Technical Product Manager (MySQL Tooling) - Application Data Services
Role Description:
About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
Leadership/Team Quote:
The Application Data Services department provides world-class database and streaming solutions, both on-premise and on public cloud, to our infrastructure and product development teams. We ensure secure, reliable, and scalable transport and storage of data for our business and infrastructure services.Our data services currently cover technologies like MySQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Confluent, and Elasticsearch. We plan to expand this with complementary cloud database technologies.
Role Description:
As a Tech Product Manager for this role, you'll be responsible for defining and executing the strategy for the MySQL Tooling area. This track oversees both on-premise and on Cloud services such as MySQL on prem and RDS and Aurora. You will be responsible for defining, communicating and executing the Cloud strategy for enabling Cloud migration and adoption by all Booking teams.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:
- You have experience managing technical products, such as infrastructure services and/or internal tooling, both on Cloud and On-Premise
- You define vision and strategy based on real customer needs, basing decisions on facts rather than opinions and you collaborate with other Product Managers at Booking to drive adoption of our services and ensure they deliver value to users
- You possess excellent communication skills and use them alongside data to manage a complex range of stakeholders and users and you define criteria for successful integrations with other services and drive execution
- You're self-motivated and able to navigate ambiguity and complexity at scale within a matrix organization, value agile development processes and seek constant improvements
- You work closely with engineering teams to design and deliver your product roadmap and you work with cross-functional teams to drive business impact
Qualifications & Skills:
- 3+ years of product management experience building technical products and drive to learn our infrastructure and technical foundations, system architecture, and the technical direction of [Booking.com](http://Booking.com)
- Consistent track record of delivering large-scale, highly available software and services in end-to-end solution delivery
- Proven ability to influence technology teams and multiple stakeholders using data, standards, and best practices with strong interpersonal skills focused on clear communication, collaboration, and building relationships within diverse engineering teams across the organization
- Experience in new product/platform development and delivery in complex environments, sizing up business opportunities and translating them into product requirements
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills, with excellent stakeholder management skills
Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:
Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:
- Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
- Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
- Industry leading product discounts
- up to 1400 per year
- for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
- Living and working in Amsterdam, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe
- Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide
- Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture
- Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
- Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
- Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
- Competitive compensation and benefits package and some great added perks of working in the home city of Booking.com
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.
Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”
We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Application Process:
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- This role does not come with relocation assistance.
We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.