Product Manager – Monetization & Retention

About the Position

Join trivago as a Senior Product Manager specializing in monetization and retention, driving growth and innovation in the travel industry. In the lively city of Düsseldorf, you will be part of a team that embraces change, innovates, and makes a significant impact on the travel industry. This role offers genuine commercial ownership and the autonomy to shape direction across a multi-quarter roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for retention & monetization areas, driving direction with a high level of autonomy and influencing priorities across multiple teams, backed by quantified opportunities (LTV, contribution margin, conversion, repeat behavior).
• Build and defend business cases for new initiatives – model trade-offs, pressure-test assumptions with real data, and influence stakeholders on investment priorities and expected returns.
• Lead structured discovery end-to-end - identify and validate high-impact opportunities, quantify expected impact (uplift ranges, confidence levels, cost of delay), and connect them to a clear KPI framework.
• Own the full experimentation agenda – hypothesis framing, test design, sequencing, and guardrails – driving fast learning while protecting user trust and making decisions from results.
• Lead Analytics, Data Science, UX, Research, and Engineering from insight to shipped product - maintaining clarity on commercial and user outcomes throughout. Act as integrator across Finance, Marketing/CRM, Supply, and Legal where relevant.
• Mentor less experienced product managers and actively contribute to product management processes and practices across the company.

Requirements

• 6-12+ years of product management experience with a proven track record of shipping and scaling complex, data-driven initiatives – ideally spanning monetization, growth, pricing, or retention in a consumer product.
• Strong commercial and analytical rigor – you’re comfortable with experimentation results, cohort analysis, and opportunity sizing, and you make principled decisions when metrics trade off against each other.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management. You influence across functions and levels, articulate trade-offs crisply, and drive alignment – including with senior leadership.
• Technical fluency. You don’t need to code, but you can partner effectively with engineering and data teams and understand system constraints and trade-offs.
• High bar for UX. You know monetization works best when value is clear and the experience feels seamless.
• A genuine learning mindset – you approach challenges with curiosity, seek out feedback, and continuously look for ways to develop and grow.
• A performance mindset – you set ambitious goals for yourself and have the determination and resilience to follow through and achieve them.
• An open and curious mindset toward AI tools and automation - you actively explore how AI can enhance your work and are excited to grow alongside evolving technologies.

We Offer

• Life happens. We offer self-determined vacation (with a minimum of 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, up to 2 work from home days weekly. Additionally, you can work remotely from a different location, within Germany or selected countries abroad for up to 20 days per year. You also get free access to the Heycare platform for personalized nanny assistance, and an on-campus kids room.
• As you grow, so do we. This is why at trivago, we prioritize your development, offer personalized coaching through Nilo, and provide workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, and access to a fully-equipped campus library.
• Moving to join us? No problem. You can count on the visa support from our talent support team, a relocation package, interest-free newcomer loan, free language classes, regular team and many company-wide events to build experiences together.
• Enjoy your office days. Use your daily canteen budget to share lunch with colleagues in our canteen, help yourself to complimentary snacks and drinks in our kitchens, choose from a variety of fitness options with our on-site gym, sports classes, and Urban Sports Club membership, and enjoy the comfort of ergonomic desks and focused work areas.

About the Company

At trivago, our product organization is focused on outcomes that drive real user value and meaningful business impact. We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to own strategy and execution for key monetization levers - spanning loyalty mechanics, pricing optimization, deal value, and retention across core user journeys. trivago is a place where high standards and genuine support go hand in hand - we invest in each other’s growth while pursuing ambitious goals. Ready to turn great user value into sustainable growth? Apply now.

Application Process

• Hireflix: One-way video interview
• First call with recruiter
• Technical interview with team + case study voice over
• Interview with stakeholders

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Thank you for considering a career at trivago! Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and enriching environment for all talents is at the heart of what we do. We understand that embarking on a new job opportunity is a blend of excitement and curiosity. Should any questions arise before you apply, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on global travel, we look forward to your application!*

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