Senior Manager, Product Planning

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Senior Manager Product Planning (Remote)

Full time, United States, United Kingdom

 

The Senior Manager, Product Planning role leads the product planning efforts for assigned solutions.  As a global leader of related key products of the assigned solution line, the role takes full responsibility for the product road maps and their delivery globally, including the development of the go-to-market approach and market penetration. The role partners with and influences stakeholders internally and externally to identify, shape, and deliver products that focus on increasing commercial opportunities across our client segments.

 

As a Senior Manager Product Planning, you will

• Focus on product planning and development, including monitoring your product development project to ensure its on-scope and on-schedule
• Make sure your assigned products have sound business plans, including an analysis of product profitability, sales success, and pricing strategy
• Identify current market needs and possible future gaps in our offering and conduct feasibility studies to bring ideas forward
• Provide coaching and feedback for the development of your direct reports
• Build relationships with our vendors; listen to their thoughts and concerns and foster ways to work together
• Perform or direct personnel recruiting, hiring, training, and separation.  Exercises hiring and firing authority in coordination with HR

 

About you

• Extensive product planning experience
• Experience in business travel or travel management
• Exceptional knowledge of GDS Sabre and GDS Amadeus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You'll interact with a variety of partners and will need a high level of comfort in communicating with professionals of different backgrounds
• Competency with Microsoft Office Products, and collaborative software used for projects with remote team members and stakeholders
• Excellent time-management and project-management skills: you'll be constantly challenged to balance multiple initiatives, projects, and perspectives
• Capable of managing and working in a virtual and multinational team environment

 

What we offer you

At BCD Travel, we work with highly motivated and passionate people. We value open communication, collaboration, and a flexible work-life balance. We offer unique, often global, experiences that empower you to develop and grow within the organization. Sustainability and helping others is also high on our list. We make a difference through charitable activities in our communities across the globe.

 

About us

BCD Travel helps companies travel smart and achieve more. We drive program adoption, cost savings and talent retention through digital experiences that simplify business travel. Our 15,000+ dedicated team members service clients in 170+ countries as we shape a sustainable future for business travel. BCD’s leading meetings and events management and global consultancy services complete our comprehensive suite of solutions for all aspects of corporate travel. In 2024, BCD achieved US$22.9 billion in sales. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com.

 

Get to know us by reading our blog and checking out our social media:

• https://www.bcdtravel.com/blog/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/bcd-travel/
• https://www.instagram.com/bcdtravel/
• https://www.facebook.com/bcdtravel/

 

You’ll be offered

• Flexible working hours and work-from-home or remote opportunities
• Opportunities to grow your skillset and career
• Generous vacation days so you can rest and recharge
• A compensation package that feels fair to you, including mental, physical, and financial wellbeing tools
• Travel industry professional perks and discounts
• An inclusive work