Are you a results-oriented self-starter who would enjoy contributing to a vision and strategy that will move our business forward? Do you love to seek out problems, investigate solutions, and achieve outcomes?

The Reservation Manager team at Expedia Group enable great vacations by providing trusted and frictionless ways for partners to run their business, drive booking conversion, manage 100% of platform bookings throughout the booking and stay lifecycle, which ultimately ensures travelers have a magical experience and return to the platform.

We are looking for a driven, energetic, intellectually curious, collaborative Senior Program Manager with technical chops to join our dynamic and energized team.

We believe in lean development, making iterative improvements and getting customer feedback early and often. We are curious and continuous learners, communicating our ideas and perspectives in an open and clear environment. Come join our agile and dynamic team!

What you’ll do:

• You will develop product phase-out planning in-line with the product roadmap; determine different phases and priorities.
• You will take a whole systems approach to analyze issues and implement holistic solutions by ensuring that linkages between structure, people, process and technology are made.
• You will lead proactive identification and mitigation of issues and risks. You use your experience to anticipate risks in advance of impacts and keep relevant stakeholders advised of progress toward or changes to task timing that impacts the project schedule
• You will provide mentoring in agile principles and support for multiple workstreams.
• You will anticipate and recognize bottlenecks in work processes between teams and make suggestions for ongoing improvement.
• You will use written and verbal communication skills to deftly convey technical and business concepts to senior management and executive leadership.

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related Technical field.
• 7+ years’ experience running technology-related programs using agile development techniques. Strong program planning skills with the ability to structure large initiatives.
• Strong strategic and critical thinking skills; ability to see the “big picture” while also diving into details
• Exhibits storytelling and persuasive influencing techniques that build trust with team and partners and establish long-term relationships.
• Demonstrates a critical understanding of business processes and challenges to recommend and develop solutions to meet outstanding business needs and achieve objectives.

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people.  We are a global 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 bring the world within reach – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them the 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 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®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia Cruises™ and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.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.