Product Manager – Content

About trivago

When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago! Our leading metasearch engine is super fast and constantly optimized - enabling millions of travelers to compare hotel prices from hundreds of booking sites and find great deals in just a few clicks. We use cutting-edge technology, real-time auction, and machine learning techniques with petabytes of data to create an experience - time and money saved! In the lively city of Düsseldorf, we seize opportunities to learn every day, innovate, and make an enduring mark on the travel industry. At trivago, you will find those who aren’t afraid of change but rather embrace it, turning every challenge into a pathway for growth. Join trivago, work with a great team, and grow with us!

Position

As a Content Team Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in optimizing the quality of our images, enhancing our back-end processes, and curating the image selection for our front-end display. Your day-to-day will consist of working with back-end engineers and data scientists. Your work will directly impact the visual presentation of hotels and the way we aggregate content from multiple third-party sources. 

How you’ll make an impact: 

• Back-End optimization: Collaborate with back-end engineers and data scientists to improve image quality, streamline back-end processes, and ensure efficient handling of large volumes of image data.
• Image selection and curation: Develop and implement strategies for selecting the best images to display on the front-end, taking into account user engagement metrics and business objectives.
• Product vision: Maintain a deep understanding of the product, and identify user and business problems on the front-end that can be addressed with back-end solutions. 
• Lead the visual content roadmap. Lead the development and execution of our visual content strategy, roadmap and test plans. 
• Data-Driven Decisions: Utilize data analytics and insights to drive product decisions and optimizations, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Stakeholder Relations: Facilitate effective communication with internal stakeholders, offering timely updates on the product roadmap, development progress, and critical performance insights.

Your qualification

• 5+ years experience working as a product manager in a modern, agile online company
• Proven track record of product management in delivering user-centric products that create business value
• Proactive attitude: You’ll find, evaluate and solve problems. You are a value creator, rather than a facilitator
• High level of ownership and drive to take projects from concept to delivery
• You should be able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment with a focus on efficiency
• Effective communication skills in English to ensure transparency and alignment on product goals, priorities, and progress

What makes you stand out:

• Experience working directly with back-end engineering teams
• Aggregation of content from various 3rd party sources

Worried about missing a few requirements? Still apply, and express your motivation as you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

What we offer

As you grow, so do we.

This is why at trivago, we prioritize your development, offer personalized coaching through Likeminded, and provide workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, and access to a fully-equipped campus library.

Moving to join us?

No problem. You can count on the visa support from our talent support team, a relocation package, interest-free newcomer loan, free language classes, regular team and company-wide events to build experiences together.

Life happens.

We offer self-determined vacation (with a minimum of 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, 2 WFH days weekly, the chance to work remotely for 20 days abroad, free access to the Heynanny platform for personalized nanny assistance, and an on-campus kids room.

Enjoy your office days.

Use your daily canteen budget to share lunch with colleagues in our canteen, help yourself to complimentary snacks and drinks in our kitchens, stay healthy with our on-site gym and sports classes, and enjoy the comfort of ergonomic desks and focused work areas.

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Thank you for considering a career at trivago! Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and enriching environment for all talents is at the heart of what we do. We understand that embarking on a new job opportunity is a blend of excitement and curiosity. Should any questions arise before you apply, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on global travel, we look forward to your application!