Product Manager
Title: Product Manager III
Pay: $80 per hour
Type: Seattle WA 98119 United States
Duration: Contract until 12/31/2026
Role Overview
We are seeking Senior Contract Product Manager(s) to serve as an execution engine and bandwidth multiplier supporting the BEX Whole Trip + Families workstream. This role will drive cross-functional delivery across web and mobile experiences to demonstrate measurable near-term impact against Whole Trip and family-tagged business metrics.
This position requires a highly experienced Product Manager capable of operating at scale across multiple teams, owning execution, experimentation, and UX delivery within a complex product ecosystem.
Experience Required:
- 8+ years of product management experience
- Senior (Level III) resource with extensive delivery ownership across complex product environments
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Execution
- Define product strategy and roadmap aligned to Whole Trip and Families objectives.
- Develop MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and clear business justification.
- Translate research, analytics, and user insights into actionable product backlogs.
- Decompose initiatives into detailed product requirements, UX states, and acceptance criteria.
- Drive execution across web and mobile surfaces to deliver measurable outcomes.
Cross-Functional Delivery
- Lead multi-team delivery across Engineering, Experience Design (XD), and Analytics.
- Run structured delivery rituals to keep teams aligned, unblocked, and progressing toward milestones.
- Manage dependencies, risks, timelines, and Jira hygiene across squads.
- Act as the central execution leader for day-to-day delivery activities.
Experimentation & Analytics
- Define success metrics, experiment designs, and measurement guardrails.
- Partner with Analytics teams to instrument and monitor experiments.
- Analyze experiment outcomes and iterate product experiences to achieve quarterly goals.
- Drive decisions based on data tied to trip-level outcomes such as:
- Trip starts
- Attach rate
- Multi-item booking rate
- Family-segment performance
UX-Driven Product Leadership
- Ensure high-quality UX across web and app experiences.
- Critique and refine user flows, simplify decision points, and maintain clarity in customer experiences.
- Convert design direction into actionable engineering requirements and edge-case coverage.
- Balance speed of delivery with experience quality.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Partner confidently with Engineering, XD, Analytics, and leadership stakeholders.
- Provide concise executive-level status updates highlighting progress, risks, and next steps.
- Present tradeoffs and recommendations in fast-moving, time-boxed environments.
- Work with external partners to evaluate partnerships and licensing opportunities when applicable.
Operational Delivery
- Run beta and pilot programs for early-stage product initiatives.
- Incorporate traveler insights into backlog prioritization.
- Track risks, issues, and execution health across teams.
- Deliver clear readouts demonstrating measurable business impact.
Core Skills & Competencies
- Proven delivery of multi-team UX initiatives across web and mobile platforms.
- Strong backlog management, Jira administration, and dependency tracking.
- Excellent organizational and execution leadership skills.
- Deep product thinking tied to measurable business outcomes.
- Experimentation and data analytics fluency.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to operate with urgency while maintaining product quality.
- Demonstrated bias for action balanced with sound product judgment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in travel and/or technology industries strongly preferred.
- Experience working within large-scale digital marketplace or consumer product ecosystems.
- Familiarity with experimentation platforms, analytics instrumentation, and product metrics frameworks.
Team & Environment
The Product Manager will work within the BEX Whole Trip + Families portfolio, collaborating closely with:
- Engineering pods
- Experience Design (XD)
- Analytics teams
- Cross-functional product and business stakeholders
This is a fast-paced, execution-focused environment requiring a senior product leader who can quickly align teams, drive delivery, and produce measurable customer and business impact.