Marin Marinov

Head of Product Journaway

Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain

About

Hi there! I am an experienced results-driven product leader with over 11 years of experience in leading and championing cross-functional teams, driving product innovation and delivering high-impact results. I am also comfortable at navigating ambiguous and fast-paced environments to create customer-centric solutions In my career I have: ▪ Developed and executed product visions and product strategies that drive market share and revenue growth ▪ Developed new product lines and ancillary products, as well as loyalty programs and strategies for customer retention and engagement ▪ Build e-commerce marketplaces for flights, hotels and rental cars ▪ Developed AI driven pricing, bidding and portfolio management B2B products in the Travel Sector ▪ Developed go-to-market strategies and internationalized products into new markets in EMEA, LatAm and Asia ▪ Built-up, trained and mentored empowered product teams that are highly proficient in design thinking, user-centricity and continuous iteration through hypothesis testing and data analysis.

Experience

  • Head of Product Management at journaway
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Head of Product Management at SilverTours GmbH | billiger-mietwagen.de | CamperDays | CARIGAMI
    Mar 2022 - May 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Responsible for the brands Billiger Mietwagen, Carigami and Floyt in 7 countries o Developing and executing the product vision, strategy and roadmap o Leading the Discovery and Delivery process for product and tech o Key stakeholder management (CEO, CMO, CTO, Shareholders) Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Success to deliver innovative solutions and commercial performance ▪ Lead, mentor, and inspire 7 empowered agile product teams

  • TUI (8 yrs 2 mos)
    • Senior Growth Manager
      Mar 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs

      Responsible for the topline Growth of TUI Future Markets o Growth Strategy definition, execution and reporting o New business models (new B2B pricing and portfolio products) Business lead for new B2B Portal for TUI travel partners Ancillary products discovery and development (3 new products launched, 11% of 2021 total revenue) Market expansion (Expansion into Malaysia) Growth hacking of the ecommerce hotel platform

    • Product Owner Digital Payments
      Sep 2019 - Feb 2020 · 6 mos

      Product Owner for the TUI Digital Platform TUI Pay * Defining the Payment Strategy and Roadmap for TUI Future Markets * Managed a team of 5 to deliver Payment Roadmap. Successfully delivered all committed epics, brining a 33% cost efficiency improvement * Unblocking development and creating synergies with other product teams * Managing Key Partnerships with PayPal, Adyen, Amadeus

    • Product Owner for Global Distribution Network and Deep Learning Pricing and Bidding
      Jan 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Product Owner of the Global Distribution Network platform for TUI Future Markets. * Defining the GDN Product and Roadmap for TUI Future Markets. * Managing a cross-functional team of 12 people to develop the platform for both B2C Customers and Internal TUI users using Agile principles. * Unblocking development and creating synergies with other product teams. * New GDN platform increased sales by 40% YoY Product Owner of the Deep-learning module for managing automatically the bidding and pricing of the hotel portfolio in initially Spain and later rest of TUI Future Markets. * Defining the "Brain" Product (internal name for the Deep-learning module) and Roadmap for TUI Future Markets. * Managing development with external company (Automation Hero) and TUI dev team using Agile principles * Pricing Automation increased margin by 18%

  • External Expert at Ministry of Youth and Sports Bulgaria
    Mar 2013 - Oct 2013 · 8 mos

    * Analysis of the financial reports of the 31 projects under the National Youth Programme, sub-programme 1, with a combined budget of 1.2M Euro * Monitoring, evaluation and consultation on the implementation of the 31 approved projects under sub-programme 1 * Creation of inquiries and of a data-base reflecting the current status and implementation of sub-programme 1

  • Summer Associate at ForTeam Consult
    Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 · 4 mos

    * Preparation of a grant application for the EU operational programme Human Resources Development(Scheme “Qualification and training for employees”) * Creation of demand analysis for training services for line and middle management