Senior Product Manager

Company Overview

Zicasso is a leading luxury travel company that creates personalized, life-enriching experiences for discerning travelers. Founded in Silicon Valley, our unique approach to travel blends cutting-edge technology and the unsurpassed destination expertise of our top travel specialists worldwide. 

As a member of our team, you'll contribute to creating experiences that consistently earn us thousands of 5-star reviews. You'll be part of a company recognized as "Best in Travel" by TRAVEL+LEISURE magazine and regularly featured in notable publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, and CNN. By joining Zicasso, you'll play a key role in bringing travel dreams to life – pushing the boundaries of what's possible in luxury travel experiences.

As a fully remote company spanning five continents, we foster a dynamic, progressive global work environment that values creativity, initiative, and continuous learning. We're seeking passionate, data-driven individuals who thrive in a high-performance environment and are eager to contribute to our innovative company culture underpinned by the pursuit of excellence, integrity, and teamwork.

Our global team comes together annually for an international company retreat in various locations, providing a unique opportunity to share ideas, collaborate in person, and strengthen our culture. This event embodies our commitment to both professional growth and the transformative power of travel.

Join us in shaping the future of luxury travel while working towards our vision: to create a more connected humanity through travel. To learn more, visit www.zicasso.com.

The Role

Zicasso is looking for an execution-oriented Senior Product Manager who will immediately have the opportunity to shape the next generation of Zicasso’s web applications.

The ideal candidate is a proven Sr. Product Manager with extensive experience in developing product strategy & roadmaps, as well as producing and reviewing product requirements documents (PRD) across multiple technology applications in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment. 

In this role, you will lead product management efforts to create innovative, user-centered experiences on Zicasso's online travel marketplace. By analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, you'll collaborate closely with business, design, and engineering teams. You will work hands-on across multiple desktop and mobile web applications and various product areas. The role will report to the COO.

Zicasso’s culture rewards team members who contribute to an ever-evolving growth environment and celebrates creativity, initiative, and out-of-the-box thinking.

This is a fully remote, full-time position, working from home, at a location within Texas, USA.

There is some flexibility in your work hours but it is required to overlap with California, eg. until 4pm Pacific Time Zone (GMT -8).

The work will all be conducted in English.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a small but nimble product team, and foster a culture of innovation, experimentation and data-driven decision making within the product team.
• Develop and implement product strategies consistent with the company's overall vision and business objectives.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with all stakeholders to ensure alignment on product vision and goals, including creating and delivering compelling product presentations and documentation.
• Define product roadmaps and prioritize features based on user needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility from MVP to full market deployment.
• Oversee the product development process from ideation to launch and post-launch optimization.
• Prepare and review product requirements documents (PRD)
• Define & track product performance metrics and analyze data to inform future product decisions.
• Identify, assess and manage product risks and dependencies.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 10+ years of experience in Product Management and related fields with at least 5 of these years as a product manager in consumer facing web applications
• Proven ability to lead a product and UX team and collaborate effectively with highly cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated track record of translating product strategy into detailed specifications, making functional and user experience design tradeoffs, managing product launches and owning the product successes post- launch. You solve for the long term while delivering results now.  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Intellectually curious with a data driven mindset. Experience shipping and iterating based on data. 
• Effective communicator: able to synthesize and translate between technical and non-technical audiences; effectively communicates topics involving complex trade offs to stakeholders across the organization and to external partners.
• Experience is setting up as well as optimizing processes
• Passion for building user-centric products.

Desired Experience:

• Travel industry experience.
• Relevant experience in UX design, business analysis, or software development.
• Experience with e-commerce payment systems.
• Experience with search engine optimization (SEO)
• Experience with Google Analytics (or other web analytics tools), A/B Testing, and other web analytics tools
• Experience working in a fast-paced, startup environment.

What We Offer:

• Fully remote work arrangement
• Competitive compensation and benefits package (medical, dental, vision)
• Open Paid Time Off policy and 10 days of company-paid holidays
• Stock options package
• 401K retirement plan with employer matching
• Substantially discounted luxury travel during off-season
• An unforgettable annual company retreat at one of the international destinations we serve