Business/Product Analyst Hospitality Job in Berkshire, Home Counties Uk
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About the Job
Business/Product Analyst Hospitality
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and proactive Product Analyst to work for a business services Company and a leading provider of transaction processing solutions. This company operates on a global scale by connecting buyers and sellers in over 160 countries through traditional online and corporate channels.
This Product Analyst role is within the Hospitality content team. Responsible for the design, development and delivery of a product and must lead and influence a cross functional team to ensure the product meets the market requirements, achieves the financial objectives and delivers operational value to the customer. From initial concept or strategic objective the Product Analyst must develop the market requirements and articulate the product vision in order to brief the technology development teams, customers and industry bodies where appropriate.
Provide the necessary functional competitive analysis and positioning for the product including the customer value proposition.
Create and maintain a product roadmap that illustrates and communicates how the product strategy will be achieved and how the product will mature and evolve to provide customers with operational value. Through consultation, focus groups and product expertise the Product Analyst will assist the commercial sales teams to formulate customer acquisition and retention strategies underpinned by a product roadmap that prioritizes customer and market requirements.
During product deployment the Product Analyst will be responsible for providing subject matter expertise to the Product Deployment Manager before and during launch readiness, specifically delivering the necessary product messaging to support building sales and product marketing collateral.
Post deployment and throughout the operational life of a product the Product Analyst will be responsible for the product change, enhancement and upgrade, providing change authority to ensure consistency with the product vision and roadmap.
The product analyst will cover core GDS products in payments, fulfillment and settlement services.
Requirements:
Experience as a Product Analyst, Business Analyst or Product Marketing Manager
Demonstrated success of defining, developing and deploying products
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Graduate Bachelor's degree or equivalently qualified by experience
Formal training/qualification or demonstrate able experience of new product commercialization
Customer centric thinking and acting
Excellent relationship building skills with a good understanding of different cultures and how to work with them to deliver results, in a global organization.
Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
Demonstrable track record of analyzing market requirements and defining product requirements
Experience within the travel industry, with an emphasis on ticketing, fulfillment and settlement processes.