Expedia Group Advertising Planning & Insights (EGA-PI) Manager

Expedia; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group Advertising Planning & Insights is seeking a data-driven leader to translate data into actionable insights for travel advertisers. You will analyze audiences, craft media strategies, and allocate budgets to support global campaigns.

The role emphasizes partnering with Sales, Analytics, Yield, and Product teams to drive revenue and optimize campaign performance. A strong analytical mindset and cross-functional collaboration are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience turning data into actionable insights for decision making.
• Background in data-driven marketing and digital advertising.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create data insights and media strategies for advertising campaigns.
• Analyze audiences, recommend media mixes, and allocate budgets.
• Support AMER and global partners with reporting and analytics.
• Collaborate with Sales, Analytics, and Product to automate tools and processes.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Media planning

Storytelling with data

E-commerce marketing

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors—Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together—help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere. Fixed-Term Contract Through September 2028 This posting reflects an existing vacancy Expedia Group Advertising Planning & Insights (EGA-PI) Manager. We create and deliver tailored marketing strategies for Expedia Group’s brands, focusing on establishing strong connections and cohesive experiences for travelers and partners. We leverage our functional expertise and creative excellence to build trust and loyalty for our brands through innovative marketing approaches and technology. Do you enjoy visualizing, and finding stories and patterns in data? Are you inspired by the opportunity to join a team of Planning & Insights Specialists supporting Expedia Group’s advertising department, through 1st and 3rd-party data and insights? Can you translate data into actionable insights and digital campaign strategies for travel advertisers? If you’re looking to be part of, grow within, and ultimately influence a collaborative, global and innovative culture, one underpinned by data, the Planning & Insights (PI) team offers the ideal environment and opportunity for you.

In this role, you will:

Become a part of the Planning & Insights (PI) recognized by the wider Expedia Group Advertising business as knowledgeable and highly proficient in the specific areas of reporting & analytics, creating data insights and media planning. Create media strategies by analyzing audiences, recommending media mixes, and allocating advertising budgets. Provide top-class support to our AMER partners, as well as to our global partners. Craft positive relationships with the global Sales teams, influence and instill best practices into daily collaboration with sellers and their leaders at all stages of the advertising campaign. Influence and communicate effectively in partner-facing situations to deliver and position booking/search and industry/macroeconomic data and insights to support the campaign strategy for Expedia Group Advertising partnerships. Contribute to generate new and/or grow advertising partnerships, and drive towards attaining quarterly and annual revenue targets. Collaborate with EMEA and APAC team members to support the PI team’s pre-campaign and strategic support of Expedia Group Advertising’ global Sales team. Collaborate cross-functionally with key internal stakeholders across Analytics, Yield, Operations, Strategy and Product to innovate and automate the PI team’s (and the wider Sales/Sales Operations team’s) systems, tools and processes.

Experience & Qualifications:

Experience of working within a data-driven, highly analytical culture where insights inspire decisions, ideas and strategy. And/or experience of working within an e-commerce, tech, digital marketing or business consultancy environment. And/or experience of working within the travel industry, particularly in digital marketing and e-commerce roles, or at OTAs. And/or experience in media planning across different channels. Worked effectively and thrived in a fast-paced environment requiring prioritization and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. A passion for turning data into insights and telling stories with actionable data to inspire ideas and decisions in both internal and external business contexts. A motivation for problem-solving and, through cross-functional collaboration and of course data, uncovering solutions which increase business effectiveness and efficiency and ultimately support revenue generation efforts. Enjoyed and excelled at project managing key business initiatives, including goals, process design changes, and the development and launch of data and insights visualization tools. An interest in staying abreast of the latest trends in travel, tech, business, e-commerce, marketing and leadership.

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Benefits and perks

Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.

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About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

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