The LX team is looking for a senior director of product management to guide our product strategy, and develop and grow our global team of product managers. We are data-driven, with a strong foundation in test and learn methodology. We are looking for a leader who will help us to transform the experience of shopping for travel activities, and inspire a cross-disciplinary team to execute against that vision. This local expert product leader will partner with our user experience team and engineering to create beautiful shopping experiences that inspire our customers and help build excitement and anticipation for their travel plans.
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Lead a team of product managers to take product concepts from idea through validation, shipping, measurement, and iteration.
Prioritize and manage our end-to-end product portfolio for LX, including supplier tools, APIs, responsive web shopping paths, and mobile apps.
Work closely with leaders from our business teams, UX design, engineering, global retail, analytics, and marketing (and more) to deliver outstanding products to our customers.
Present to senior executives and represent our product strategy with key partners.
Build market and competitive awareness among the team. Ensure direct contact with suppliers and customers to encourage customer empathy.
Set and reinforce product goals. Actively monitor key business metrics and adjust product and development team priorities as appropriate to deliver on financial and customer adoption goals.
We offer:
The opportunity for you to play a defining role in an emerging digital product category. The significant majority of local activity purchases still occur offline, and you will lead the team in delivering innovations for suppliers and customers to bring this industry online.
A nimble, fast-moving team environment, with the benefit of financial stability, mass-market global customer base, and brand that Expedia offers.
A transparent, humble work culture. Please check out our cultural norms; they reflect how we work together.
Respect for your life outside of work. While we work hard, you have flexibility to spend time with loved ones and pursue your personal interests.
A place where you can grow your career. Many of our top executives were promoted from within. We have high employee retention because we invest in our employees’ development, and are committed to making Expedia a great place to work.
Required Qualifications:
7+ years technology product management and/or technology program management
3+ years consumer web or mobile products
3+ years direct people management, including hiring and demonstrated success in mentoring and developing team members.
Experience in Agile software engineering environments
Solid understanding of web and mobile technologies and user experience design patterns, and the innate curiosity and desire to learn more.
Experience building product forecast models including customer adoption and financial forecasts.
A passion for travel
Bachelor’s degree or higher
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with mass-market (10 million+ monthly uniques) e-commerce sites or apps
Experience leading large product teams (5+ product managers)
Deep experience with web and mobile analytics tools, and ability to directly pull data (e.g., Omniture, Google Analytics, SQL)
2+ years product leadership of native mobile apps
Experience managing consumer products in international markets
Computer science degree or equivalent
MBA
Some travel is required for this position (on average a few days each month). Applicants must have ability to travel internationally, and throughout US.
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