Principal Product Manager

Overview

In this role you own the end-to-end traveler experience for third-party inventory, driving the vision, roadmap, and standards across discovery, booking, payments, and post-booking service. You will align cross-functional partners from Product, Engineering, Supply, Partnerships, and Leadership to deliver trustworthy, seamless experiences that boost traveler trust and lifetime value. You’ll lead data-informed decisions, experimentation, and AI-enabled improvements to differentiate Expedia’s marketplace. This is a high-impact role shaping a core growth and transformation area for travelers and partners.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible work arrangements
• competitive benefits
• support for career growth
• collaborative culture
• opportunity to shape core product experiences
• global impact

Responsibilities

• Define long-term experience vision, principles, and roadmap for third-party inventory
• Set experience standards to promote trust, quality, and customer lifetime value
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Design, Data Science, Analytics, Partnerships, Operations, etc.) and senior leadership
• Translate complex needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and success metrics
• Drive decision-making with data, narratives, and artifacts in cross-functional spaces
• Prioritize opportunities using experimentation, analytics, and A/B testing across platforms
• Identify risks, align stakeholders, and enable critical decisions
• Incorporate AI-driven systems to create measurable value with safe adoption
• Apply competitive insights to shape differentiated strategies and traveler outcomes

Key requirements

• 10+ years in digital product management with consumer-facing or e-commerce experience
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, quantitative, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience defining and executing product strategy and roadmaps with KPIs and experimentation
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Design, Data Science, and Analytics on complex products including APIs and data flows
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and applying them to products in measurable, safe ways
• Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-organizational priorities
• Experience owning marketplaces or platform products from strategy to execution
• Strong analytical and experimentation skills
• Ability to operate without direct authority in global, matrixed environments
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills

• Influence and stakeholder management
• Strong communication and storytelling
• Collaborative mindset in cross-functional teams
• AI/ML concepts in product contexts
• APIs and web application architecture
• Data flows and experimentation platforms

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