Sr Operations Program Manager

Expedia Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Operations Program Manager to enhance advertising operations. In this dynamic role, you will lead cross-functional initiatives, manage complex projects, and collaborate with diverse teams to drive impactful solutions. Your expertise in project management and financial acumen will be key in delivering exceptional user experiences. Join a vibrant community that values creativity and operational excellence, and contribute to shaping the future of travel. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, making it an exciting opportunity for passionate professionals.

Benefits

Flexible Work Model

Generous Time-Off

Parental Leave

Career Development Resources

Exciting Travel Perks

Qualifications

• 8+ years in project/program management, finance, or advertising operations.
• Experience in AdTech and digital advertising products is desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead product and service releases for Ad Operations team.
• Develop project plans, manage execution, and coordinate with stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Creativity

Financial Acumen

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Atlassian Suite

Salesforce

Google Ad Manager

Looker

Tableau

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 flexible work model (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.

Introduction To The Team:

Travel Partnerships and Media helps partners deliver excellent traveler and B2B experiences, driving growth for them and the EG marketplace through competitive supply, a valued advertising and travel media network, and affiliate solutions.

Make An Impact!

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Operations Program Manager (Sr. OPM) to join the Advertising Operations team at Expedia Group. As a Sr. OPM, you will play a crucial role in representing commercial and operations impacts for product releases within complex, strategic initiatives that underpin our platform and services. You will manage a portfolio of initiatives, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and work closely with product, engineering and advertising operations teams to deliver innovative solutions that enhance our customer experience and drive business growth. Come contribute to a fast-paced, high performing culture of collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence.

In This Role You Will:

• Lead cross-functional and cross-organizational product and service releases for Ad Operations team, applying a structured framework to ensure team readiness and success

• Develop project plans, set milestones, and manage program execution from initiation to delivery, adjusting priorities, mitigating risks, timelines, or resources as needed to support project and program lifecycles

• Maintain program and project documentation, including systems diagram and process flow capturing the interdependent teams, processes, systems/tools and flow of data

• Coordinate with product, engineering and other stakeholders to drive requirements into the product cycle as well as organizing pre-launch readiness testing, training, and documentation activities

• Manage stakeholder communication and expectations, ensuring transparent and effective reporting on program progress, risks, and mitigations

• Drive continuous improvements, and challenge the status quo to build scalable processes for new business and general challenges

• Utilize business reporting and perform analysis for use in project business cases, prioritization and management decision making

• Use core program and project management principles daily and have a focus on continued learning in areas including: root cause analysis, kaizen, RACI, business case assessment, analysis, change management, and more

• Identify and develop relationships across Expedia to evangelize the Media Solutions business, collaborate on project roadmaps, and maintain knowledge of company strategy and industry wide trends

Strengths you will need:

• Excellent interpersonal skills to carefully handle coordination and expectations across all levels of management across different organizations

• Analytical and technical ability to understand capability of products and root cause of issues, supported by data and analysis

• Creativity to develop tools, visual aids and other original content to support the understanding/education of sophisticated and technical information

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, constantly evolving team environment

• A love of meeting – and beating – deadlines

• High attention to detail, highly organized and efficient to take ownership of work assigned and deliver results timely, reliably and accurately

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks without supervision

Experience and Qualifications:

• 8+ years of combined experience in project/program/product management, finance, compliance, business or advertising operations

• Experience owning large, complex program strategy development and implementation across a program portfolio that enables world-class user experiences

• Financial acumen and understanding of operational risk and controls framework

• Demonstrated risk-based, collaborate and creative approach towards solving business problems and process improvements

• Experience in AdTech or familiarity with digital advertising products, systems and operational processes desired

• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office and Atlassian suite and data visualization tools such as Looker or Tableau.

• Experience with Salesforce, Google Ad Manager, and Oracle preferred.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $155,000.00 to $217,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $248,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

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. 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50

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