Program Manager, HomeAway University

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? Welcome to HomeAway - the leading vacation rental website in the world with more than 1.2 million property listings.

At HomeAway, 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.

Our broader mission as part of the Expedia portfolio is to Revolutionize Travel through the Power of Technology.

Our Values:

- We Are Passionate about Travel: We are a company of travelers who wake up every day with passion for what we do.

- We Are Innovative: We use our collective intelligence to invent technology and create products to simplify and improve travel for our customers and partners.

- We Are Enterprising: We relentlessly seek out opportunity. We take risks, act with speed and purpose, and always find a way to remove obstacles and get the job done

The Opportunity:

HomeAway University (HAU) is a unique program for interns/recent graduates entering our engineering organization. HAU provides training to new engineering hires, helps build a valuable personal network for new grads, and ensures that HomeAway gets the right people on the right projects with minimal disruption to existing development processes and teams. 

With unprecedented growth ahead of us, we are looking for a creative thinker who can scale our HAU program. We want a visionary with passion for building best in class programs, a deep understanding of technical subject matter, a track record for building outstanding relationships with key stakeholders, and an excellent communicator who can articulate our vision, mission and culture. A love of travel is helpful too, since HomeAway operates within the travel industry, and this position requires travel to university campuses during recruiting season. If this sounds like a program you’d love to manage and develop, come join us!

Responsibilities:

- Manage the HomeAway University program, end-to-end, including all logistical aspects: 

- Work with senior staff in the Engineering organization to identify program leads, presenters, and mentors;- Assist with development and review of curriculum, including technical content, in-class exercises, and hands-on projects;

- Build a calendar of events, plan and manage executive team presentations, Fun Friday events, etc.;

- Plan and manage resources, including room scheduling, audio recordings, publication of course content in our LMS, etc.

- Build a community within HomeAway that actively supports and builds the identity of the program.

- Execute well-planned and comprehensive onboarding and induction for all new recent graduate hires at multiple times in the calendar year.

- Develop and communicate metrics and survey results to senior stakeholders regarding program outcomes.

- Use data and feedback to assess and continuously test new ways of improving the program.

- Strategically partner with key business stakeholders to forecast university talent hiring needs and commitments.

- Collaborate with our talented recruiting team at a strategic level, and attend on-campus recruiting events (including interview days), hackathons, career fairs and other events as needed.

Requirements:

- 4-5 years of combined experience in program/project management, and/or experience as a Business Analyst, Technical Project Manager, or Product Manager. 

- Proven success in designing and developing successful talent onboarding programs within a corporate environment; technology/e-Commerce area preferred.

- Technical background and/or proficiency in industry-standard coding languages, frameworks, and practices.

- Motivated, self-driven, flexible, and detail-oriented, with excellent project management and communication skills.

- Ability to communicate persuasively, build strong-relationships, and collaborate with key stakeholders and peers.

- Familiarity with technical recruiting and/or university recruiting a plus.

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related area, or equivalent industry experience.

Benefits:

- Great Medical & Dental Plans

- Competitive Salary

- Target Annual Bonus

- Employee Stock Purchase Program

- 4 weeks Paid Vacation

- Free Vacation Rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)

- Ability to work up to two weeks in any of our offices around the world on a yearly basis

- Free snacks and beverages

- Weekly company update talks with our C-Team

- Free listing on HomeAway.com

- Dynamic and fun work space including sit-to-stand desk