Principal PM - Customer Data Platform & ML Enablement

Traveltechessentialist; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 224,000 - 314,000; 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 in Austin is seeking a Principal Product Manager for the Customer Data Platform, Data Products. You will own vision and roadmap for data products powering traveler and partner experiences, analytics, and ML.

You will translate ML requirements, partner with scientists, design data flywheels across eight domains, and mentor PMs while navigating a large matrix organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years PM experience with a Bachelor’s, or 10+ years with a Master’s, in data platforms or data products.
• Hands-on experience building data products for ML training with granular event-level data.
• Experience partnering with ML scientists as a primary customer and understanding data for models.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and modern data technologies with SQL ability.
• Track record at Principal scope, leading ambiguous initiatives without a fixed team.
• Executive presence and communication skills for senior leaders and non-technical audiences.
• Experience navigating large, matrixed organizations and stakeholder identification.

Responsibilities

• Own vision, strategy, and roadmap for data products enabling traveler and partner experiences and analytics.
• Drive data personalization enablement in collaboration with senior leadership.
• Build data products from raw signals to predictive insights on incidents, seasonality, and trends.
• Design data flywheels connecting eight data domains for cross-domain intelligence.
• Partner with ML scientists, translating model requirements into data product specs.
• Support analytics, advertising, marketing, and partner teams with usable data products.
• Move between high-priority problems as the roadmap evolves.
• Navigate a matrixed environment to identify stakeholders and drive decisions.
• Represent the team to senior executives with data expertise and clarity.
• Mentor Senior and mid-level Product Managers to grow data product management.

Skills

Product management

Data architecture

Machine learning

SQL skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Kafka

Kinesis

Job description

Expedia Group in Austin is seeking a Principal Product Manager for the Customer Data Platform, Data Products. You will own vision and roadmap for data products powering traveler and partner experiences, analytics, and ML.

You will translate ML requirements, partner with scientists, design data flywheels across eight domains, and mentor PMs while navigating a large matrix organization.