About Us:

Have you ever had the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people in a meaningful way and help them enjoy time away with their friends and families building memories? 

That is what we do here at HomeAway.com, an Expedia Inc. company. We are the leading vacation rental website in the world with more than one million online bookable vacation rentals. Our mission is to make every vacation rental in the world available to every traveler in the world through our online marketplace and we're committed to helping families and friends find the perfect vacation rental to create unforgettable travel experiences together. 

The Opportunity:

Strategic analyst within Analytics and Data Insights, working autonomously on Retail with a Destination Performance focus, partnering with the ADI team to drive insights for the Retail/Commerce organization to help them monitor and improve the performance of our business. 

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the direction of commercial operations (US)
• Analyze and develop decisional models and scores related to local market conditions to understand and improve our operations and business model
• Specify and lead the implementation of these models into data, ready to be leveraged by our sites products and tools to drive impact
• Monitor the main performance trends in your geographic zone to proactively identify areas of concern and propose corrective actions
• Specify and lead the evolution of our reporting landscape for destination performance management, and ensure the change management for our customers

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science applied to Management or Economics
• 2+ years of experience as a data analyst or a reporting analyst
• Experience in a relevant area - travel, e-commerce, real estate or consulting is a strong plus
• Ability to structure problems in a top-down way and build data driven augmentations to solve them
• Strong data analytics skills with the capability to produce models and analyze complex business logics to identify opportunities and build business cases
• Experienced in key stakeholder management in a matrix environment
• Strong interest for web technology and trends
• Innovative, global thinker & team player

Technical skills:

• Strong Excel and Powerpoint skills are a prerequisite
• Experience with relational databases, SQL, big data (Big Query, Datameer) and reporting software (Tableau or similar) necessary
• Experience of Agile SCRUM project method is a plus
• Knowledge of statistical tools like R is a plus

Benefits:

• Competitive health and insurance benefits
• Competitive salary
• Annual target bonus or commission
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Free snacks and beverages
• Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
• Free listing on HomeAway.com
• Electric, adjustable stand-up desk
• Discounted Metro & Rail pass
• Casual dress code