Principal Product Manager – HTS API Marketplace

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About the role

  • Principal Product Manager leading the development of HTS API Marketplace at Hopper. Overseeing commercialization and integration of API products for enterprise partners in travel commerce.

Responsibilities

  • Define what the HTS API Marketplace is: how capabilities are structured, packaged, and priced across a portfolio spanning HTS Connect, Search Polygons, Autocomplete, Ranking, Content & Property Mapping, Room Mapping, Deduplication/Auction, Pricing, Extranet, Taxes, and Custom Deals Engine.
  • Coordinate with capability PMs — who own the underlying technical systems — to understand each capability's roadmap, constraints, and customization surface, and translate that into externally-consumable API products.
  • Own the commercial model for the marketplace: platform vs. variable fee decisions, take rate structure per capability, enterprise packaging, and the custom deals framework for large partners with differentiated customer segments.
  • Build the developer and partner experience from scratch: API specifications, partner onboarding flows, documentation standards, sandbox environments, and integration tooling that minimizes time-to-first-value.
  • Use AI tools and rapid prototyping to test ideas quickly — mock API responses, prototype partner portals, simulate pricing and ranking configurations — before committing engineering resources.
  • Establish the go-to-market motion for the marketplace: work with Commercial to identify the right partners for each capability, sequence launches, and define what a successful commercial rollout looks like.
  • Own the marketplace revenue P&L: model and track GBV, take rate, and per-capability unit economics in partnership with Finance.
  • Set the sequencing and prioritization across all capabilities — from in-progress work (HTS Connect, Taxes) through scoping-stage products (Content & Property Mapping, Room Mapping, Deduplication/Auction, Pricing) to capabilities not yet started (Search Polygons, Autocomplete, Ranking, Extranet, Custom Deals Engine).

Requirements

  • 7+ years of Product Management experience, with at least one 0-to-1 product you built from concept to commercial launch.
  • Demonstrated experience building developer-facing or B2B marketplace products, including ownership of API product design, developer experience, and commercial packaging for enterprise customers.
  • AI-native working style: you use LLMs and vibe coding as first-line tools for prototyping, not as novelties. You have built working demos, mockups, or proof-of-concepts using AI before handing work to engineering.
  • Strong understanding of marketplace economics: take rates, supply-side incentives, demand-side optimization, and the design of platform vs. variable commercial models.
  • Ability to coordinate effectively across multiple product teams — you can synthesize roadmaps, surface dependencies, and drive cross-team alignment without owning the underlying engineering.
  • Experience working with external enterprise partners: translating commercial needs into product requirements and managing partner expectations through multi-phase rollouts.
  • Strong fluency with SQL and large-scale transactional or operational datasets.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication, including the ability to write crisp API and product documentation.
  • Bonus:
  • Experience in travel commerce (lodging, cars, flights) or adjacent industries such as fintech, ads, or marketplace infrastructure.
  • Background in connectivity, distribution, or supplier technology (GDS, channel managers, OTA APIs).
  • Prior experience in Engineering, Data Science, or a technical role.
  • Familiarity with auction or deduplication mechanics, dynamic pricing systems, or recommendation and ranking models.

Benefits

  • Hopper covers 100% of the premiums for group insurance plan.
  • Hopper offers life, short term and long term disability coverage.
  • HSA that covers eligible medical and dental expenses.
  • All employees and dependents have access to Dialogue’s telemedicine services, anytime, anywhere.
  • All employees have access to an RRSP plan with automatic pre-tax withdrawals per pay.
  • Please ask us about our very generous parental leave, much above industry standards!
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Carrot Cash travel stipend.
  • Access to co-working space on demand through FlexDesk AND Work-from-home stipend.
  • Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business.
  • Open communication with management and company leadership.
  • Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$250,000 - CA$350,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

SQL

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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