level strategy into actionable product plans, setting and monitoring progress toward key objectives and metrics.

• Drive co-innovation with customers, uncovering high-impact problems and translating them into validated product concepts, MVPs, and future enhancements.

Cross-functional Execution

• Lead the product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch and iteration.

• Collaborate with R&D, data engineering, data science, customer success, and business stakeholders to ensure product features are well-designed, technically feasible, and valuable.

• Serve as a Product Owner where applicable, maximizing agile team output and ensuring delivery meets user needs and readiness guidelines.

Market & Competitive Analysis

• Conduct in-depth market research and competitor analysis to shape positioning and inform strategic choices.

• Partner with Product Marketing to define compelling value propositions, business cases, and go-to-market messaging.

Customer-Centric Design

• Ensure products solve validated customer problems and drive measurable outcomes.

• Embed best practices in usability, observability, scalability, and data quality into the product design process.

• Monitor product usage and feedback, using data to inform continuous improvement efforts.

Operational Excellence

• Drive budget planning and resource capacity alignment with R&D.

• Guide partnerships with third-party technology providers—defining joint roadmaps, shared requirements, and alignment activities.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies and inspect/adapt cycles to improve execution quality and team alignment.

About the Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years of experience in product management, data platform leadership, or similar roles with a strong track record of product delivery.

• Strong knowledge of modern data architecture and technologies:

  • Cloud data platforms (Azure, GCP, or AWS)

  • Data warehousing and lakes (Delta Lake, BigQuery, Snowflake)

  • Data processing tools (Apache Spark, dbt, Airflow)

  • Streaming/eventing (Kafka, Event Hubs)

• Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, and Lean methodologies.

• Strong analytical thinking, with experience using KPIs, telemetry, and customer feedback to guide product evolution.

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills; ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in the airline or travel technology space.

• Ability to travel 10 %

What we can offer you:

• Get rewarded with competitive remuneration, individual and company annual bonus, vacation and holiday paid time off, health insurances and