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Sr. Technical Program Manager, Media Solutions
Expedia Group Media Solutions, a global travel advertising platform, offers industry expertise and digital marketing solutions that allow brands to reach, engage and influence their qualified audience of travelers around the world. Through its vast network of leading travel brands and global points of sale, Expedia Group Media Solutions provides marketing partners with proprietary data-driven insights about traveler behaviors during every stage of the purchase journey, along with dynamic advertising solutions, to deliver strategic campaigns and measurable results.
Our travel advertising platform is evolving quickly, and we need a strong Technical Program Manager to help build and deliver the next generation Ad platform.
Are you passionate about Travel and Technology? Does building the foundation of a highly scalable Travel Ad Platform connecting marketers with hundreds of millions of travelers globally excite you? Are you a natural problem solver who loves a fast-paced environment driven by a strong business impact? Do you enjoy bringing structure to ambiguous problems?
If so, here is an excellent opportunity for you and we will love to hear from you. We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager who can help deliver a game changing Ad platform and play a pivotal role in driving programs and roadmap by collaborating across teams, organizations, and global locations.
In this role, you will:
Design, build and drive strategy and execution plan for ambiguous and highly complex technical program(s) requiring coordination across functions, teams & organizations.
Partners with the business to understand and ensure connection to overarching strategy and program and ensures prioritization is aligned with strategy.
Develop product phase-out planning in line with the product roadmap for any individual part of the Product development lifecycle
Provide architectural and design input, with ability to dive deep into technical details as required.
Enables optimum organizational efficiency by taking a whole systems approach and thinking across boundaries by ensuring all components (people, product, process, and technology) are identified and accounted for.
Define program governance, and build program roadmap by integrating timelines and milestones across program tracks, identifying and aligning areas of synergy or dependency
Continuously evaluate the progress of program(s) and make adjustments (e.g., to task order or timeline) to keep the program on track and deliver business unlocks.
Leverage experience to anticipate and identify risks in advance of impacts and lead proactive mitigation of issues and risks.
Establish working relationships with stakeholders and builds rapport to become a trusted advisor to identify and mitigate strategic issues and effectively handle trade-offs between cost, schedule, and customer benefit
Utilize technical knowledge and communication skills to generate and design comprehendible, broadly-applicable and differentiated communications for various internal and external audiences
Experience and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MS or other related advanced degree preferred.
10+ years of experience in software development
7+ years of experience running technology-related programs delivering platform solutions using agile development techniques across distributed teams.
Experience in Advertising and/or Data is preferred.
Capability to quickly grasp business context & execute with strategic approaches.
Strong leadership, negotiation, and execution skills with the ability to influence multi-functional teams and key decision maker; drive results, deliver, and excel.
Being big picture focused while skilled at zeroing in on the product and engineering details and delivering continuous improvement
Storytelling and persuasive influencing techniques that build trust with team and partners and establish long-term relationships
Ability to build a deep knowledge of the Ad Platform Tech Stack and meaningful dependencies.
Solid understanding of software engineering principles and development practices
Passionate about driving improvements to performance, scalability, and tech health.
Proactively contributes to cross team collaboration and leads alignment of work with broader initiatives.
Adaptable to a rapidly changing landscape, while handling multiple responsibilities
Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Experience with tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $161,000.00 to $225,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $257,500.00, 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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