![]() I was in weekly meetings with the product team, and figured that couldn’t hurt with my long term goal. ![]() My role in this was to train the Sales teams, and feed progress and challenges back to the product team. The booking engine was one project I worked on that allowed GetYourGuide suppliers to take bookings on their own websites. This allowed me to g et involved in more technical projects that had some contact with the product team. She was very supportive, and offered the role of solutions manager. Shortly after joining the Brand team, I shared with my manager that I’d like to take a role on this team that would help me learn skills relevant to moving into product. I accepted this wildly different role, but was still focused on my goal of working in product management. November 2020 - October 2021: The in-destination team was dissolved due to restructuring and COVID, and I was offered the chance to join the Brand team. However, I’d planted seeds, and it helped a lot. I was turned down because they were mentoring other product managers. I also reached out to a director in the product team and asked for mentoring. With the encouragement of my manager, I reached out to some people in the product team and asked if they would mentor me, or provide me with some advice on how to prepare for a move to product management. I focused on signing up partners targeting in-destination tourists, but knew that I wanted to work in product management. At every step of my career, I looked for ways to get closer to this goal.Īpril 2020 - November 2020: I joined at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, and was working in what was then referred to as Business Development. It’s important to know that I had set a personal goal several years prior to joining GetYourGuide to become a product manager. I’ve chronicled it here in a very short timeline. My career path at GetYourGuide has been very interesting, and reflects the fast pace of change within the company. From business development and brand, to product management My professional background is in travel, specifically, OTAs. I live in Zurich with my wife and cat, and you’ll find me hiking in the mountains when I’m not working. ![]() Hello! I’m Moritz Mayrhofer and am currently working in Partner Tech as a product manager in the associate product management program. In this series of growth stories, we’re highlighting the people who paved their own career paths within GetYourGuide. He explains how he looked for people who could help him eventually work in product, and seized the opportunity when it appeared. Moritz Mayrhofer is an associate product manager working with the Partner Tech team at GetYourGuide. ![]()
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