Product Manager III, Air Search Platform
Location
Gurgaon | India
Job description
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Product Manager III, Air Search Platform
Expedia is the global leader in travel. From the practical matters of booking flights, cars, hotels, packages, local activities, or vacation rentals to realizing dreams and bucket lists, we cover the entire breadth of this deep and varied relationship with travelers. We team up with our partners to provide outstanding offers to our customers. Some of our partners are huge brands, and some are individuals with a studio apartment to rent. Our customers are diverse, and we seek to deliver value and a phenomenal experience.
At the center of our travel marketplace is the Search organization. This team is currently building the Search, Recommendations, and intent collection systems to power the flights search experience across our brands. In this role you will join team of flights product managers with responsibility for a portfolio of products and technologies which search, price, and provide marketing opportunities for Expedia flights. You will work with partners, suppliers, customers, and executive leadership to define and evangelize the flights search platform modernization direction. You and your team will set the roadmap and execute the strategy using data to continuously evaluate progress and refine your strategy.
The systems we build are critical for our online marketplaces with high availability and performance requirements and drive substantial commercial value. They require crafting control loops through data, machine learning, and online serving systems to serve millions of travelers worldwide.
Your mission is to continuously improve how we can help travelers discover the best flight for their trip. The right candidate will balance pragmatism with innovation and forward-thinking leadership. You will need to deliver business value quickly while investing strategically in capabilities that have longer-term but potentially much higher payoffs. You should be an empathetic listener, capable of understanding and envisioning opportunities with a diverse set of partners.
What You Will Do - Develop the product strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market plan for the flights search platform modernization initiative
- Document clear requirements through comprehensive product requirements documents
- Define appropriate metrics to measure how effectively we're meeting each objective and set clear targets to constantly strive for improvement
- Develop & use well thought out decision frameworks to align partner team and leadership on marketplace growth. Effectively influence your peers & leadership for the best outcome
- Be the go-to person for questions, clarifications, and direction on Marketplace ranking
- Develop strong feedback loops with peers leading our portfolio of brands and partner-facing teams
- Resolve dependencies critical to success and work with your peers in Data Science, Analytics, and other Platform teams across EG to establish effective operating models. Work with Engineering to drive sensible tradeoffs between product and architecture investments
- Watch industry, competitor, and technology trends in order to inform and adjust Flight product strategies
- Communicate strategy, plan, tradeoffs, and progress through a regular cadence of written and verbal communication to Expedia's Flights Marketplace Leadership team
Who You Are - 5+ years of product management experience in an eCommerce or Marketplace setting. Experience orchestrating the delivery of value in an enterprise environment where different teams own different systems is a big plus.
- Experience in a high volume travel related eCommerce environment (Flight Industry experience preferred)
- Experience working with a globally distributed team and ability to manage communications and product delivery across multiple time zones
- High degree of familiarity with Marketplace principles. Proven ability to apply these to improve business results.
- Prior machine learning experience, familiarity with statistical data analytics techniques
- Experience with end-to-end ML product delivery
- Experience translating business strategy into a detailed product roadmap, with a measurable, long-term positive impact on business performance.
- Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
- Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
- Scientific and data driven. Skilled in defining the right metrics, working effectively with engineers and data scientists and keeping teams motivated and accountable to meet targets.
- Demonstrated technical competence, excellent written, and verbal communicator who can simplify or deep dive as needed.
- Inclusive, transparent, open, and eager to continuously learn. Self-aware and an active listener.
About Expedia Group Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.
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