Sharif HadidiProduct & platform leadership
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Platform leadership

Travel platform strategy

Connecting supplier integrations, internal operations, and distribution through a centralized travel platform.

Role
VP of Product · Platform & Acquisition
Period
2024–Present
Focus
Platform architecture, Partner integrations
Scope
Enterprise product leadership
¥14.2M

Product team cost reduction

The challenge

Travel capabilities were spread across fragmented systems. The platform needed a coherent vision spanning internal operations, supplier integrations, and future B2B and B2B2B distribution.

Product decisions

Defined service boundaries and source-of-truth decisions across pricing, inventory, content, bookings, supplier management, and internal tooling. Planned API-driven partner integrations and data normalization. Evaluated buy vs. build choices against speed, cost, control, and flexibility.

Leadership & delivery

Aligned engineering, finance, operations, supply, commercial, analytics, and executive teams around platform investment and business goals. Reduced product team costs by approximately ¥14.2M while maintaining delivery of critical strategic initiatives.

Focus areas

Platform architecturePartner integrationsBuy vs. buildCross-functional leadership
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