Expedia

Interested in a rare opportunity to help craft the future of the sharing economy? Want to be an integral part of building the foundation and expand the capabilities of a global marketplace? Vrbo is an exciting, international company that is transforming the market to become the world’s leading vacation rental marketplace. 

The Vrbo Marketplace Design team sits at the intersection of our marketplace participants - travelers and partners (property owners/managers). We are searching for a Product Manager to collaborate with engineers, data scientists, analysts, designers and marketers to craft products and build end-to-end capabilities that translate marketplace signals into opportunities participants can action to improve their performance. These opportunities enable travelers to find, plan and enjoy their ideal vacation rental experience and help partners manage their properties simply and efficiently based on traveler expectations, ultimately improving our overall marketplace health.

With millions of homes and travelers from around the world, we need the ability to identify the most important action any participant can take, and what actions they are most likely to take, ensuring we are making recommendations that are both correct and actionable. You will join a team of creative problem solvers who are committed to solving this complex problem and have fun while doing it.

What You'll Do:

As part of the product management team, you will:

• Serve as product expert combining industry analysis, end-user feedback, and development knowledge to establish a product vision and roadmap 

• Cultivate effective engineering partnerships to deliver world-class solutions, serving as the product owner in an agile environment

• Partner with teams from across Expedia Group, through open communication, to ensure we are building the next-best-capability to power our coaching engine

• Partner with traveler and homeowner facing organizations across Expedia Group to build programs and tests that lead to repeat traveler bookings and partner and property listing retention

• Collaborate with Analytics and Data Science teams to develop automated impact reporting and customer-facing feedback loops 

• Regular cross-business progress read-outs and presentations

Who You Are:

• 3+ years of product management experience (eCommerce experience preferred) leading definition, delivery, and validation of product or program capabilities across a large organization

• 3+ years owning a product roadmap which requires coordination across multiple teams (eg. engineering, design, analytics, customer support, sales, legal and marketing)

• 2+ years experience operating in an agile development environment: defining and prioritizing work for your product portfolio

• Previous experience managing long-lead product adoption from inception through launch and improvement

• An analytical mindset with experience using data and insights to build hypotheses and run user experiments and tests

• Ability to explain complex concepts clearly to non-subject matter experts

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills including creation and delivery of effective presentations

• Bachelor's in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related degree

• May travel up to 10% including international travel

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive health and insurance benefits
• Competitive salary
• Annual target bonus or commission
• Parental leave for up to 20 weeks (dependent on eligibility)
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Free snacks and beverages
• Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
• Free listing on vrbo.com
• Electronic, adjustable stand-up desk
• Discounted Metro & Rail pass
• Casual dress

Why join us

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world's travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and make people's lives better – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work and to provide them with tools to do so.

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach. We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer. We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small. We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple. Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.

If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved consumer brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.

Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, HomeAway®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, lastminute.com.au®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Classic Vacations®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia® CruiseShipCenters®, SilverRail Technologies, Inc., ALICE and Traveldoo®.

About Vrbo

In 1995, Vrbo introduced a new way for people to travel together, pairing homeowners with families and friends looking for places to stay. We were grounded in one purpose: To give people the space they need to drop the distractions of everyday life and simply be together. Since then, we've grown into a global community of homeowners and travelers, with unique properties in 190 countries around the world. Vrbo makes it easy and fun to book cabins, condos, beach houses and every kind of space in between.

Vrbo is part of HomeAway and the Expedia Group family of brands and offers homeowners and property managers exposure to over 750 million visits to Expedia Group sites each month. To learn more, visit www.vrbo.com.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.