Senior Product Manager

Working within the Partner Product global product team, you will be responsible for helping to define the future of Expedia Group s lodging platform. You will inform product strategy based on market trends, threats, and opportunities. You will own a product roadmap supported by multiple engineering teams across the globe. You will work with product counterparts, data scientists, analysts, and engineers to define, test, and deliver concrete product features to execute on Expedia s lodging product strategy. Lodging is Expedia Group s largest line of business.
In this role, you will drive the strategy and vision to evolve the pricing platform solutions that we build to power our Marketplace and service travelers globally, concentrating on strategy for our lodging, tax platform and other core LOB growth. You will leverage your understanding of new technologies such as machine learning, streaming and big data to create amazing products that solve very concrete user and business problems. Working closely with counterparts on the Product, Taxes, Data Science, Engineering, Partner Services, User Experience and Strategy, you will ensure that the team is delivering with high standards.
What You ll Do:
Inform Expedia s global lodging and other line of business domain pricing strategy based on industry trends, opportunity, and threat analysis
Set, track, analyze and communicate the business goals for the pricing product, with a focus on integrating other B2B lines of business into pricing, providing a single point of contact between technology and stakeholders
Collaborate across various product groups across, working with stakeholders to collaboratively develop feature definitions and help define, track and manage the product line strategy, backlog, and roadmap.
Exhibit ownership for the success of the core pricing product, particularly for handling the growth strategy and integration with our non-lodging LOB and integration with a global tax solution.
Cultivate effective relationships with key internal business teams, with a special focus on building bridges within the diverse business groups that run Expedias brand organizations (Hotels.com, Expedia.com, Private Label Solutions), non-lodging LOB (Air, Cars, Activities) corporate functions (Finance, Tax, Legal), and lodging partner relationships and Data Science.
Work closely with technical leaders and architects to understand how to develop innovative, sustaining and disruptive new capabilities
Collaborate with the development teams as the voice of the customer and lodging partner. Work closely with business and technology teams to prioritize and schedule enhancements and fixes to existing functionality

Who You Are:
Bachelor s or Master s degree in a related field; or Equivalent related professional experience
6-8+ years experience defining product features in response to overall business strategy and delivering those features to market
6-8+ years experience decomposing, communicating, and prioritizing business requirements for technical teams in a role such as Product Manager or Business Analyst
Basic high-level understanding of software engineering practices is a requirement (caching, release cycle, integration)
Self-starter with demonstrated strengths managing products in complex, multi-project delivery environments
Ability to evangelize and articulate technical products to both technical and non-technical audiences
Proven skills at cultivating strong working relationships, and driving collaboration across multiple business and technical teams
Proven influencing skills: the ability to manage expectations of business partners while maintaining productive relationships
Proven knowledge of e-commerce standards and best practices (experience with pricing or taxes is a plus)