Junior Product Manager (13521)

Job description

Employer – Thomas Cook Group plc

Job Title – Junior Product Manager

Location – City of London

Salary - £37,000 per annum

Working Hours – 37.5hrs per week

Opening date for applications – Monday 24th October 2016

Application close date – Monday 21st November 2016

Nothing changes faster than the Travel Industry. At Thomas Cook we have to react quickly to changing customer needs as well as environmental, social, technological and political forces.

Putting the Customer at the Heart of everything we do is our philosophy and ensures that we are all working with the same vision in mind.

Junior Product Manager - duties and responsibilities;

·  Lead on and own short, medium and long term roadmaps; setting out the path to meet the ever growing mobile opportunity
·  Work closely with ecommerce leads in each local market to get a thorough understanding of commercial & customer needs
·  Ensure outward communication around priorities, developments and changes so stakeholders are up-to-date with the roadmap
·  Build solid relationships with CRO, UX, One Digital and Nordics development teams
·  Support agile methodology with strong discipline to ensure good output
·  Develop and implement product go-to-market plans, working with all departments & markets to execute
·  Work closely with analytics & customer insights team for well-informed requirements and prioritisation
·  Steer qualitative usability research so the visual and interactive design of the product is high end
·  Monitor competitors for activity as well as positioning strategies

Junior Product Manager - skills, qualifications and experience;

·  Strong digital knowledge within the mobile landscape
·  Experience of the search to book journey
·  Experience managing product backlogs
·  Broad digital product development experience
·  Good technical understanding of platform technologies
·  Experience working across a matrix team
·  Knowledge of development in a high volume transactional environment
·  Understanding of split testing and conversion rate optimisation
·  Google Analytics & Microsoft excel experience
·  Experience working for a large organisation in a Product environment
·  Proven record of developing online functionality to support revenue streams
·  Experience of delivering against Product Management KPIs

Life at Thomas Cook is fast-paced and full of opportunities. We're a leading international travel company that believes in empowering our people, so when you join us, you'll be given the chance to create, learn and innovate. You'll also be given the support and training you need to develop your career in the direction you choose.

As you might expect, our holiday benefits are something special. We'll give you an allowance towards your holiday every year, depending on how long you've been with us. There are also special last minute employee deals, which give you the opportunity to pick up a holiday at an outstanding price. Working for Thomas Cook, you can travel the world for less.

We also offer a flexible benefits package that gives you a range of options to ensure your benefits match your lifestyle.