Product Owner - Virtual Interlining

Accountabilities:

• Partner with the Senior Product Manager to execute the virtual interlining roadmap, translating high-level business objectives into actionable delivery plans and priorities.
• Contribute to the product vision and strategic direction by analyzing market trends, competitors, customer needs, and business opportunities, using data-driven insights to inform recommendations.
• Develop a strong understanding of the virtual interlining platform, including its architecture, technical dependencies, integrations, and interactions with other products and platform components.
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear EPICs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery priorities, acting as a subject-matter expert throughout planning and execution.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog while balancing feature development with platform stability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Support R&D initiatives, experimentation, and A/B testing designed to optimize product performance and validate new opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with external partners and internal stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Sales, and Content Acquisition.
• Maintain accountability across technical teams for delivery quality, timelines, and alignment with product objectives.
• Monitor platform KPIs related to system health, integration stability, performance, and operational efficiency, using insights to identify improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate dependencies, risks, competing priorities, and cross-functional activities in a fast-paced product development environment.
• Continuously assess workflows and processes, applying root-cause analysis to address operational gaps and improve scalability and efficiency.
• Analyze complex information, solve problems systematically, and make timely product decisions based on business, technical, and financial considerations.

Requirements

• Proven experience working with technical platforms, software products, APIs, integrations, or complex technology ecosystems.
• Strong experience in product ownership or a closely related product management role, with the ability to translate business requirements into actionable product deliverables.
• Experience in the travel industry is strongly preferred, particularly exposure to OTAs, airline distribution, GDS, NDC, LCCs, or airline APIs.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to understand market dynamics, competitive landscapes, business objectives, and translate them into meaningful product opportunities.
• Strong technical understanding, including the ability to work with APIs, analyze data, understand system architecture and integrations, and collaborate effectively with Engineering teams.
• Experience managing product backlogs, defining priorities, coordinating dependencies, and balancing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Ability to contribute to longer-term product vision and roadmap development while maintaining strong ownership of day-to-day execution.
• Experience supporting R&D initiatives, experimentation, and data-backed product decisions, including A/B testing.
• Understanding of cost economics and financial trade-offs when evaluating product opportunities and technical decisions.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills across both technical and business teams.
• Strong organizational and prioritization abilities, with a structured and analytical approach to complex problems.
• Passion for process improvement, operational excellence, scalable platform design, and technology-driven innovation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
• Previous experience in an OTA specializing in flights is considered a valuable asset.

Benefits

• Fully remote opportunity based in India.
• Opportunity to work within a young, dynamic, and growing technology environment alongside experienced professionals.
• High level of ownership and influence over the evolution of a core travel technology product.
• Opportunity to work on complex global travel platforms, APIs, integrations, and virtual interlining technology.
• Exposure to cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Sales, and other specialist teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to innovative projects that support new business opportunities and global flight connectivity.
• Professional environment that encourages continuous learning, initiative, collaboration, and personal growth.
• Inclusive and equal-opportunity workplace committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, and accessible working environment.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process for candidates who require them.