ATPCO is the world's primary source for air fare content, holding over 200 million fares across 160 countries. The Director, Pricing Engine Solutions is responsible for owning the vision, strategy, development, and full lifecycle execution of ATPCO's Pricing Engine solution portfolio, ensuring that solutions deliver measurable value to airlines and the broader retailing ecosystem.
Responsibilities:
- Define, align, and champion the strategic vision, roadmap, and development priorities for ATPCO’s Pricing Engine solutions in support of enterprise goals, ATPCO product needs, customer needs, and airline industry trends
- Lead ongoing market discovery to identify unmet customer needs, competitive dynamics, and emerging opportunities — translating market evidence into actionable strategies and investment priorities
- Champion a disciplined approach to buyer and user insights, including win/loss analysis, to continuously validate product-market fit and inform portfolio decisions
- Balance near-term delivery needs with longer-term platform evolution
- Own the full lifecycle—from concept to scale to retirement—with a focus on long-term value creation
- Lead the translation of product strategy into scalable, secure, and high-value solution development outcomes in partnership with Technology and Product. This includes identifying investment requirements, skillset and knowledge transfer requirements, and working with appropriate leadership to justify/acquire appropriate resources
- Guide end-to-end product development for Pricing Engine capabilities, ensuring business requirements, user needs, data integrity, technical feasibility, and delivery readiness are aligned
- Partner with engineering and architecture leaders to shape solution direction, development sequencing, and modernization plans that support long-term sustainability and performance
- Apply rigorous prioritization frameworks that evaluate opportunities based on market impact, strategic alignment, technical feasibility, and business value — ensuring the team works on the most impactful problems first
- Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, cost effective, accurate, and production-ready
- Operate as a unifying force across several internal stakeholder groups: Product, Technology, Commercial, Strategy, and Finance
- Partner with Commercial and Finance to develop and validate business cases, pricing models, and go-to-market strategies that maximize portfolio value and market adoption
- Establish clear governance, prioritization frameworks, and decision-making discipline
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on portfolio direction, risks, and opportunities
- Ensure alignment from roadmap to delivery to customer outcomes
- Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, customer-centricity, Lean thinking, and Agile execution
- Represent ATPCO as a product and solution leader in airline pricing, retailing, and modernization of discussions with customers, partners, and industry bodies
- Engage with airlines, technology partners, and standards organizations to identify industry challenges and influence scalable approaches to next-generation pricing solutions
- Help shape ATPCO thought leadership through customer engagement, strategic forums, workshops, white papers, and external presentations as appropriate
- Translate external market and industry developments into actionable product and development priorities for the Pricing Engine portfolio
- Define and refine market positioning for the Pricing Engine portfolio, ensuring solutions are clearly differentiated and compelling to target buyer and user personas
- Lead and develop high-performing talent across product and cross-functional teams
- Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, risk-taking, and continuous learning
- Strengthen capabilities in product strategy, discovery, and solution leadership
- Mentor and develop leaders and emerging leaders across the organization
Requirements:
- Experience in product strategy and development, particularly in pricing solutions
- Strong understanding of airline industry trends and competitive dynamics
- Ability to lead high-performing teams and drive portfolio prioritization
- Experience in market discovery and translating market evidence into actionable strategies
- Proven track record of delivering scalable, production-ready solutions
- Strong partnership skills with cross-functional teams including Technology, Architecture, Product, Commercial, Finance, and Strategy
- Ability to apply rigorous prioritization frameworks to evaluate opportunities
- Experience in developing and validating business cases and pricing models
- Strong communication skills to represent the company externally and engage with stakeholders
- Ability to mentor and develop leaders and emerging leaders across the organization
- Experience in Agile execution and Lean thinking
- Familiarity with customer engagement and thought leadership activities
- Experience in working with technology partners and standards organizations