Product Manager III

What You’ll Do:

•    Inform Expedia’s global lodging data science pricing strategy based on industry trends, opportunity, and threat analysis

•    Collaborate across product groups (pricing and other supply platform teams and brands), working with stakeholders to collaboratively develop feature definitions

•    Define, track and manage the product line strategy, backlog, and roadmap

•    Set, track, analyze and communicate the business goals for the pricing product, with a focus on integrating data science into pricing, providing a single point of contact between technology and stakeholders

•    Exhibit a sense of ownership for the success of the pricing product

•    Coordinate with stakeholders across Expedia Group to drive integration of strategic initiatives and help to resolve resource and scheduling conflicts on cross-functional teams

•    Cultivate effective relationships with key internal business teams, with a special focus on building bridges within the diverse business groups that run Expedia's brand organizations (Hotels.com, Expedia.com, Expedia Partner Services), 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 cross-functionally across Expedia Group: Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, Policy, Legal, and business teams to make strategic technology bets

•    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

•    Keep tabs on emerging trends in the technology and lodging industries and drive best practices in product environment

Who You Are:

•    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field; or Equivalent related professional experience

•    5+ years’ experience defining product features in response to overall business strategy and delivering those features to market

•    5+ 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 is a plus)