Hotel EngineRemote
Principal Product Manager, Groups Connectivity
United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
$206,000 - $285,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Product ManagementAPI IntegrationsPlatform ArchitectureHotel Property Management Systems (PMS)Real-time Availability PipelinesAI-assisted WorkflowsTravel and Hospitality Industry KnowledgeStakeholder ManagementStrategic ThinkingAINegotiation
About this role
Hotel Engine is a travel and spend management platform that is redefining how businesses book, manage, and pay for travel. They are seeking a Principal Product Manager for Groups Connectivity to own the connectivity roadmap, drive hotel response rates, and architect platform-level thinking to enhance group travel booking processes.
Responsibilities:
- Own the connectivity roadmap: Define and drive the strategy for how Engine integrates with hotel supply at scale. That means PMS partnerships (think: Hotel Key and beyond), real-time availability pipelines, and the APIs that make instant group booking a reality rather than a manual slog
- Drive hotel response rate to zero friction: Today, some of the highest-volume hotel partners respond to RFPs at single-digit rates. You'll build the product strategies and integrations that change that math and do it at scale
- Architect platform-level thinking: Design connectivity infrastructure that can support not just internal Groups workflows, but potential B2B API offerings that extend Engine's reach into the broader travel ecosystem
- Lead cross-functional alignment: Partner with Groups Contracting, Engineering, RevOps, and external supply partners to surface bottlenecks, prioritize the highest-leverage opportunities, and ship solutions that compound over time
- Bring AI into the mix: Identify where intelligent automation and AI-assisted workflows (e.g., document interpretation, RFP matching, contract comparison) can accelerate cycle times and reduce manual overhead
Requirements:
- 10+ years in product management, with meaningful experience building platform or connectivity products at scale
- Background working with APIs, integrations, or supply-side infrastructure is strongly preferred
- Technical depth: You don't need to write the code, but you need to speak the language
- Builder's instincts: You've operated in environments with real ambiguity and know how to define a problem before you solve it
- Transformational mindset: This role exists to change the foundation of how group travel gets booked
- Stakeholder range: You're as comfortable in a product review as you are in a partner negotiation
- Exposure to travel, hospitality, or adjacent industries is a plus but not required