Product Owner – Flights (AI)

Location: Hybrid from the Rotterdam office; must already be based in the Netherlands with the right to work. Relocation is not offered. Preference for candidates in the Randstad who can commute to Rotterdam in under 1.5 hours.

Salary: €6,000–€6,200 gross per month, plus 8% holiday allowance.

Company

hirify.global automates crew travel for maritime, aviation, and energy companies and provides white-label booking tools for travel management companies.

What you will do

• Own the flight booking product and define the transition from search-and-book to recommended, ready-to-approve crew bookings.
• Work with operational schedules and AI-driven predictions to plan crew joining and leaving flights.
• Improve booking, servicing, re-issue, refund, exchange, and change workflows.
• Find product solutions within complex airline distribution, fare, and cancellation rules.
• Collaborate closely with engineering on APIs, supplier integrations, and data-driven product delivery.
• Build the roadmap, ship improvements, and validate new customer opportunities through measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager shipping products with engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of flight distribution, including GDS, NDC, fares, fare rules, ticketing, re-issues, refunds, exchanges, and servicing.
• Experience shipping products where data or AI drives decisions, not only the interface.
• Ability to develop creative solutions within complex rules and demonstrate at least one solution already built.
• Comfort with APIs and supplier integrations sufficient to work as an equal with engineers.
• The role is unsuitable for candidates who prefer backlog management only, accept airline limitations without investigation, or require a large specialist organisation.

Nice to have

• Experience at an airline, OTA, TMC, GDS, or NDC aggregator.
• Experience with marine or offshore fares, group bookings, or B2B corporate travel.
• Experience building recommendation or prediction models into products.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid work from Rotterdam in a lean organisation of approximately 90 people, with small squads, short lines, and real ownership.
• 25 vacation days, 8% holiday allowance, and pension contribution.
• Commute reimbursement and potential eligibility for the 30% ruling.
• Employment requires the ability to work from the Netherlands and regular office attendance in Rotterdam.

Hiring process

• Introductory HR call, hiring manager interview, flight product case, panel with the CEO and SVP of Product, then offer.
• Target timeline from application to completion is 3–4 weeks.