Hugo Hodinka

Staff Product Manager.
I find the real problem, then build what solves it.

· Barcelona, Spain

Eight years at Perk, from customer support to Staff PM, across payments, platform and AI. I also design, code and ship my own apps.

Selected work

Work at scale at Perk, and products I build end to end on my own.

Stayed

My own product · iPhone app and website

From first idea to the App Store in about six weeks, built on my own.

Stayed turns hotel booking emails into one record of every stay. I set the quality bar, designed it, built it with AI and decided what to cut. Now on version 1.16, and still shipping.

Read the case study

Live on the App Store, version 1.16. Free core, paid Pro.

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Experience

From the support queue to setting product direction.

  1. 2026–present

    Staff Product Manager

    Perk (formerly TravelPerk)

    Setting product direction across Perk’s platform and owning outcomes that span multiple teams. Shaping how we build with AI, from prototype-led discovery to evaluating AI features before they ship.

  2. 2024–2026

    Lead Product Manager

    Perk (formerly TravelPerk)

    Led hotel booking and payments product strategy, improving hotel connectivity and applying AI to inventory matching.

  3. 2021–2024

    Product Manager, Stays & Inventory

    TravelPerk

    Led two product squads across hotel supply and the booking experience, shaping the roadmap and delivering improvements in search, prepayment and inventory.

  4. 2019–2021

    Product Operations Associate

    TravelPerk

    Worked on hotel supplier integrations, GDS workflows and booking operations with engineering teams.

  5. 2018–2019

    Business Travel Consultant

    TravelPerk

    Supported business travellers through complex bookings and disruptions, building the customer understanding that led me into product.

Full experience and achievements in my résumé

How I work

I started in customer support. It taught me to look past the complaint to the real problem, and that habit still drives how I work.

I build to learn. I would rather show a working prototype than write a long document, and shipping my own apps keeps me honest about what it takes to get something into people’s hands.

AI is part of how I work every day. It helps me move fast. I still check its work, and the decision stays mine.

Product strategy · Payments · Platforms · Applied AI · Prototyping · SwiftUI & Next.js

Recognition

  • TravelPerk Top Talent Performer, top 2% · 2022 & 2023
  • TravelPerk Best Builder Award · 2023
  • TravelPerk Innovation Excellence · 2023
  • Kinnevik Young Talent Summit · 2026

Let’s talk product.

Product, building with AI, or turning an idea into something people use.