Senior Product Strategy Manager

At loveholidays, we’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert - the smart way to get away.

About the team: 

We are a fast growing travel-tech business who have been on an amazing journey from start-up to scale-out. We have big ambitions over the next 5 years to continue growing our core business (UK & Ireland short-haul beach holidays), accelerate growth across different product types, and be in 10+ markets across Europe. We started this journey with our launch in Germany in May of last year.

To support the scaling of the business, the Product Strategy team has recently been created to ensure that we have an aligned and well understood vision, and that we are placing our bets in a robust way to deliver against it. As a team, we combine market and internal insights to enable us to consistently discover, evaluate, and select the best opportunities to focus on.

The team currently consists of the Head of Product Strategy and two Product Strategy Managers, with a mix of strategy consulting and travel industry experience. While we are part of the ‘Product’ organisation, there is no need to have a background in Product.

The impact you’ll have:

Reporting to the Head of Product Strategy, the Senior Product Strategy Manager will identify, assess & prioritise growth opportunities that fit with our company strategies, and be a sought-out expert on the market and our customers.

Your day-to-day: 

• Conducting market research and analysis including constructing market models, competitor benchmarking, consumer research
  
  


• Distilling market, customer and competitive intelligence into actionable insights for strategy and the broader business
  
  


• Identifying high-potential growth opportunities across holiday types, customer segments, and product components
  
  


• Assessing promising opportunities through a rigorous data-driven approach, collaborating with other teams to leverage their expertise and build consensus
  
  


• Leading commercial deep-dives to support product management and commercial teams, such as how to win in a particular market
  
  


• Delivering strategy whitepapers such as what our personalisation strategy should be, or our approach to addressing a new customer segment
  
  


• Leading strategic initiatives on a project basis, such as the delivery of new products
  
  


• Working closely with cross-functional teams across the business, including senior stakeholders
  
  

Your skillset:

Successful candidates could come from a range of backgrounds including strategy consultancy, in-house strategy or commercial teams.

• Ability to systematically break down complex questions, zero in on the core issues, and structure an efficient problem-solving approach.
  
  


• Highly analytical and numerate, expert at building market and business case models
  
  


• Excellent commercial awareness and judgement, and a strategic mindset
  
  


• Experience collaborating with a range of cross-functional stakeholders to gather inputs and align on strategic direction
  
  


• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to summarise complex topics succinctly.
  
  


• Comfortable juggling multiple priorities simultaneously to meet time-sensitive deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  
  

Not necessary but would be desirable to have:

• Knowledge and understanding of two-sided marketplaces (connecting customers and suppliers)
  
  


• Knowledge and understanding of the travel sector
  
  


• Experience working in a scale-up tech company
  
  

Perks of joining us:

Other than an amazing environment for you to grow, have impact and show the world your incredible skills, we offer the following benefits: 

• Company pension contributions at 5%
• Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up
• Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends
• 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers

At loveholidays, we focus on developing an inclusive culture and environment that encourages personal growth and collective success. Each individual offers unique perspectives and ideas that increase the diversity and effectiveness of our teams. And we value the insight and potential you could bring on our continued journey.

The interview journey:

1. Talent Acquisition screening - 30 mins
   
   


2. 1st stage with Hiring Manager - 1 hour
   
   


3. Final stage with key stakeholders including a task to present, and culture-fit interview in office - 1.5 hours