Business Programs Manager

Business Programs Manager

The Program Management team works across the many groups and products that make up TPSP to deliver large, complex initiatives. The Business Programs Manager will play a meaningful role supporting TPSP as well as broader Expedia Group. You will shape the future of Expedia by bringing a blend of operations experience, product knowledge, strategy, and program management competencies to our portfolio of high visibility initiatives.

This role is unique and inherently cross-functional - you will collaborate across the multiple teams that develop and run our platform to envision and deliver solutions.

In this role you will:

• Lead large, long-range initiatives while delivering value incrementally by operating in an agile, rapid development environment
• Operate effectively within the organization's formal and informal structures by building relationships across departments and understanding the roles and perspectives of diverse partner groups
• Work across team boundaries with multiple product and program managers to appropriately prioritize work to align with overall initiative, organization, and company goals
• Actively identify and drive resolution on cross-team risks and issues, scope changes, resource constraints, and other impediments
• Continually build knowledge about our operations, products, capabilities, usage, and future traveler, partner, and agent needs
• Craft solutions that empower our business to scale and adapt by partnering with our brand and business partners to solve problems

Experience & Qualifications

• Experience owning or influencing strategy & vision, roadmaps, and backlog prioritization
• Proven ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs, and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results by working across subject areas and organizational boundaries
• Excellent influencing and relationship building skills as well as experience working with senior management and leadership
• Experience working cross-culturally and leading cross-functionally, and ability to adapt personal style to different environments
• Strong strategic and critical thinking skills; ability to see the "big picture" while also diving into details when needed
• Creative decision maker who can work independently and apply quantitative rigor to analyses and tradeoff decisions
• Strong program planning skills with experience structuring large initiatives in effective and meaningful ways
• 5+ years of related experience in a world-class consulting firm, technology platform product management, and/or large strategic program management
• Bachelor's degree in business, management, computer science, engineering, or related field required