Sr. Product Design Manager, Travel

Hotel Engine is transforming business travel into a personalized and rewarding experience. As the Sr. Product Design Manager for Travel, you will lead a team of designers to enhance the booking experience and collaborate with various departments to deliver high-impact work.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design vision for Engine’s booking experience and make it smarter, faster, and more delightful
• Guide and mentor a talented team of 3-6 product designers while rolling up your sleeves when the work needs your hands
• Set the creative direction and uphold a high bar for clarity, craft, and consistency across all travel surfaces
• Turn insights, trends, and product goals into simple, intuitive experiences that our users love
• Work closely with partners across the company to move fast, solve real traveler problems, and ship high-impact work
• Champion design’s role in shaping strategy and driving meaningful business outcomes
• Use modern AI-native workflows (Cursor, Figma Make, MCPs, prototyping systems) to increase velocity and leverage

Requirements:

• Mastery of the full product lifecycle, from shaping product strategy and guiding discovery to driving concepts and build-ready execution
• Strong design craft across visual, interaction, and UX, with a focus on clarity, utility, delight
• Expertise in managing complex groups of stakeholders
• People leadership experience in hiring, coaching, and elevating the team's bar
• Proven ability to align and influence PMs, engineers, data, and executives
• Fluency in Figma, design systems, and emerging tools like Pencil / Cursor
• Clear, compelling storytelling, able to communicate the strategic why, not just the design