Vice President, Corporate Strategy

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HomeAway is looking for a Vice President of Corporate Strategy to help chart and navigate a clear course for industry leadership. This path will be grounded in helping HomeAway grow a sophisticated two-sided marketplace. A key to this growth is leading the ongoing integration efforts between HomeAway and its parent company, Expedia, Inc., to find the points of greatest leverage. HomeAway has also historically used strategic investments to help it grow its marketplace. As such, this journey could include work on opportunistic acquisitions and investments.
 
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. 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.
 
Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with HomeAway’s executive and senior management teams to develop HomeAway’s strategic priorities
- Lead collaboration between HomeAway and Expedia, Inc.
- Derive insights from internal and external data that enable corporate, regional and business unit leadership to make critical business
and investment decisions
- Work effectively across all business and support functions at HomeAway (i.e., Executive management, Analytics, Sales, Marketing,
- Finance, Product and Technology, etc.) to coordinate activities and lead strategic projects
- Coordination/orchestration of projects or commitments directly involving the President and the leadership team

Profile/Skills:

- 10+ years of relevant experience in a combination of top tier consulting, investment banking and internal strategy roles
- Experience leading people in a collaborative, cross-functional project setting with or without direct reporting relationships
- Experience in marketplace/internet companies strongly preferred
- Experience in travel and/or vacation rentals a strong plus
- An MBA from a top program strongly preferred
- Repeated experience coordinating and conducting the strategy process
- Exceptional analytic horsepower to drive analysis
- The ability to communicate complex business problems and insights to a wide audience
- A senior management perspective with solid interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- A high tolerance for ambiguity and ability to work towards action despite incomplete information
- A real passion for the travel and vacation rental industries

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
- Electronic, adjustable stand-up desk
- Discounted Metro & Rail pass

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Expedia Group has three offices in the Austin area with a 16-story building now open in the Domain.

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