Principal Product Manager
Expedia Group
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Principal Product Manager – Brand Expedia
Introduction to the Team:
Join Expedia Group as a Principal Product Manager for Brand Expedia, one of the most trusted names in global travel. In this pivotal role, you'll lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for a key area within Brand Expedia's portfolio—this could include driving innovation in our Cruise offerings, elevating the experience of booking Activities and Things to Do on a trip, or transforming how customers shop for Vacation Rentals on our platform (BEX). You'll be instrumental in shaping the future of travel experiences for millions of customers worldwide.
As a Principal Product Manager, you'll leverage your deep expertise to drive innovation, optimize user experiences, and deliver significant business impact. You'll work at the intersection of technology, user experience, and business strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring visionary ideas to life. Your role will be crucial in maintaining Brand Expedia's position as a leader in the competitive travel landscape.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to tackle complex challenges in the travel industry, applying cutting-edge technologies and data-driven insights to create seamless, personalized travel experiences. You'll be at the forefront of innovation, influencing product strategy not just for your domain, but across the broader Brand Expedia ecosystem.
In this role, you will:
Shape Product Vision & Strategy: Leverage deep knowledge of the competitive landscape to shape and align a long-term vision for products cutting across multiple workstreams. Drive the creation of a dynamic & responsive strategic roadmap for a complex product or suite of products, overcoming ambiguity and persevering through challenges to ensure cross-functional buy-in.
Provide Leadership & Influence: Demonstrate the grit and resilience to align & influence stakeholders beyond the product team and positively impact department-level strategy. Contribute to setting a department-wide culture of inclusivity, respect, and continuous improvement, living our value to "Include Consciously."
Communicate with Clarity: Craft clear, concise, and organized communication to effectively convey complex product concepts and strategies. Articulate how external market and customer trends should influence product development across the organization.
Drive Product Execution: Resolve escalations across workstreams to ensure alignment with broader product strategy & vision. Build clear requirements in ambiguous and complex scenarios requiring negotiation across multiple teams involved in the design and development process, embodying our value to "Force Simplicity" in complex situations.
Apply Technology Acumen: Work with engineering and data science leaders to drive improvements to the technical basis of products across the EG landscape. Monitor research and industry adoption trends across AI/ML model categories to spark innovative product ideas.
Demonstrate Business Acumen: Identify risks and connect key players necessary to align and drive critical decisions across the organization. Own ensuring product profitability, take accountability for the financial performance of the product, and make decisions based on impact to the business, including build or buy decisions.
Ensure Market Alignment: Provide insights across the organization to product teams with shared market and customer trends. Monitor product performance throughout the product lifecycle; take ownership of recommendations to pivot or kill products to support company objectives.
Champion User Experience: Craft the customer journey and develop meaningful personas. Align design solutions with a consideration for integrated user experience across multiple products within the EG ecosystem.
Leverage Data & Metrics: Leverage a deep understanding of data analytics, predictive modeling, and machine learning to identify opportunities to enhance customer experience. Develop data-driven product strategies and innovations to improve EG's data maturity for decision-making.
Provide Mentorship: While primarily an individual contributor role, provide guidance and share expertise with less experienced product managers, helping to elevate the overall product practice within the organization.
Experience and Qualifications:
You have 12+ years of product management experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex, high-impact products
You have demonstrated ability to set and align long-term vision for products cutting across multiple workstreams
You have a deep understanding of technology trends, including AI/ML applications in product development
You have strong business acumen with experience in financial modeling and driving product profitability
You have exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across various levels and departments
You have experience mentoring and coaching product managers to elevate their skills and performance
You have superior analytical skills, with the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and strategy
You have excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.
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