Director of Product, KAYAK
AdTech
$190-240k
3 days a week in office (Concord, MA)
Travel search engine
Open for applications
Travel search engine
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$190-240k
3 days a week in office (Concord, MA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help millions of travelers around the globe make confident travel decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in a product leadership role, managing a high performing team
- Knowledge of auction theory, bidding and pacing strategies, dynamic pricing models or machine learning concepts related to auctions or marketplaces
- Championing a product vision and being accountable for its success
- Structuring work around clear goals and measurable impact
- A/B testing, data analysis & visualization, and statistic modeling
- Working with industry ads standards, ranking algorithms, and incrementally testing
- Strong track record of collaborating with technical and data science teams
- High attention to detail and fluency interpreting and using data to make decisions
- Ability to independently pull data from SQL and other databases is a must
- BS/BA, MBA or similar experience
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to facilitate working across different cultures and timezones
Desirable
- 10+ years experience in Product Management, Tech or other related fields
- Experience in B2C marketplaces or e-commerce
What the job involves
- As the Director, Adtech, you’ll own the strategy and execution of KAYAK’s advertising products, driving advertiser value, user engagement, and revenue growth. This is a highly technical role at the intersection of ad products, recommender systems, and bidding platforms
- Partner closely with technical, business and legal teams to shape strategy and deliver sustainable growth through ad monetization
- Track and influence the metrics that represent success for your business unit
- Set quarterly goals for the team and uncover measurable impact to drive business outcomes
- Keep a pulse on industry trends, competitors, and emerging technologies to inform innovation
- Collaborate with business and product design teams to identify opportunities and solve for partner and traveler needs across all segments
- Conduct hands-on analysis of large, complex datasets to uncover insights that maximize partner ROI and user engagement
- Partner with senior leadership on translating business and customer needs into actionable product improvements
- Define go to market launches and communication to drive engagement for new products and services
- Influence with communication and ensure delivery on big bets
- Cultivate and sustain a diverse, high-performing team
Our take
KAYAK is a travel agency and metasearch engine owned and operated by Booking Holdings. KAYAK processes over 6 billion queries across its platforms each year for travel information - as one of the world’s leading travel search engines, KAYAK searches other sites to show travellers the information they need to find the right flights, hotels, rental cars and vacation packages. It offers a variety of tools and features such as KAYAK trips, explore, and price forecast.
There’s been speculation over the years about online travel companies getting into the hotel business, and KAYAK is no exception. The company is expanding its hospitality offerings beyond its traditional hotel referral and booking services, but despite speculation through the 2020s, has stopped short of opening hotels under its own brand, preferring to partner with preexisting companies on their hotel tech.
Since being acquired by Booking Holdings, the global leader in online travel, in 2013, KAYAK has continued to expand and innovate, enhancing the travel experience for users all around the world. And now KAYAK manages a portfolio of metasearch brands including SWOODOO, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined. With the aim to make it easier for everyone to experience the world - it now operates sites in more than 70 countries and territories.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Work flexibly: Our global flexible work policy lets our teams decide if they head into one of our offices or work from anywhere else
- Team-wide time off: Most of our team disconnects at the same time each year to recharge and reconnect
- Global volunteer week: Take VTO (Volunteer Time Off) to support the organizations and charitable efforts you believe in
- Wellness: We take care of each other - providing opportunities and spaces to live that work-life balance
- Resource groups: Our five ERGs are employee-led groups for underrepresented communities and their allies
- Career growth: We provide opportunities for our team to develop their skills – or learn new ones – on their own terms
Company HQ
East Side of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Leadership
Steve Hafner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Board Member of Trulia, Blade and SeatGeek and currently an Executive at OpenTable.
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