Senior Product Manager - Flight Connectivity

About The Role As the Product Manager for Flights Supply, you will lead the critical execution of integrating global airline and third-party partners to scale our inventory and ensure a world-class booking experience.

You will own the technical delivery and continuous optimization of our supply ecosystem, leveraging AI-driven automation to accelerate partner onboarding and drive industry-leading performance across price competitiveness, bookability, and latency.

This is a high-impact role where your ability to bridge complex API architecture with commercial goals will directly determine the depth and reliability of Hopper’s flight marketplace.

This role is 100% remote.

What would your day-to-day look like

• Lead the end-to-end integration of external flight supply partners including airlines, aggregators, and GDS via high-performance connectivity APIs.
• Translate complex commercial and technical requirements into clear product specifications for shopping, booking, and post-booking automation.
• Prioritize and manage a high-velocity roadmap focused on improving integration quality, reducing time-to-market, and minimizing system defects.
• Monitor and optimize core supply metrics such as price competitiveness, booking success rates, and API latency to ensure a seamless user experience.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable, stable backend solutions that align with internal platform standards.
• Implement AI-native solutions for anomaly detection in pricing, automated issue handling, and partner data mapping.
• Work closely with commercial and partner success teams to onboard new supply sources and resolve performance gaps in availability or functionality.
• Standardize integration processes to improve the scalability of partner onboarding and operational efficiency.
• Communicate progress, technical hurdles, and performance results to cross-functional stakeholders across the business.

An ideal candidate has

• At least 6 years of product management experience, specifically within high-growth, execution-focused environments.
• Technical fluency in APIs, backend systems, and third-party integrations to effectively partner with engineering on complex connectivity challenges.
• A data-driven approach to product ownership with the ability to define, track, and move needle-moving metrics like conversion, bookability, and latency.
• An AI-native mindset and a strong interest in applying machine learning to automate repetitive workflows and improve data quality.
• Exceptional collaborative skills to navigate the intersection of engineering, commercial operations, and external partner requirements.
• Professional experience in travel, flights, GDS, or supply-heavy domains to provide a deep understanding of airline distribution and pricing logic.
• Familiarity with inventory management or booking systems to drive improvements in post-booking automation and ancillary coverage.
• Exposure to AI-driven products or data enrichment workflows to accelerate partner onboarding and operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions, competitive salary and the upsides of pre-IPO equity packages.
• Hopper offers employees enrollment to a Hopper sponsored Health Collective that includes options for basic medical and dental insurances, as well as options for deductibles.
• Hopper offers private insurance coverage to supplement social security payments attributed to Accidental Death and Long term disability, including Excess and Gap insurances.
• In lieu of a formal pension plan, Hopper will provide a cash allowance to put towards pension savings.
• Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Flexdesk coworking All Access Pass AND Work-from-home stipend.
• Carrot Cash travel stipend.
• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking