Senior TPM: AI/ML & Large-Scale Platform Delivery

Expedia; United States; On-site; USD 172,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a seasoned program manager to lead cross-functional technical programs across engineering, product, and business teams. You will define strategy, align milestones, and drive delivery with data-informed decisions.

You will partner with system and API design, data modeling, and AI/ML initiatives to improve outcomes while maintaining operational excellence. This Chicago-based role offers strong compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical, business, or equivalent field.
• Significant experience leading technical programs involving multiple engineering teams, services, or interdependent workstreams.
• Demonstrated ownership of program strategy, planning, execution, dependency management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication across a technical domain or organization.
• Strong understanding of software development and technical concepts, including system design, API design, data modeling, architecture, and operational practices.
• Experience using metrics, structured analysis, and delivery mechanisms to improve execution, quality, reliability, and business outcomes.
• Background in Data and/or Advertising
• Experience delivering complex, large-scale technical programs across multiple domains, platforms, or organizations.
• Proven ability to influence architecture and technical direction through strong partnership with engineering and product leaders.
• Experience establishing operating models, governance, and continuous-improvement mechanisms that increase delivery predictability and operational excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to use data and technical insights to identify trade-offs, prioritize investments, and guide decisions in ambiguous environments.
• Experience leading programs that incorporate AI/ML-enabled capabilities, including evaluating risks, coordinating responsible implementation, and translating AI/ML concepts into practical product or platform outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional technical programs from planning through delivery, aligning engineering, product, and business stakeholders around measurable outcomes.
• Establish program strategy, milestones, dependencies, risks, and operating mechanisms across multiple services, teams, or technical domains.
• Drive execution through clear communication, data-informed decision-making, structured problem solving, and timely escalation of issues that may affect delivery.
• Partner with technical leaders on system design, API design, data modeling, architecture decisions, and delivery plans for scalable solutions.
• Improve program predictability and operational excellence by establishing metrics, identifying process gaps, and implementing mechanisms that strengthen quality, reliability, and efficiency.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, while demonstrating familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

System design

API design

Data modeling

Stakeholder communication

AI/ML familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Expedia Group is seeking a seasoned program manager to lead cross-functional technical programs across engineering, product, and business teams. You will define strategy, align milestones, and drive delivery with data-informed decisions.

You will partner with system and API design, data modeling, and AI/ML initiatives to improve outcomes while maintaining operational excellence. This Chicago-based role offers strong compensation and comprehensive benefits.