Rocket Travel is looking for an Associate Product Owner to join our growing Product team. In this role, you will be focused on leading a portion of our product portfolio.

This role is a hands-on position on a high-performing team, with many opportunities to grow, take ownership, and leave your mark on our products.

Rocket Travel is a place where you:

• Work with a group of intrinsically motivated people with a track record for building successful new businesses from scratch.
• Embody curiosity, community, and accountability. We live and build products by these values every day. 
• Own decisions and take action that can be implemented in a matter of days (or hours).
• Get inspired and encouraged to vacation faster, with an annual vacation stipend.
• Receive a competitive compensation package, including bonus, 401k with match, flexible vacation time, maternity and paternity benefits, health, and dental insurance.
• Total Compensation is based on experience - Salary: $80k - $100k, Bonus: 15% - 20%
• Can have a flexible work schedule. We have an amazing office in the Chicago West Loop, which this position is based in. We have a hybrid team and a flexible work environment.
• Share your passion for travel with equally adventurous teammates. 
• Work within the largest online travel company in the world. Rocket Travel creates B2C and B2B2C travel products and is part of Booking Holdings (BKNG). We have many worldwide partners and a diversified business. Despite the world’s current situation, Booking Holdings has been rated the healthiest company in travel, and Rocket itself is already seeing travel demand surpass pre-pandemic levels

As an Associate Product Owner at Rocket Travel, you will: 

• Be accountable for your area of our product portfolio, taking ownership of a set of business, customer, and quality goals
• Work with engineering to understand timelines, dependencies, and tradeoffs
• Work with designers to create lovable customer-centric experiences
• Create and maintain product dashboards to track performance and trends of KPIs, providing rigorous insights into user behavior
• Receive mentorship from senior product leaders and other senior members of the team
• Work with stakeholders within the company collaboratively to communicate and finalize decisions
• Create your own path at a fast growing company

About you:

• You are customer and people-focused, optimizing the product from user insights, customer engagement, and both quantitative and qualitative data
• You are data-driven, able to ask the right questions and resourcefully find the answer 
• You are technically empathetic, having some experience in working with technical topics
• You are a fast study, willing to learn the ins and outs of product management on the fly while building trust and relationships with your teammates
• You are familiar with product development or a related field, even better if you have experience in travel, software, and/or growth stage organizations

About Rocket Travel

Rocket Travel partners with companies around the world to make travel even more rewarding. Our customers can earn and redeem miles, points, and gift cards, or save big with exclusive discounts, for booking travel accommodations around the world, from global favorite brands to boutique bed and breakfasts. We also help our partners curate vacation excursion planning and car rental services, with a completely branded experience from the first search to check-out from their stay.

We attract customers from every corner of the globe with a user experience that's built in-house from ideation to finished product: our team includes front- and back-end developers, customer service, data analysts, designers, marketers, accountants, partnership sales, and managers. We have offices in Chicago, NYC, Bangkok, Bogota, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Cebu, as well as colleagues working remotely across four continents. Our global partnerships range from world-class airlines to international banks to large-scale shopping platforms. 

We began in 2013 as a start-up, were acquired by Bookings Holdings two quick years later, and we've been growing rapidly ever since. Rocket Travel is dedicated to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to reach new heights in their career, and expand their knowledge working alongside talented, dedicated colleagues. We encourage all applicants with a touch of wanderlust to apply to our team, as we work toward helping our travelers reach the vacation of their dreams. 

Rocket Travel creates B2C and B2B2C travel solutions, and is part of Booking Holdings (BKNG). We have many worldwide partners and a diversified business. 

Candidates should be authorized to accept employment in the US from any employer, should be willing to start within three weeks of accepting an offer, and should be able to work the same daily working hours as our Chicago office.

At Rocket Travel, we’re building a diverse team that values accountability, curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are interested in joining us, we’d love to talk with you even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements listed here. We don’t expect anyone to have all the answers, as long as they’re willing to learn and grow with us. Diversity, equity and inclusion are Rocket Travel priorities, and we are looking for candidates who will contribute positively to the company's mission to be an inclusive environment. Rocketmiles has multiple employee resource groups, including a diversity and inclusion committee, and has committed to DEI goals in hiring, employee retention, and the overall demographics of the organization. DEI is an important element of our values and we conduct ongoing and regular training for our teammates in an effort to foster collaboration, improve morale, and support one another.