product manager in travel media

Booking.com is building BKNG Ads, a scalable, privacy-compliant, and intelligent travel media platform. The BKNG AdTech team connects ad-serving, audience, data, measurement, workflow, and operational tools to support effective campaign delivery and new advertising capabilities.

• Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for BKNG AdTech capabilities;
• Drive discovery by gathering insights from stakeholders and users;
• Define requirements and success metrics, including build-versus-buy decisions with Engineering;
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and risks across Product, Ads Data, AdOps, Commercial, Legal, and external vendors;
• Validate outcomes through experimentation and communicate progress and strategic learnings to senior leadership;
• Lead AdTech product direction across Engineering, AdOps, Commercial, and Legal;
• Represent the AdTech strategy in BKNG Ads planning and prioritisation forums;
• Enable privacy-safe audience activation, targeting, and measurement with Engineering;
• Establish product foundations for future data partnerships and evolving regulatory requirements;
• Integrate data quality, consent, and privacy by design into product decisions;
• Collaborate with specialists on optimization and modeling;
• Improve AdOps workflows, quality controls, reporting, and observability across campaign setup and delivery;
• Support adoption of new tools and workflows through requirements, rollout plans, documentation, and feedback loops;
• Rationalize fragmented workflows and tools into coherent systems;
• Define how ad servers, data, and measurement systems work together;
• Work with Commercial and other product teams to support advertiser value and future propositions;
• Enable data and technology partnerships through product and technical foundations;
• Partner with FinTech when billing integration or financial-system changes are required.

• At least 7 years of experience in ad tech, travel media, and martech;
• At least 5 years of experience in Product Management;
• Experience working with engineers, prioritizing business problems, and owning team roadmaps;
• Experience integrating vendors, platforms, and data systems in strict compliance and regulatory environments;
• Experience with data activation, measurement, monetization, and privacy technologies in advertising;
• Experience owning complex AdTech/MarTech platforms and data-enabled integrations;
• Ability to navigate business goals, engineering realities, and day-to-day operations;
• Strong prioritization skills using qualitative and quantitative insights;
• Ability to build trust and alignment with diverse stakeholders;
• Ability to translate complex technical or business topics into clear, actionable requirements;
• Solid understanding of consent, data governance, and regulatory requirements.

• No relocation assistance;
• Colleagues with disabilities are provided adjustments and tools for the application, interview, and employment process;
• Pre-employment screening may be conducted by a third party as permitted by applicable law.