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Join us and build for travelers everywhere.\nIn this role you will:\nLead complex, cross-functional technical programs from strategy through delivery, coordinating interdependent work across multiple teams and domains.\n\nDefine program goals, milestones, dependencies, and success measures, using data and operational insights to drive informed decisions and measurable outcomes.\n\nEstablish scalable program mechanisms, governance, and communication practices that improve execution, transparency, and accountability across the organization.\n\nPartner with engineering, product, architecture, and operational stakeholders to resolve risks, remove delivery impediments, and align technical investments with business priorities.\n\nGuide technical planning across systems and services, applying working knowledge of system design, API design, data modeling, and service dependencies to support effective program outcomes.\n\nSafely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, demonstrating familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products.\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.\n\n8+ years of experience leading technical programs, complex initiatives, or comparable cross-functional delivery work.\n\nExperience owning programs spanning multiple services, teams, or technical domains, with accountability for execution, dependencies, risks, and measurable outcomes.\n\nStrong technical aptitude, including the ability to understand system design, API design, data modeling, architecture decisions, and operational considerations.\n\nDemonstrated ability to lead through influence, establish effective program governance, and use data to manage delivery, quality, and operational performance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience leading large-scale, multi-team or multi-service technology transformations, platform migrations, modernizations, or integrations involving complex dependencies, shared infrastructure, and platform capabilities; owning portfolios across organizations and coordinating dependent teams and stakeholders, including C-suite executives.\n\nExperience establishing operating mechanisms-such as planning cadences, governance models, decision forums, dependency frameworks, escalation paths, and reporting standards-that improve predictability, execution quality, and organizational effectiveness.\n\nProven ability to partner with senior technical leaders and influence architecture direction, technical roadmaps, long-term technology strategy, and investment prioritization across a broad organizational scope; strong technical fluency in distributed systems, APIs, data models, integration patterns, scalability, resilience, and security.\n\nAdvanced use of data, metrics, experimentation, and operational signals to identify risks, evaluate trade-offs, assess program health, and improve outcomes; experience leading AI/ML-enabled programs responsibly from integration through operationalization and monitoring.\n\nDemonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, resolve complex cross-organizational conflicts, and communicate clear decisions and actions to senior leaders and diverse stakeholders, while connecting delivery objectives to customer, business, financial, and strategic outcomes and mentoring TPMs and program leaders.\n\nThe total cash range for this position in Seattle is $231,000.00 to $323,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $369,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.\nStarting 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.\nBenefits and perks\nExpedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership. Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.\nAccommodation requests\nExpedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request athttps://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.\nAbout Expedia Group\nExpedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.\nImportant notice\nEmployment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. 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