Hugo Hodinka
Staff Product Manager · Payments, Platform & AI
Summary
8+ years at Perk (formerly TravelPerk), from customer support to Staff PM, taking B2B SaaS products from MVP to global scale. Deep in payments, platforms and applied AI. Recognised as top performer and Best Builder at TravelPerk. Also building independently: three live iOS apps (Stayed, Sublist and Naruho), the Stayed marketing website, and public Claude Code skills.
Experience
Staff Product Manager · Perk (formerly TravelPerk), Barcelona
Oct 2026 – Present- · Setting product direction for Perk's platform, owning outcomes that span multiple teams
- · Shaping how we build with AI, from prototype-led discovery to evaluating AI features before they ship
- · Raising the bar for product decisions across the organisation
Lead Product Manager · Perk (formerly TravelPerk), Barcelona
Oct 2024 – Oct 2026- · Led hotel booking and payments product strategy
- · Applied AI to inventory matching to improve supply quality and conversion
- · Reduced booking friction across the platform
Product Manager, Stays & Inventory · TravelPerk, Barcelona
Jan 2021 – Oct 2024Associate Product Manager (Payments, Direct Supply), Jan 2021 – Mar 2023. Promoted to Product Manager in Mar 2023.
- · Reduced customer churn from 8% to 2% via VCC authorization flow optimisation
- · Improved CES by 30% and booking conversion by 18% through redesigned hotel search
- · Grew hotel inventory 40% and improved margins by 12% through supply strategy
- · Cut support contact ratio by 50% with AI-powered booking automation
Product Operations Associate · TravelPerk, Barcelona
Aug 2019 – Jan 2021Managed hotel supplier integrations and GDS workflows. Supported 50+ integrations; reduced onboarding time by 60%.
Business Travel Consultant · TravelPerk, Barcelona
Jul 2018 – Aug 2019Started as Customer Care Intern, Jul 2018 – Jan 2019.
Maintained 95%+ CSAT resolving complex booking issues across multiple channels.
Skills
- Product Strategy & Roadmapping
- Hotel Supply: GDS, CRS, PMS
- Payments & VCC Flows
- AI/ML Product Development
- iOS Development: SwiftUI, WidgetKit
- Full-stack: Next.js, TypeScript, React
- Agile · Cross-functional Leadership
Independent Projects
SublistLive · sublist.pro
Subscription tracker with price intelligence (SwiftUI)
NaruhoLive · naruho.app
AI sightseeing companion with audio guides (SwiftUI)
StayedApp & web · stayed.info
Hotel stay tracker with loyalty progress and a travel Passport (SwiftUI), plus its marketing website (Next.js)
Recognition
- Top Talent Performer, top 2% (2022 & 2023)
- Best Builder Award, TravelPerk (2023)
- Innovation Excellence, TravelPerk (2023)
- Kinnevik Young Talent Summit (2026)
Education
Le Wagon: Software Engineering
Full-stack bootcamp · 2021–2022
University of Groningen
BA Media Studies · 2016–2019