Senior Product Owner

**Who are WebBeds?** WebBeds is the world’s fastest growing provider of accommodation distribution services to the travel industry. Our products incorporate distribution APIs, payment integrations, ERP integration, Data Lakes, User Interfaces, and others. Our search API reach peaks of more than 50.000 requests per second, each one consisting of tens or hundreds of hotels, with continued expansion. "We design, deliver and support innovative solutions through engagement, collaboration and a fearsome passion for creating customer value" is our mission as an IT organization. With this in mind, we strive to be at the leading edge of technology when it comes to build the platform that meets the needs of our Supply partners and customers. This translates to the use of latest technology including.NET Core versions, K8S, microservices architecture, clouds hosting and orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, Proactive monitoring, and alerting systems, to name a few. Our delivery teams have the creativity and freedom to express themselves by building innovative solutions to often complex problems and are challenged to reach higher levels daily. Our teams consist of product owners, QA engineers, Software Engineers, and people from across the business all working collectively and collaboratively. We have a very strong technical team from which you will be able to learn, but are encouraged by new ideas and fresh thinking that you will bring with you. WebBeds is a subsidiary of Web Travel Group (ASX: WEB) - an ASX 200 listed company operating a global digital travel business. **What makes us stand out?** - We are a wholesale global travel organization - We have 1500+ people speaking 50+ languages in 120+ cites across 50+ countries - We partner with over 430,000 properties in more than 15,000 destinations - We work with more than 44,000 travel companies in 139 source markets - We have an amazing Technology team focused on delivering valuable outcomes using innovative tech and creative & lateral thinking **In this role you will**: The role of the Senior Product Owner at WebBeds is to drive the strategy, planning, delivery, marketing and in-life optimisation of the products within their portfolio. The Senior Product Owner is responsible for understanding the needs of the customer - what are the biggest problems/opportunities and the outcomes required to deliver value - providing leadership and shaping the product vision to ensure the products supports WebBeds’ strategy and goals. The Senior Product Owner works closely with the Product Managers and Product Leadership and is the key decision maker on priorities and works to align users, stakeholders and delivery teams at each stage of the product life cycle. **Key responsibilities** - Work closely with Product Leadership, Product Managers and other Product Owners to align product strategy around organizational goals and strategic intents. - Challenge stakeholder objectives in search of higher-level goals/hidden motivation, distinguishing between ‘wants’ and ‘needs’ and establishing the business value. - Understand and maximize value of products delivered. - Represent the "voice of the customer" in collaboration with the delivery team and ensure everyone is aware of what we need and why. - Participate in team's meetings and ceremonies to follow the progress and ensure what is delivered meets the business needs. - Define what success looks like in terms of measurable outcomes. - Inform product strategies and roadmaps with insights from research. - Empower Product teams to take their own decisions by sharing context obtained from building relationships with stakeholders and users, customer and supply partners ensuring shared understanding and expectations of the business needs, drivers and challenges. - Manage the product lifecycle, converting customer feedback into requirements, driving prioritisation and execution pre - and post-launch to foster strong adoption of products. - Define and measure progress and value towards goals. - Problem solving & critical thinking skills. - Ability to continually learn agile best practices and understand the latest enabling technology. **The skills we would love to see in your suitcase** - 5+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner. - Proven ability to help define and shape product vision and strategy. - Experience working in an Agile environment. - Excellent stakeholder management skills. - Strong data analytic skills and ability to use data to support and drive decisions. - Experience in an Agile environment. - Excellent communication skills (written and verbal English). - Time management & ability to multitask. **Why choose us as your next destination?** We are super proud of our dedicated team of friendly, energetic & passionate professionals. Our people are key to the success of our business & everybody at WebBeds has their own unique role to play as we continue to drive the company forward. Over 50 differen