Director, Strategic Initiatives, Expedia Lodging

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.

Expedia Group's consumer business operates through three flagship brands: Expedia®, the all-in-one travel platform; Hotels.com®, the hotels expert focused on rewards and flexible options; and Vrbo®, the trusted vacation rental brand. These teams set the strategic vision, operating plans, and investment priorities to create compelling and distinct traveler value and drive business growth. They partner across Marketing, Product, Technology, Supply, Advertising, Servicing, and Corporate Functions to deliver the best traveler and business outcomes.

Brand Expedia is seeking a Director, Strategy to lead the next chapter of growth for our Lodging business — spanning Hotels and Vacation Rentals. This is a senior leadership role with full ownership of the lodging strategy: from defining the multi-year investment agenda, developing the annual plan and resolving in-year trade-offs, to driving end-to-end execution of the highest-priority bets across the business. You will be the strategic authority for Expedia's lodging marketplace — synthesizing market dynamics, competitive positioning, segment economics, and customer insights to shape where Expedia plays and how it wins. You will serve as a thought partner to the Senior Director of Expedia Lodging, represent the lodging strategy to executive leadership, and work collaboratively with cross-functional peers. You will have support from a team of strategic initiative managers and analysts. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role at the heart of one of Expedia Group's most critical growth areas.

In this role, you will:

• Define the lodging strategy: Own the multi-year strategic agenda for Hotels and Vacation Rentals — including segment prioritization, investment allocation, and the key bets that will deliver profitable share growth. Bring clarity to complex trade-offs (e.g., value vs. premium hotels, short-term margin vs. long-term category positioning) and land decisions with executive stakeholders.
• Lead the highest-stakes strategic initiatives: Drive the portfolio of growth initiatives from diagnosis through scaled execution — including business case development, cross-functional workstream design, KPI frameworks, and go/no-go investment decisions.
• Own commercial outcomes: Accountable for the lodging P&L, able to independently size opportunities, stress-test assumptions, and make data-grounded investment recommendations. Proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders (VP+) across diverse functions on complex, high-stakes decisions.
• Experience managing and developing a team: of high-performing strategists or analysts. Exceptional communication skills — able to distill complex analysis into a clear, compelling strategic narrative for executive audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in travel, OTA, marketplace, or consumer technology businesses with deep familiarity with lodging or vacation rental dynamics.
• History of driving measurable market share gains or category-level growth through strategic investment decisions.
• Track record of operating effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with competing priorities and limited information.
• Familiarity with competitive dynamics and the supply economics of the lodging marketplace.

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.

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Equal Opportunity:

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.