Senior Strategic Initiatives Manager

Overview

In this role, you will shape SPA’s long-term growth by identifying and prioritising strategic opportunities, building business cases, and driving initiatives from concept to launch. You will partner with Finance and senior leaders to translate objectives into measurable outcomes and performance metrics. You’ll influence cross-functional teams, share market insights, and steer executive decision-making. This is a high-impact role in a fast-paced, growth-focused area of Expedia Group’s B2B ecosystem, offering a clear path to tangible business value and strategic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop SPA’s long-term vision, priorities, and growth agenda; model opportunity sizing and investment analysis with Finance
• Translate objectives into KPIs and tracking frameworks; lead ad hoc analyses to identify new growth opportunities
• Own a portfolio of high-impact strategic initiatives from identification to mobilisation and handoff for execution
• Define scope, success metrics, and implementation plans; prioritise opportunities balancing impact and feasibility
• Track initiative performance to ensure realized business value
• Build alignment with senior leadership; craft executive communications and governance structures
• Provide external market perspectives and best practices to shape strategic direction

Key requirements

• 7+ years in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or strategic leadership
• Experience in top-tier consulting and/or fast-paced technology, marketplace, or high-growth environments
• Proven track record leading cross-functional strategic initiatives from concept to launch
• Strong commercial acumen in opportunity sizing, business case development, planning, and investment prioritisation
• Ability to translate complex challenges into actionable solutions
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills with senior leaders
• Structured problem solving with data-driven decision making; excellent communication and presentation skills
• Comfort with ambiguity and multi-priority environments; proactive and accountable

• stakeholder influence
• communication and storytelling
• cross-functional collaboration
• strategic planning
• opportunity sizing
• business case development

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