Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Travelodge is a fast-growing hospitality brand operating a hotel network and corporate operations. The Technical Product Manager will own the full product development lifecycle for guest-facing platforms and enterprise systems, while managing vendors, integrations, product strategy, roadmaps, and technology optimisation.
Responsibilities
- Liaise with multiple technology vendors across integration projects, serving as the primary point of contact for scoping, delivery, and ongoing relationship management
- Lead and manage API connectivity projects, able to inspect API payloads, debug failed webhook calls, read and interpret vendor API docs independently
- Evaluate and onboard new technology partners, conducting due diligence and technical assessments to ensure alignment with business needs and architecture standards
- Ensure data governance, access control, and compliance requirements are addressed when evaluating or integrating enterprise systems handling sensitive corporate data (e.g. HR, Finance)
- Translate complex business requirements into clear product briefs, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering and design teams, collaborating across Operations, Revenue Management, Finance, HR, and IT
- Own and maintain the product roadmap, prioritising initiatives based on guest and stakeholder impact, commercial value, and operational efficiency
- Assess existing technology platforms and identify gaps, inefficiencies, or opportunities for improvement, making data-driven recommendations to senior leadership
- Define and track product KPIs, using data and insight to inform decisions and demonstrate product value
- Able to independently ship a functional prototype or internal tool using AI-assisted coding tools, without engineering support
- Lead products from discovery and ideation through to design, development, testing, launch, and post-launch optimisation
- Rapidly validate ideas using low-fidelity tools and pragmatic experiments before committing to full engineering builds - prioritising learning speed over polish
- Champion the end-user experience in all product decisions - whether guests, hotel operations teams, or corporate functions (HR, Finance, Data) - ensuring technology enhances both front-of-house and back-of-house workflows
Skills
- Minimum 3 years of product management experience within a high-growth technology environment
- Proven track record of leading product squads and managing end-to-end product delivery, from problem definition to live product
- Comfortable reading/writing basic code (e.g., Python, JS, or SQL) to prototype, debug integrations, or query data directly
- Prior experience managing external vendor relationships and technology integration projects
- Experience with API-driven integrations is a strong plus; familiarity with REST APIs, Postman, or similar tools preferred
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills with a demonstrated ability to make data-informed decisions in ambiguous environments
- Resourceful self-starter who finds creative paths forward with limited time or resources - comfortable with ambiguity and energised by constraints
- Hands-on with AI-assisted tools to improve personal output and accelerate delivery
- Excellent communication skills - able to influence across technical, commercial, and operational audiences without relying on authority
- Commercially aware with an understanding of how product decisions impact revenue, cost, and guest satisfaction
- Experience building or managing data warehouses and enterprise software solutions is preferred; exposure to AI automation workflows is a plus
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