Associate Product Owner II Loyalty

Can you imagine building a loyalty ecosystem that will transform the experience of millions of travelers in Latin America, leveraging data and AI? At Despegar, the largest travel-tech company in the region with over 25 years of experience transforming the industry, we are looking for an Associate Product Owner II Loyalty who not only understands digital products, data, and metrics, but also lives and breathes curiosity, data-driven analysis, and AI automation in their daily work. We are part of Prosus, one of the largest technology ecosystems in the world. If you are motivated by creating innovative loyalty programs, working with autonomy, experimenting rapidly, and scaling cross-market initiatives… then this is your place. 🚀 The Challenge You will be a key player in the Loyalty team, working on the benefits ecosystem. We are not just looking for backlog executors… we are looking for curious builders who identify opportunities through data, build solid business cases, lead cross-functional implementations, and generate ideas that become a strategic roadmap.

Role Responsibilities: Identify opportunities with a strong data-driven focus, build business cases, and prioritize initiatives based on expected effort and impact. Collaborate with IT and UX/UI teams to implement both large projects and features that impact the business and user experience. Analyze competitor information (benchmarking) and travel industry products to identify improvements and propose initiatives that will enhance the efficiency of the processes themselves. Work with various stakeholders to gather feedback and develop innovative products with a strong customer-centric/partner-centric focus. Implement initiatives and measure their success, track product performance, and make adjustments to the strategy as needed. Monitor business KPIs, ensuring the development of initiatives that contribute to achieving goals. ✅ What we are looking for: 📌 Education: Engineering, Digital Business, Economic Sciences, Management, or related fields. 📌 Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience with digital products or in areas such as commercial planning, performance marketing, growth, or business development. 📌 Hard Skills (mandatory): SQL for querying, data analysis, and insight generation. Product metric development (funnels, conversion, traffic). Visualization tools (Looker Studio, Power BI, Tableau). Advanced Excel / Google Sheets. AI tools (prompts, agents, automation). 📌 Key Soft Skills: Analytical skills, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, proactivity, results-orientation. 🌟 Desirable: ✔️ Intermediate English level. ✔️ Knowledge of programming languages (Python, JavaScript). ✔️ Use of advanced AI tools (Claude, Codex). What benefits await you? Hybrid work model (two days a week in the Buenos Aires office). Exclusive discounts on all Despegar products 🛩 SMG Health Insurance 🩺 Despegar Week (5 business days off!) 🏖 Gympass 🏋️‍♀️ Free day on your Birthday 🎂 Bonuses 🏆 Agreements and partnerships with universities for your development 👩‍🎓 Childcare compensation 👨‍👧‍👧 Extended leave for primary and secondary caregivers. And much more! 🌍 Travel changes you, working at Despegar does too. Are you ready to build the future of Loyalty in LATAM with data, product, and AI? 📩 Apply now. We offer: 📌 To be part of an industry-leading company. 📌 To belong to a team of professionals passionate about travel in the tech world and making travel possible for others. 📌 To integrate into a team that uses technology as a means of innovation and problem-solving. 📌 To develop your own career in a competitive and challenging world. If you want to be part of a unique team in the market that loves solving challenges, innovating, and creating value, join us! Make Despegar your next destination! At Grupo Despegar, we strive to create an inclusive work environment where meritocracy and equal opportunities are part of all our talent management processes, fostering diversity as part of our constantly evolving culture.