Manager, Strategic Initiatives – Expedia Lodging & Portfolio

Expedia Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in travel technology is seeking a dynamic manager to lead strategic initiatives. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of travel, driving transformational change, and enhancing the traveler experience. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, utilizing your analytical and communication skills to recognize business opportunities and execute strategies effectively. Join a vibrant community that values diversity and fosters an open culture, all while enjoying exciting travel perks and a global hybrid work setup. If you're results-oriented and passionate about travel, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Exciting travel perks

Generous time-off

Parental leave

Career development resources

Global hybrid work setup

Cool office spaces

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategy consulting or similar role in tech.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead key initiatives to drive business growth and transformation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure successful outcomes.

Skills

Quantitative Analysis

Analytical Thinking

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

Why Join Us?

To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.

We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a global hybrid work setup (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.

Manager, Strategic Initiatives – Expedia Lodging & Portfolio

The Traveler Business Team has a mission to deliver the most convenient, rewarding, and memorable ways for people to travel and explore the world. This division has responsibility to build and drive the growth of our global consumer business across our Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, and Portfolio brands, and across all our lines of businesses including Hotels, Vacation Rentals, Air, Car, Packages, and Insurtech.

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated person to join the Expedia Lodging & Portfolio team as a manager driving key initiatives. In this role, you will lead change for the next generation of travel challenges and opportunities. You will be responsible for initiatives that drive transformational change for our traveler experience, leading cross functional teams across Expedia Group. If you enjoy being results-oriented, collaborative, and owning end-to-end execution, you'll be a great fit.

In this role, you will:

• Lead key initiatives and investigations to drive the business forward
• Recognize and frame business opportunities in a structured, analytical way to clearly communicate options, risks, and trade-offs
• Collaborate cross functionally working across the organization to drive decision-making and execution for successful outcomes
• Support operating rhythm of Expedia Lodging and Portfolio team partnering closely with performance, analytics and finance teams (e.g. MBR/QBRs, annual plans)

Experience and qualifications:

• You bring excellent quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills and an ability to translate metrics, research and trends into viable strategies
• You have excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate issues and influence others, including experience communicating complex information to leaders
• You see the 'big picture' to effectively prioritize and drive multiple projects
• You are a self-starter who can excel in a fast-paced and fluid environment
• You are a team player who actively promotes & encourages diversity of thought
• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in strategy consulting and / or similar role in a leading technology company