Technical Product Manager - Demand (all genders)

Distribusion is the world’s leading ground transportation marketplace and gives travelers seamless access to ground transportation online, from search to ticket purchase. We have built a cutting-edge B2B technology platform that connects bus, rail, and ferry operators in 70+ countries with the biggest online retailers, including Google Maps and Booking.com.

We are shaping the future of travel and building the largest global network of transport providers and retailers. Having grown 10x in the past year, we are one of the fastest-growing startups in travel. Backed by three leading VCs (Creandum, Northzone, and Lightrock), and now, following our recent €30 m Series B, we are ready to push beyond.

We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to join our Demand team. In this role, you will focus on everything that happens pre-booking, ensuring our partners have the best-in-class product to work with. Our goal is to make our Search API as fast, full, and complete as possible, tackling all stages of the user journey, starting from selecting the date on which you travel to filtering results to find a trip that is “just right”.

What you will do:

• Define short (sprint) and mid-term (quarter) roadmap, ensuring to align stakeholders & organization on what we are aiming to achieve, transforming our Search API into a world-class search engine with the most complete & fresh data
  
• Monitor & act on metrics such as NPS, Speed, Completeness, and freshness of data that are to be continuously met and competitive within other products available on the market
  
• Own strategic projects within your Product end-to-end: definition of the business needs; user stories & requirements that ensure the delivery runs smoothly; performing UAT to confirm that delivery satisfies the expectations of the customers
  
• Run adaptive Scrum process to ensure on-time delivery of the features by the Engineering team
  
• Write user documentation to improve the usability of the system for internal & external users and establish the best integration experience on the market
  

Workplace:

Who you are:

• At least 2+ years of experience in the position of a Product Manager

• Understanding of both Engineering and UX domains: You act as an Owner of the product and feel confident on the edge between the mentioned domains

• Understanding of APIs: You are comfortable with reading JSON and/or SQL, sending requests via Postman, and reading logs if needed

• Experience with API and technical product management, information feeding systems, high-load systems, B2B product management

• User-driven mindset: You are able to communicate metrics, user behavior & needs into business values and requirements for the product, including technical details

• Strong communication skills: You are confident in compromising with internal/external stakeholders, critically evaluating inputs, and collaborating with the Engineering team on bringing features live

• Ability to focus on finding solutions and drive improvements: You are pushing to improve processes in the team, product features that are delivered, and the quality of our product

• Understanding of Agile: You are proficient in using Scrum, managing iterative development, prioritizing work, and responding to changing requirement
  

As a plus:

• You know on a basic level what a message broker is and why you need one

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Cybernetics, Engineering, etc. or equivalent experience

What you can expect:

• You will join a fast-paced travel tech company and take on a rapidly growing industry.

• You will take on ownership and responsibility from day one and have a direct impact on the success of the company.

• We value agility! We’re constantly updating our tech stack and offer the best possible tools to ensure all of our in-house engineers, partners, and carriers benefit from cutting-edge, efficient solutions.

• You will work with global companies. Our product attracts the biggest names in travel technology, such as Booking.com, Google Maps, and national carriers like Amtrak, Deutsche Bahn, Renfe, and SNCF.

• For Management positions: As part of the management team, you will shape our strategy and organization beyond your area of responsibility.

• You will join an international team of talented and driven people with a clear mission. Expect your colleagues to inspire, support and challenge you every day!

• We offer flexible and remote working conditions, relocation opportunities, and career growth in a small and developing company.
  

Our hiring process for this role:

Your Talent Partner (TP) and point of contact is Natalie Bargamon, and the Hiring Manager (HM) is Diana Kryuchkova.
For any queries, please contact your Talent Partner at (talent@distribusion.com).

Do you want to work on a product that is used by millions of people daily with a high load, availability and scalability and most advanced technology? Come join us!