Lead, Product Development

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Journey with us!Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests.

The Royal Caribbean Group’s Travel Platforms Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time IT Product Owner
reporting to the Senior Director, Product.

Position Summary:

This role is ideal for a builder–product hybrid who can:

• Work closely with business stakeholders to refine requirements
• Drive delivery in an Agile environment

The candidate will play a critical role in bridging
business, product, and engineering
, while independently building scalable solutions to improve operational efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Technical Development & Automation (Hands-on)

• Design and develop automation workflows and tools using Python
• Build data pipelines and transformations using:
  • Pandas
  • DuckDB
• Develop lightweight APIs and services using FastAPI
• Optimize data processing and performance for large datasets
• Troubleshoot and debug technical issues across the stack
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
• Convert business needs into:
  • User stories
  • Functional/technical specifications
• Drive clarity in ambiguous problem statements
• Ensure requirements are implementation-ready for development

3. Agile Delivery & Execution

• Act as an Individual Contributor within Agile PODs
• Participate actively in:
  • Sprint planning
  • Backlog refinement
  • Daily stand-ups
  • Retrospectives
• Prioritize work based on business value and technical feasibility
• Take ownership of end-to-end delivery of solutions

4. Data & Platform Thinking

• Work with structured/unstructured data to derive insights and automation opportunities
• Design scalable solutions aligned with platform architecture
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and performance

5. Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with:
  • Product teams
  • Engineering teams
  • Business stakeholders
• Serve as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams
• Communicate solutions clearly to leadership

Qualifications, Knowledge and

Skills:

Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in:
  • Technical Product Management / Technical Lead roles
  • OR Software Engineering with strong product exposure
• Proven experience working in Agile environments

Technical Skills (Mandatory)

• Python
• Deep expertise in:
  • Pandas (data manipulation)
  • DuckDB (analytics/data querying)
• Experience building APIs using:
  • FastAPI
• Strong understanding of:
  • Data processing pipelines
  • Performance optimization
  • Debugging and troubleshooting

Product & Agile Skills

• Strong understanding of:
  • Product lifecycle
  • Agile methodologies
• Ability to:
  • Write clear user stories
  • Drive backlog refinement
  • Prioritize effectively

Domain Knowledge (Preferred)

• Experience in:
  • Travel industry
  • Cruise / booking / reservation systems
• Understanding of:
  • End-to-end travel journeys (search, booking, payments)

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to operate independently as an IC
• High ownership and accountability

Agency and Third-Party Submissions: Please note this is a direct search by the Company, and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes. Any unsolicited…