Lead Product Manager

Lead Product Manager

BeautifulDestinations is launching a mobile app to serve its 45M+ social travel community to solve the problem of where to travel through short vertical videos. The team includes Jeremy who has been a leader in travel and the creator economy for ten years, while also being a repeat founder (TicTrac exited for $60m this year). Saad is a well-respected technical leader having launched and grown multiple startups, most recently the unicorn Flink.

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager who is passionate about building products that customers love. You will be working on an innovative and modern, vertical-video based concept in a dynamic nascent working environment. As a product manager/evangelist, you will be collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, build and rollout a very high-end, contemporary and cool travel product that delivers the company’s vision and strategy.

Job Responsibilities:

• Comprehend the company vision and reflect it in the products manifestation
• Achieve a deep data driven understanding of the customer experience; identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that improve experience, grow funnel conversion rates and drive growth
• Lead the product set-up both internally and with key external partners
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver quick product iterations and product features
• Have a keen sense of product design and depth to provide aesthetically creative inputs
• Refine and maintain the product essence in terms of UI/UX
• Liaison between the tech, design, content and strategy teams to produce harmonious product solutions
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Develop product pricing and positioning strategies
• Drive product launches including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members
• Scope and prioritize product improvements with Business Intelligence and Business Development teams
• Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed

Requirements and Skills:

• 5+ years of proven work experience in product management, especially in new generation applications involving vertical videos and/or content commerce, interaction and tech (TikTok, Instagram Reels etc)
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle. Prior experience in a travel company is highly desirable.
• Willingness to build the product from scratch in a collaborative cross functional environment.
• A solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and mobile app/web technologies is a plus.
• Experience in product design softwares such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, InDesign is preferred.
• Strong problem solving and data analytics skills with firsthand experience in SQL, Excel is preferred.
• Proven ability to develop product strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management.
• Skilled at working effectively with cross functional teams in both a remote and onsite environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• MS/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent preferred.