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Tawqeer Mushtaq

Tawqeer Mushtaq

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

Summary

Product leadership professional with 20+ years in airline retailing transformation and digital booking innovation. Proven expertise in developing scalable product strategies and managing high-performing teams, including Product Managers and Business Analysts. Successfully executed IATA’s Modern Airline Retailing initiatives, resulting in significant conversion uplifts and rapid product delivery. Demonstrated ability to scale travel tech solutions with multimillion-user adoption.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Product Manager – Digital & Distribution (NDC & GDS)

Riyadh Air
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04.2024 - 09.2025
  • Leading portfolio of digital distribution products spanning NDC, GDS, booking tools, and payment integrations.
  • Driving Offer & Order Management strategy aligned with IATA Modern Airline Retailing.
  • Managing a team of Product Owners & Business Analysts delivering scalable digital distribution solutions.
  • Delivered a white-labeled booking tool - targeting 2 million bookings in 2026 and 70% faster partner onboarding.
  • Spearheaded payment gateway integration (IATA IFG) streamlining indirect booking flows
  • Launched NDC 21.3 APIs enabling shopping, booking, and servicing with 170+ global partners across web, mobile, and B2B.


Senior Specialist Product Manager – Altea PSS

Amadeus Software Labs
Bangalore, India
09.2016 - 04.2024
  • Owned and scaled a portfolio of airline retailing , Altea PSS and distribution products, managing Product Managers & Product Owners across global delivery.
  • Built and scaled Search product for Metas (Kayak, Skyscanner, Google Flights), boosting traffic by +30% and conversion by +20%.
  • Led development of Amadeus Reservation Desktop Web (Angular/microservices) supporting 3M+ annual bookings with 99.99% uptime

Lead Business Analyst – Amadeus GDS

Amadeus Asia Ltd
Bangkok, Thailand
07.2012 - 01.2016
  • Defined requirements and solutions for core GDS modules across Reservations and Ticketing, increasing bookings by 20%.
  • Collaborated with airlines to implement branded fares, ancillary upsell, and dynamic offer management, enhancing revenue by 10%.

Lead Software Engineer

Ness Tech , BQE Software Inc
Bangalore, India
09.2005 - 06.2012

Developed software products and BI dashboards using .Net, SQL, Business Objects, and Crystal Report.

Education

Master’s - Information Technology

Sikkim Manipal University
01.2001 - 12.2003

B.Sc. - Physics & Mathematics

University of Kashmir
01.1998 - 12.2000

Skills

  • Product strategy and vision
  • Product Portfolio management
  • Data-driven roadmaps
  • Team leadership and coaching
  • Go-to-market execution
  • Retailing standards compliance
  • Booking optimization
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • C-level collaboration
  • Agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban)
  • PSS, GDS, and NDC expertise

Certification

Safe Agilest from Safe Agile

Great Manager from Great Manager Institute

Sr.Product Manager from Product School

Timeline

Product Manager – Digital & Distribution (NDC & GDS)

Riyadh Air
04.2024 - 09.2025

Senior Specialist Product Manager – Altea PSS

Amadeus Software Labs
09.2016 - 04.2024

Lead Business Analyst – Amadeus GDS

Amadeus Asia Ltd
07.2012 - 01.2016

Lead Software Engineer

Ness Tech , BQE Software Inc
09.2005 - 06.2012

Master’s - Information Technology

Sikkim Manipal University
01.2001 - 12.2003

B.Sc. - Physics & Mathematics

University of Kashmir
01.1998 - 12.2000
Tawqeer Mushtaq