Product Manager

With more than 30 years’ experience, Travelbound are the industry leaders in high quality, subject‑led tours for schools, universities, colleges, and clubs. With bespoke itineraries to incredible worldwide destinations, and our exclusive Chateau du Molay in Normandy, Travelbound tailor every tour to meet your specific educational and cultural requirements. Whether it’s a history trip to New York & Washington, introducing Art & Design students to Paris, or organising orchestra and choir performance tours in Italy, every detail will be taken care of to create a truly tailormade, inspiring learning experience.

The Travelbound Product Manager is responsible for the strategy, development and overall performance of the product portfolio. The role owns what Travelbound sells: which destinations, curriculum‑linked tours, itineraries, price points, and product evolution

Working in close partnership with the wider teams, the Product Manager translates curriculum, customer and market insight into a clear, differentiated product range. Close collaboration with other departments ensures it is well bought, priced, sold and delivered

The Product Manager line manages the small Product Team, with accountability for the team’s output, standards and development. The role reports to the Head of Product on portfolio performance, new product development and key risks and opportunities

• Product Strategy - Lead Travelbound’s product strategy, defining priority destinations, subjects, and tour types, and evolution of the portfolio over the next 1–3 years.
• Portfolio Ownership - Own the end‑to‑end Travelbound product portfolio across worldwide destinations including itineraries, excursions, accommodation specification and pricing.
• New Product Development - Support the NPDM to identify, design, and launch new tours, destinations, and itineraries aligned to curriculum needs, demand, and market trends, ensuring commercial and operational viability.
• Curriculum & Customer Insight - Maintain strong insight into the UK curriculum, customer needs, and travel trends, ensuring the product range remains relevant and differentiated.
• Pricing & Commercial Performance - Set pricing with the Commercial team, monitor margin, conversion, yield, and refine the product mix accordingly.
• Product Lifecycle Management - Manage the product lifecycle, launching, refining, repositioning, or retiring based on performance, supplier, and customer feedback.
• Web & Sales Collateral - Own the Travelbound website and sales content, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and strong brand alignment.
• Cross‑Functional Leadership - Partner with key teams to align product strategy with buying, sales, and delivery, including sales training.
• Health, Safety & Quality - Set and embed safety, quality, and customer experience standards across the portfolio with H&S and Operations. Ensure these are embedded in itinerary design and supplier specification.
• Competitor & Market Analysis - Track competitor activity to strengthen Travelbound’s product proposition.
• System & Data Ownership - Maintain accurate product data in the Travelink Reservation System, using insights to drive decisions.
• Team Leadership - Line manage the Product Development Manager and Product Executive, set clear objectives, coach and support their development. Build a wider product team culture of commercial curiosity, attention to detail and customer focus.
• Reporting & Stakeholder Management - Report to the Head of Product and wider commercial leadership on performance, pipeline, risks, and opportunities.
• Flexibility - Work additional hours and travel as needed, including destination visits, supplier meetings, and events.

• Proven product management experience in the travel industry, ideally within tour operating, group travel or educational travel.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of building and improving a profitable product portfolio.
• Demonstrable experience leading new product development from concept through launch to in‑market performance review.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills: comfortable working with sales, margin and supplier…