Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE At Going, data is our core product driver and a product in its own right. Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) is the team that runs it like an internal platform business: your product is the unified stream of flight data; your customers are our internal product and feature teams, and your ultimate end-users are millions of subscribers who rely on us for timely, hyper-relevant flight deals. We're hiring a systems-thinking Senior Technical Product Manager to lead a cross-functional team of senior Data and Backend Engineers. You'll own the charter and roadmap for how Going acquires, pipelines, and engineers high-quality datasets that power Going's core products. This requires building the resilience and diversification that reduces our dependence on any single data source, and turning that data into a product every downstream team can build on without re-solving it themselves. You’ll report to the VP of Product. IN THE SHORT TERM, YOU WILL - Take ownership of the product data acquisition strategy and data processing roadmap; supporting the parallel build of a new system to replace the current - Establish baseline measurement across our data funnel — coverage, pipeline health, and data quality — so future architecture and business decisions are based on value and cost - Drive architecture that enables efficiency — a single-record architecture that's durable and observable - Make data usable, not just available — You'll push toward a dynamic system that learns and adapts based on market trends and real consumer demand - Serve internal customers so downstream teams have one trusted source to build against IN THE LONG TERM, YOU WILL - Build Going's long-term data acquisition strategy — diversified, cost-efficient, and resilient to any single vendor's disruption - Turn our data caching and curation layer into a plug-and-play foundation that can onboard any future data source - Make the data platform the compounding advantage behind Going's product — the thing every team builds on, not a shared dependency people work around WHAT YOU KNOW Required: - You’re legally authorized to work in the United States and able to work US-hours. - 5–8+ years of product management experience, with significant time owning data platform, data infrastructure, or data products - Systems & Data Fluency: Comfort reading API specs, writing SQL, working with complex JSON/XML schemas, and discussing architecture (ETL/ELT pipelines, caching strategies, data lineage and provenance, metadata management) with senior engineers as peers - Exposure to data quality, normalization, or golden dataset patterns - Experience establishing measurement baselines before re-architecting or setting targets — you diagnose before you build - Comfortable owning vendor/supplier relationships and contract negotiation, including cost-vs-coverage tradeoffs - Track record navigating ambiguity while still shipping durable, well-governed systems - Clear, async-first communicator — comfortable setting direction for a dedicated engineering team while working across technical and non-technical partners Preferred: - Travel/aviation data expertise: GDS feeds, OAG/Cirium APIs, fare buckets and cabin mapping, IATA/ICAO codes - Prior experience designing internal data products or operating within a Data Mesh architecture. - Prior experience designing internal data products or operating in a data mesh model - Experience with event-driven architectures, low-latency edge caching, and scaling systems for real-time demand spikes. BENEFITS & PERKS YOU’LL LOVE… - The salary for this role starts at $175,000 + equity - 100% remote work environment - Annual team retreats, with past destinations including Scottsdale, Washington D.C., Vancouver, and Mexico City. - Open vacation policy, with a 15-day minimum - Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance - 401(k) with a 5% match - $750/quarter remote work, wellness, and wisdom stipend - Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave - Meetup stipend when you cross paths with a co-worker - Continuing education & development reimbursement - Challenging problems to solve and an awesome team to collaborate with every single day We want you to bring your authentic self to work every single day. We accept you for who you are and consider everyone on an equal opportunity basis without regard to ancestry; age; appearance; color; gender identity and/or expression; genetics; family or parental status; marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status; mental, physical, or sensory disability; national, social or ethnic origin; past or present military service; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status; race; religion or belief; hair length; organ donor status. Going is an E-Verify employer. ‍If you require a reasonable accommodation or assistance for any part of the interview and employment process, please contact us at careers@going.com careers@scottscheapflights.com and let us know the nature of your request.

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Must-haves

Take ownership of the product data acquisition strategy and data processing roadmap; supporting the parallel build of a new system to replace the current
Establish baseline measurement across our data funnel — coverage, pipeline health, and data quality — so future architecture and business decisions are based on value and cost
Drive architecture that enables efficiency — a single-record architecture that's durable and observable
Make data usable, not just available — You'll push toward a dynamic system that learns and adapts based on market trends and real consumer demand
Serve internal customers so downstream teams have one trusted source to build against
Build Going's long-term data acquisition strategy — diversified, cost-efficient, and resilient to any single vendor's disruption
Turn our data caching and curation layer into a plug-and-play foundation that can onboard any future data source
Make the data platform the compounding advantage behind Going's product — the thing every team builds on, not a shared dependency people work around
You’re legally authorized to work in the United States and able to work US-hours.
5–8+ years of product management experience, with significant time owning data platform, data infrastructure, or data products
Exposure to data quality, normalization, or golden dataset patterns
Experience establishing measurement baselines before re-architecting or setting targets — you diagnose before you build
Comfortable owning vendor/supplier relationships and contract negotiation, including cost-vs-coverage tradeoffs
Track record navigating ambiguity while still shipping durable, well-governed systems
Clear, async-first communicator — comfortable setting direction for a dedicated engineering team while working across technical and non-technical partners
The salary for this role starts at $175,000 + equity
100% remote work environment
Annual team retreats, with past destinations including Scottsdale, Washington D.C., Vancouver, and Mexico City.
Open vacation policy, with a 15-day minimum
$750/quarter remote work, wellness, and wisdom stipend

Nice-to-haves

Travel/aviation data expertise: GDS feeds, OAG/Cirium APIs, fare buckets and cabin mapping, IATA/ICAO codes
Prior experience designing internal data products or operating within a Data Mesh architecture.
Prior experience designing internal data products or operating in a data mesh model
Experience with event-driven architectures, low-latency edge caching, and scaling systems for real-time demand spikes.

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