Data Scientist, Expedia Group
Analytics
Online travel shopping company
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Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in data mining, statistical modelling and business analysis with at least a Bachelor's in an analytical field (STEM) required. Advanced degrees/qualifications in the domain field are a plus but not essential
- Experience with data sciences languages such as SQL, Python and/or R
- Experience with digital analytics tools i.e. Adobe Analytics, and experience with BI tools i.e. Excel, Tableau, Power BI
- Experience in statistical analysis and A/B testing, predictive modeling, computational systems, and optimization techniques
- A strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to break down complex scenarios into constituent parameters and to translate complex data findings into clear insights, further complemented by storytelling skills that effectively convey these insights
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects and work with different functions (product, strategy, engineering, etc.), identifying needs and managing expectations (meeting deadlines, maximizing impact, and minimizing surprises)
- Result-oriented, using the most efficient approach
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for making an impact along with strong attention to detail, combined with a high level of initiative and ability to thrive in a multi-tasking, dynamic and fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- As a Data Scientist, you will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team on a wide range of problems within the Product Analytics Partner & Marketplace Design team
- You will bring scientific rigor and statistical methods to the challenges of business growth and partner experience
- We are seeking an experienced analytics professional to join our Product Analytics & Experimentation Team, supporting the lodging supply partner experience platform initiatives in the spaces of onboarding and contracting
- It will be a mid-level individual contributor role partnering with product managers within the Partner Product org
- The role will be supporting key business decisions throughout the product development lifecycle that improves the partner experience to drive bottom-line growth
- This involves tracking measures of success and supporting metrics, identifying areas of improvement and relevant business questions, developing and prioritizing hypotheses, conducting experiments and interpreting the results, and providing actionable recommendations
- Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, data visualization with a goal of improving partner experience and business results with a religious focus on impactful analytics
- Work with multiple stakeholders, lead product analytics projects, and operate within a community of analysts, sharing findings, wins and methodologies
- Own end to end process in evaluating experiments; proactively see opportunities and recommend new feature or variant for test and learn
- Contribute to tracking measures of success and supporting metrics, build accurate and easy to consume dashboards/reports
- Collaborate with the product teams in target setting, product performance review and strategy planning
- Take initiative to identify current and potential problems and opportunities, and recommend the best solution given the trade-offs
- Make business recommendations with effective presentations of findings through visual displays of quantitative information
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Expedia is an online travel agency. They enable users to access a wide range of services including airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruises, vacation packages, and various attractions and services via the world wide web and telephone travel agents. Its primary web businesses include Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, and Egencia.com.
Between 2021 and 2022, Expedia has been selling and merging a list of its sub-brands in a bid to simplify its operations, including Egencia and Classic Vacations. Due to plummeting share prices, mostly in the case of its sub-brands, Expedia has been leveraging its subsidiaries' customer base and merging them into the company’s core brand. Contrasting this move, Expedia has also been partnering with tech start-ups in a bid to make travel more accessible to underserved groups. Becoming Rentable, a travel company for the disabled is one of 12 startups that are part of Expedia Group’s new Open World Accelerator Programme.
What this indicates is Expedia’s shift from buying other travel companies and a move towards enhancing the experience of its preexisting customer base. This move is aiding in a long-term plan for greater long-term traveler loyalty, utilizing Expedia’s vast amounts of data, not just from reviews, but from check-in, cleanliness, communication, cancelations, etc to inform how guests experience a property.
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Company
Company benefits
- Leisure Travel Reimbursement
- Travel Discounts
- Family & Friends Discount
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Reimbursement
- Global Service Awards
- Business Travel Medical Insurance
- Matching Gifts
- Expert Medical Opinion
- New Parent Benefit
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Private Health Insurance
Company values
- Force Simplicity
- Include Consciously
- Trust Each Other
- Go Get What's Next
- Choose Fearlessly
Company HQ
Interbay, Seattle, WA
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Leadership
Peter M. Kern
(CEO, not founder)Has been a director of Expedia Group since completion of the IAC/Expedia Group Spin-Off and has served as Vice Chairman of Expedia Group since June 2018. Previously CEO of Tribune Media and Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners VII, LP, a private equity firm.
People progressing
Joined as Manager - Strategic Initiatives and has been promoted multiple times to Senior Manager - Strategic Initiatives after 1 year, to Director - Strategic Initiatives also after 1 year, and again to Senior Director - Strategy & Supply after 2 years. Now works as the Vice President of the Travel Agent Affiliate Program.
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