Jemma Summerfield
Group Product Manager @Booking.com
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WORK HISTORY
Group Product Manager @Booking.com
Manchester, GB
I’m responsible for driving the long-term vision and strategy for the Select & Pay group in the Car Rental vertical. I lead two front end web teams - Package & Checkout - and a back-end Payments team. I work closely with engineering partners to manage complex projects across our own department and central Booking tech teams based around the world. I am part of the Cars SLT and have additional responsibilities as a \'mission\' product lead for Cars (to align/deliver a core business goal).Skills- Vision/Strategy: own and drive the group vision/strategy; ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs based on data insights/research- Product delivery: efficient planning and delivery of our roadmap, milestones and OKRs; and report through various channels to department leaders. Resolve dependencies and act as an escalation point- Data fluency: identify key insights and trends which can inform our product thinking; in addition to monitoring product health, bookings data/dashboards, experiment reports and trading reports. Be commercially aware and participate in forums that discuss key business success/health metrics- Customer centricity: work closely with UX designers, researchers and writers to put the customer at the heart of our product-Stakeholder Management: represent the group’s vision/roadmap compellingly; communicate risks/issues and present resolutions. Negotiate resources, align timelines and manage expectations to achieve our goals- Tech Fluency: partner with the Senior Engineering Manager to ensure our group achieves high standards of quality/stability; reduce duplication/overhead through unlocking central capabilities.Key successes-\'Going Green\' mission lead: unlocking EV supply and merchandising across the funnel (part of a wider sustainability business priority)- US mission lead: optimising for the US (high value market), unlocking new products, tech improvements- Payments modernisation: moving our estate into central tech.
EDUCATION
University of Nottingham
BA Politics with American Studies, (British politics, American politics, political systems and theories, feminist theory, philosophy)
University of Nottingham
MA Information Technology, (pedagogy, web technologies, UXD, project management)
SKILLS
ABOUT JEMMA SUMMERFIELD
A highly effective Group Product Manager and strategic leader with over 20 years of industry experience. I enjoy fast paced complex product and tech challenges; I’m naturally collaborative, energetic and comfortable working with colleagues from different disciplines across the business. As a people person, I also enjoy the line management responsibilities of my role; and have extensive experience as a product mentor.
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