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Principal Product Manager, Travel Media Network

Introduction to team

Expedia Group™ Media Solutions (MeSo) provides industry-leading digital advertising experiences that enrich the travel journey and enable travel partners to reach, engage and influence travel shoppers around the world. The MeSo Product Management team serves as the cornerstone of our success by establishing a compelling product vision, driving us towards scale and ensuring the continued evolution and sustainability of a diverse sponsored content portfolio. MeSo product managers guide our many functional internal teams to ship high-quality, performant media products that are accretive to our travelers' shopping experiences.

Our team seeks a multifaceted and dynamic Principal Product Manager to craft, define and lead the implementation of MeSo's Travel Media Network’s (TMN) vision rooted in creating a scalable, automated ad-buying platform, that connects our travel partners to the best digital media inventory available, and powers it with data-driven ad performance, optimization, measurement and insights-focused reporting.

In this role, you will:

Rationalize our external connectivity to the complex media supply ecosystem by navigating the identity resolution space, determining the optimal mix of internal and external technologies to bring Expedia Group’s rich first-party data within reach of any demand channel or inventory partner. You will also develop a robust understanding of travelers across the Web, and the ability to influence them across their awareness, consideration, and conversion shopping journey and deliver a best-in-class product to address their needs.

Can you bring drive, passion, and curiosity to our outstanding technical team as we continue building the media network for the travel industry? Do you have what it takes to connect advertisers to travelers at key moments in their shopping journey, maximize their brand exposure, and bring to bear tools that help them understand campaign reach and performance? Then come join us and bring your affinity for travel and technology as we continue revolutionizing digital advertising for our travel partners! You will:

Develop a comprehensive roadmap for building and scaling TMN, aligning with business objectives, market opportunities and technology capabilities

Build capabilities that support TMN use cases, including identity resolution, second-party data collaboration, and third-party DSP activation capabilities and measurement

Define and implement effective commercial strategies, including advertising and supply-side partnerships that set TMN apart

Conduct thorough research and evaluation of the ad tech ecosystem and emerging platforms to support TMN strategy and partnerships

Establish strategic partnerships with technology vendors, content providers, advertisers, and internal stakeholders to enhance TMN’s capabilities and reach

Implement data-driven approaches to monitor and optimize TMN performance, leveraging analytics and insights to enhance user engagement and advertiser ROI

Stay abreast of industry trends and developments in retail media and digital advertising, ensuring our roadmap delivers enhancements that increase TMN’s moat and market-leading position

Ensure TMN’s compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards, including robust security measures to protect consumer privacy and data integrity

Communicate effectively with senior leadership, business partners, and external stakeholders to drive alignment and support for TMN initiatives

Facilitate cross-team and cross-EG partnerships on shared platform features to capitalize on opportunities for technology leverage and convergence

Work with product marketing to define TMN go-to-market strategy, helping them understand product positioning, key benefits, and target customers

Experience and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (required) in a technical discipline or business function

10+ years of digital product management experience with increasing levels of responsibility

Demonstrated success in building a new product portfolio in a retail media network environment

Demonstrated expertise and thought leadership in digital marketing strategy, driving external media partnerships, and ad tech measurement, attribution and reporting

Expertise in retail media, digital media platforms, and/or ad tech data in areas of advertising or marketing measurement, analytics, insights, and data science

Experience in adjacent areas such as data science, machine learning, and/or statistical modeling

Proven ability to rationalize and prioritize a backlog in a highly matrixed operating environment

Ability to discuss sophisticated technical concepts simply, address trade-offs, and evaluate opportunistic new concepts with internal and external partners

Skilled at translating highly ambiguous business issues into structured problem statements

Comfortable working with a diverse set of team members and positively influencing a large organization

Ability to prioritize with conviction and communicate decisions effectively

Excellent written and verbal communication; skilled at cultivating key interpersonal relationships

Strong meeting facilitation skills that bring out the best contributions of all participants

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $224,000 to $314,000. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $358,500, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $208,000 to $291,500. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $333,000, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $224,000.00 to $313,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $358,500.00, 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.

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