Strategic Initiatives Manager, Expedia Group
$110.5-155k
Mployees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00
Online travel shopping company
Job no longer available
Online travel shopping company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$110.5-155k
Mployees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $177,000.00
1001+ employees
Company mission
Expedia's mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5-7 years work experience, 2-3 years of management consulting strongly preferred
- Master's in Business Administration or related field; or equivalent related professional experience is a plus
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills, takes an analytical approach, and draws upon business sense where information is incomplete
- Demonstrates independent thinking; can constructively disagree and debate to improve team level work product
- Ability to build trust with colleagues throughout the organization, influence indirectly others to drive common goals and effectively coordinate teams across multiple teams and geographies
- Exceptional communication skills with ability to synthesize and present complex concepts to both executive leadership and operational teams (adaptive style)
- Results-oriented, appetite for driving business impact / execution, including in a highly autonomous role
- Fast learner, flexible across operating domains in a constantly evolving environment
- Ability to work across multiple remote locations
- Great teammate – Actively promotes & encourages diversity of thought, and champions a climate in which individuals from any background can perform at their best
- Self-motivated and able to drive success with limited guidance
- International experience and/or online or travel industry a plus
What the job involves
- As a Strategic Initiatives Manager on our team, you will be the driving force of strategic projects across the Expedia Group (EG) and Expedia for Business (E4B). E4B is responsible for the business relationship with our supply (Lodging, Air, Car and Cruise) as well as our B2B partners (via Expedia Partner Services)
- These partners are our valued suppliers as well as B2B customers. This position will act as essential business partner to the E4B group, with particular focus on lodging, to develop and execute business strategy, in close coordination with other EG divisions
- Evaluate key trends, opportunities and risks
- Support the leadership team, identifying key opportunities across focus areas
- Frame the opportunities identified into specific initiatives and obtain agreement
- You will handle the execution of identified initiatives and reports on their business impact and status, in partnership with business sponsors and other teams, as needed
- Partner with our analytics team to build fact-based insights, drive decision making on investments and size the impact and status of initiatives launched
- Will act as the change engine for ongoing innovations in the hotel business, identifying and broadly implementing the best ways of working across the organization
- Partner with the line teams required to deliver the initiatives identified (e.g. technology, operations, finance, analytics, sales, etc.)
- Develop an in-depth knowledge of processes, products and markets and build deep relationships with applicable regional leadership teams
- Serve as the voice of E4B into broader Expedia Group global projects, ensuring input and feedback from the E4B organization is well-captured and integrated
- Conduct industry competitive analysis to inform strategic decisions
- Help facilitate the delivery of the annual plan and divisional scorecard results
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
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
- 401K Plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life Insurance
Company HQ
Interbay, Seattle, WA
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.
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