Senior Director Financial Systems Technology Expedia Bellevue

Job Description
The Financial and Core Transactional Services team is looking for a talented innovator to lead the delivery of the next generation Financial Systems platform for Expedia, Inc. We are focused on "Revolutionizing Travel," using technology to manage transactions at a very large scale. You will be instrumental in enabling global Expedia brands to book products across different lines of business, while continuously raising the bar on our operational excellence and product engineering practices. Bring your passion for solving complex engineering problems, product development, data-driven analysis and decision-making, and be a part of our success and our team.



Key Responsibilities & Experiences:
The Sr. Director, Financial Systems Technology is a thought-leader in the Financial and Core Transaction Systems organization within Expedia's eCommerce Platform Technology team. You will be responsible for delivering comprehensive ERP solutions across Expedia's brands and product lines. In this role, you will oversee the working relationship between the ERP/Financial Systems team, Finance, Accounting, and business units across the company. You will define and execute on the vision and strategies that enable us to scale our financial systems to meet the growing demands of the business. You will lead engineering and operations, and work collaboratively with Product and Program management teams, stakeholders, and business leaders to develop effective, transparent, cohesive, and high quality technologies and processes.
You will draw upon deep business acumen, exemplary critical thinking and problem solving skills, and a passion for creating timely, reliable and scalable solutions. You must be creative, innovative, open to new challenges, good at multi-tasking, a great team player, and self-directed. This role requires deep Oracle implementation and management experience.

You can successfully build and lead a cross-functional team in a fast paced, agile environment. You will implement an agile product development approach to yield a rapid delivery cycle and high-quality end products. You will manage strategic partnerships with various technology and business teams.
Competencies, Responsibilities, Knowledge and Behavior:
10+ years deep Oracle E-Business Suite Financials implementation and management experience.
Build and lead a geographically distributed team of highly talented engineers, analysts, and managers.
Understand the industry and product related landscapes, voice of the customer feedback and end user inputs. Proactively work with Product Management and business owners to define strategy and vision. Integrate research and market analysis into product requirements to enhance client satisfaction.
Develop the strategy and plan to significantly improve the quality and delivery timeline of products. Execute against a product roadmap that aligns with business goals and objectives.
Define and analyze technology and operational metrics that inform the quality of the systems; manage technical metrics and reporting.
Define and analyze business metrics that inform the success of products. Measure feature success metrics post ship and feed learning back to the team and the business.
Address bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and encourage risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
Develop a global tier-2 support model for Financial Systems.
Challenge status quo and drive creativity, innovation and operational excellence.
Participate in annual talent, performance and compensation review cycles combined with establishing a mentoring plan for all team members.
8+ years of ERP software development experience in an enterprise environment.
7+ years experience managing leaders and a global team in software delivery or product development.
Bachelors or masters in computer science or a related field, or a technology focused business degree such as Management Information Systems, or a technology focused MBA.
Proven track record of developing and implementing winning technology strategies within a large, complex organization.
Ability to lead cross-functional team in a fast-paced, agile environment.
Collaborative, yet influential; a strong negotiator who speaks with conviction while also willing to flex and compromise in order to create the best solution for the customers' and business's needs.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact and build trust with all levels of employees and management.
Strong business acumen and problem-solving skills.
Able to effectively manage multiple product lines while remaining quality-focused. Raises the technical, product, and quality bar.
A passion for data, with great quantitative skills. Fully comfortable with financial and operational metrics, and the related analysis.
Excellent understanding of development and testing concepts, and SDLC methodologies.
Excellent understanding of object oriented programming and continuous delivery principles.
A visionary who sees the "bigger picture."
Ability to lead a rigorous, top down and hypothesis driven approach to analysis, combined with ability to perform in-depth bottom up analysis when needed.
Key to our success...
Passion for Results: Drive high standards for individual, team, and organizational accomplishment; tenaciously work to meet or exceed challenging goals; derive satisfaction from goal achievement and continuous improvement.

Compelling Communication and Influence Skills: Clearly and succinctly convey information and ideas to individuals and groups; communicate in a focused and compelling way that captures and holds others' attention. Create and execute influencing strategies that persuade key stakeholders to take action towards advancing shared interests and business goals.

Analytical Skills: Secure and compare information from multiple sources to identify core issues; commit to an action plan after weighing alternative solutions against decision criteria; proactively and quickly make sense of complex issues; responding effectively to complex and ambiguous situations.

Business Acumen: Demonstrate a keen understanding of basic business operations and the organizational levers (systems, processes, departments, functions) that drive profitable growth; draws from personal experience to quickly evaluate business plans and processes to identify data or recommendations that need further investigation.

Build and Maintain High Performing Organizations: Establish systems and processes to attract, develop, engage, and retain talented individuals; creating a work environment where people can realize their full potential; thus, allowing the organization to meet current and future business challenges.

Education:
BS / BA in related field
MBA in related field

Compensation:
Expedia will structure a competitive compensation package to attract qualified candidates.