Principal Product Manager Apps (mfd)

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HomeToGo is Europes leading vacation rental group with the vision of unlocking better stays. Our team is united by a passion for travel driven by innovation and impact and guided by open-minded leaders at every level. Our commitment to recognizing and empowering exceptional talent is the foundation of our growth. We are actively hiring candidates from all around the world including sponsoring visas for Germany. An amazing journey of opportunity with an international team lies ahead - join us!

Your future contribution

Our apps are home to our most loyal guests: the people who plan their next stay from their pocket. They already work well but theres a much better version still to build. Were looking for someone to own that experience end to end the way a founder owns a company and turn it into something guests cant imagine traveling without.

Youll be the single product owner for our apps: a hands-on individual-contributor role with no PMs reporting to you. You get a dedicated engineering team close partners in Design Data and Marketing and a direct line to the Managing Director of HomeToGo Marketplace. The Berlin-based seat comes with a real mandate so you decide what the apps become and have the backing to make it happen.

Youll set the vision for our apps and decide what we build next thinking in business outcomes throughout: how we make money where the growth is and what a release is worth before you ship it. You look beyond the screen too across Design and UX the full guest journey every channel between dreaming of a stay and arriving at the door.

Most of all you watch the AI space closely: fast to test whats new just as quick to drop the hype. You prototype with AI before you write a brief and treat every release as a question the market answers for you.

What youll tackle first

Youll define the roadmap yourself. Heres where the value sits from day one:

• Turn first-time bookers into repeat guests. Our biggest opportunity sits in loyalty: Rewards a reason to open the app between trips an experience that earns its place on the home screen. Cracking retention after the first booking is job one.
• Bring AI into the guest experience for real. Think AI-assisted trip planning conversational search and personalization that makes the app feel like it knows the traveler. Youll prototype these yourself before a sprint is planned.
• Build re-engagement that guests actually welcome.Push lifecycle notifications: the line between a growth engine and an uninstall. Youll bring people back without burning the relationship.
• Sharpen the path from search to booking.App conversion is a craft of its own. Youll own the funnel from first tap to confirmed booking.

You wont do all of this in your first quarter but youll decide the order defend the bets with evidence and own the numbers either way.

How youll add value

• Run the apps like your own business: own the bets the trade-offs and the results
• Decide what we build what we kill and what we never start and defend those calls with evidence
• Connect the dots across Design UX and the full guest journey
• Track AI development and prototype ideas yourself using AI tools (Claude Cursor v0 Figma Make) before a single sprint is planned
• Ship continuously measure honestly and let real guest behavior settle the debates
• Roll up your sleeves with Engineering and Design as a fellow builder

Youll be successful in this role if you

• Have led product for a consumer app people actually love and can show the impact in numbers (retention conversion engagement revenue)
• Bring several years of product ownership in B2C ideally in marketplaces travel or another high-traffic consumer product
• Know the craft of mobile: App Store and Play Store realities push and lifecycle the difference native makes
• Think like a founder who owns outcomes and would run this like their own company
• Understand the business as deeply as the product: revenue growth unit economics the lot
• Follow AI development obsessively and build with AI tools yourself adopting what works overnight and walking past the hype just as quickly
• Move comfortably between strategy and the smallest detail and make sharp calls with incomplete information
• Thrive in a hands-on builder seat with no department or PM team to run
• Get your energy from building the product itself
• Move before you have certainty
• See AI as a multiplier of your craft
• Are fluent in English

What we offer

• AI-first culture: Leverage a world-class AI ecosystem with Google Enterprise Slack AI and SOTA model access via Copilot Claude or LiteLLM. By using our custom agents for automation and knowledge management youll become a first-class adopter of the AI workflows defining industry best practices.

• Flexible hybrid work:Work remotely up to 50% of the year including up to 63 days ofwork from anywhere within the EU and UK.*

• Competitive compensation:Market-aligned salary plus stock options for eligible roles.

• Generous time off: 27 vacation days to start increasing with tenure to up to 32 days.

• Dog-friendly offices:Bring your four-legged friend along our offices welcome well-behaved dogs.

• Relocation & visa support:Full visa sponsorship and relocation support for international hires joining our Berlin office.*

• Growth & development:German classes masterclasses and cross-team mentoring.

• Commuter & mobility perks: Monthly subsidy for the Deutschland-Ticket and tax-advantaged bike leasing via salary conversion.

• Wellbeing & fitness: Mental health support resources and subsidized sports memberships.

• Travel & lifestyle perks: Exclusive discounts via HomeToGoFriends Travel Industry Card deals and 20% off Union Berlin fan gear.

• Climate responsibility: We practice responsible stewardship daily and embed ESG at the heart of our operations while collaborating with Plan A to stay accountable for our carbon footprint and environmental impact.

*Certain conditions apply.

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About us

HomeToGo is the SaaS-enabled marketplace with the worlds largest selection of vacation rentals listing millions of offers from thousands of trusted partners including Vrbo and TripAdvisor. From vacation homes cabins beach houses apartments condos house boats castles farm stays and everything in between HomeToGo combines price destination dates and amenities to find the perfect accommodation for any trip worldwide.

Founded in 2014 HomeToGo operates localized apps & websites in more than 30 countries across Europe North America South America Australia and Asia-Pacific. HomeToGo also operates brands such as AMIVAC atraveo Casamundo e-domizil EscapadaRural Kurzurlaub Kurz Mal Weg and Wimdu.

HomeToGo is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring and nurturing exceptional talent representing various backgrounds perspectives and skills. We are authentically candid and open-minded fostering a safe environment for diverse opinions. Our hiring decisions are based on qualifications merit and business needs. We do not discriminate against race ethnic origin gender sexual orientation religion political ideological or religious views disability or age.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce of equality and diversity at HomeToGo and to provide opportunities to everyone. We therefore welcome your application even if you arent completely confident that your experiences fit the job description criteria. We would really love to get to know you!

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1