Sr. Manager, Technical Program Management at Expedia Group · Seattle

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.

Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex, cross-functional technical programs from strategy through delivery, aligning multiple teams to measurable business and technology outcomes.
• Establish program vision, scope, milestones, dependencies, governance, and success metrics across interconnected initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, product, architecture, operations, and senior leadership to drive execution, resolve risks, and make informed trade-offs.
• Build and maintain operating mechanisms that improve delivery predictability, stakeholder alignment, resource planning, and transparent decision-making.
• Identify systemic delivery, technical, and operational risks; develop mitigation plans; and ensure issues are escalated and resolved effectively.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve program outcomes, while applying familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and AI/ML concepts to real-world products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience leading technical programs across multiple teams, services, or technical domains, with ownership extending beyond a single project.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex dependencies, delivery risks, governance, executive communication, and cross-functional decision-making.
• Strong technical aptitude, including the ability to understand system architecture, APIs, data flows, operational constraints, and software delivery practices.
• Experience using data, program metrics, and operational signals to evaluate progress, improve execution, and drive outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Led, coached, and developed a team of six or more Technical Program Managers, and owned TPM coverage across Experience Platform so every critical workstream has a clear owner.
• Experience leading program management for a platform organization whose customers are other engineering teams: design systems, front-end or mobile platforms, developer tooling, or release management.
• Ran intake, prioritization, and adoption programs across consuming teams, and establish the operating rhythm, success metrics, and executive reporting that make the portfolio predictable and decisions data-driven.
• Translated business and product objectives into executable technical plans with engineering, product, and architecture leaders, influencing technical direction without direct authority.
• Apply AI-enabled tools and workflows to how programs are run, and lead the team's responsible adoption of them in line with EG policy.
• Experience leading a distributed team across North America and Europe.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $184,500.00 to $258,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $295,000.00, 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.

Benefits and perks

Expedia 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.

Accommodation requests

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About Expedia Group

Expedia 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.

Important notice

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