Group Product Manager

Company Intro

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related services, provided to customers and partners in over 220 countries and territories through six primary consumer-facing brands - Booking.com, KAYAK, Priceline, Agoda.com, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. During 2019, the Company had consolidated revenues and net income of $15.1 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively, and a current market value of approximately $90 billion.

Booking Holdings Bangalore is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and a legal entity of Booking Holdings Inc. The Center was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of the Booking Holdings brands and business units.

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.

We’re a truly global e-commerce company, with business operations in nearly every country and city on the planet. And we want to make it easy for everyone, anywhere in the world, to pay for their travel or do business with our platform - whenever and however it’s convenient for them.

Our FinTech business unit - with teams in Amsterdam, London and Bangalore - develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process and experience. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travellers and partners.

We are looking for a highly strategic and experienced Group Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and execution for the Traveler Pay-in Methods track. This critical domain encompasses our full suite of payment acceptance capabilities, including Alternative Payment Methods (APM), Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solutions, and core Card Processing capabilities. As the leader of this track, you will be directly responsible for maximizing payment conversion rates and enabling global market penetration by ensuring we offer the right local payment options at the right time.

You will manage a team of Product Managers and drive initiatives that remove financial friction, unlock new growth opportunities, and deliver a best-in-class checkout experience for millions of travellers worldwide."

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and own the long-term product vision and inspire your teams and Product Managers to achieve the vision by sharing your message effectively;
• Establish a strategy and roadmap to make the vision a reality;
• Drive regular and periodic reviews of these roadmaps across product & tech and relevant stakeholders and contributors (Payments verticals, clients, infrastructure teams);
• Support Product Managers in translating customer insights, company direction, industry developments into teams’ long- and short- term priorities;
• Ensure Product Managers deliver well-written, detailed PRDs/user stories with clear acceptance criteria;
• Work closely with key stakeholders to understand user needs with data, identify gaps in our offerings and develop product requirements;
• Your work is data-driven, you will define key business and success metrics, track them, and integrate learnings’ back into the organization and product plan;
• You will act as the key strategic partner to the Fintech Commercial team. This collaboration is essential to identify and prioritize which Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) and local payment solutions will unlock new traveller segments and business expansion opportunities in high-growth markets.
• Benchmark our solutions against industry standards and competitors for innovation, and operational excellence;
• Mentor and guide the professional development of each direct report through personal and performance management and coaching.
  
  
  

What you’ll bring:

• 8-10+ years of proven Product Management experience, with 3+ years in a senior/Group Product Manager role within the FinTech or Payments sector.
• Deep technical understanding of the entire payment acceptance lifecycle, including Card Processing (schemes, authorization flows), Alternative Payment Methods (APMs), and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solutions.
• Proven track record in defining strategy and launching complex payment products across multiple geographies and currency/regulatory environments, with expertise in Payment Localization.
• Strong working knowledge of critical payment regulations and standards relevant to a global platform (e.g., PCI DSS, PSD2/SCA, local KYC/AML requirements).
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, successfully recruiting, coaching, and mentoring a team of Product Managers.
• Demonstrated ability to define a clear, multi-quarter product vision and strategy that aligns a complex payments platform with core business objectives (conversion, cost, reach).
• Exceptional ability to influence and manage senior stakeholders across technical, business (Commercial), and compliance functions.
• Comfort with the financial levers of a payment business, including managing payment costs, managing vendor relationships, and optimizing product choices based on unit economics and ROI.
• Exceptional analytical skills with a proven ability to define, track, and interpret payment KPIs (e.g., acceptance rates, authorization success), and drive product iteration via rigorous A/B testing and experimentation.
• Experience working with APIs, payment gateways, and platform architecture. Comfortable engaging with engineers on technical trade-offs, scalability, and system resilience.
• Extensive experience with agile methodologies and a demonstrated ability to execute a product backlog efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume, global environment.
  
  
  

In return, we’ll provide:

This position is open to worldwide candidates. We provide assistance for you and your family with a generous relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to working and living in Amsterdam. We have successfully relocated 300+ technology professionals to Amsterdam in the last year.

• Headquarters located in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe: Amsterdam;
• Performance-based company that offers 29 vacation days, career advancement, and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and stock potential;
• Discount on Booking.com accommodations with the “Booking Deal” including other perks and benefits;
• Company-sponsored family and social activities to help our employees become integrated with each other and Dutch culture;
• Diverse, unique colleagues from every corner of the world
  
  
  

About BKNG

Booking Holdings is the world leader in online travel & related services. Our teams work around the clock to build and improve the technology that empowers people to more freely travel across borders, time zones, languages and cultures. At Booking Holdings, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world every day through seamless technology powered by our six major brands:

• Booking.com
• KAYAK
• priceline
• agoda
• Rentalcars.com
• OpenTable
  
  
  

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

EEO Statement:

Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy,

childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pre-Employment Screening

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