Strategy Director

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 B2B is looking for a strategic forward-looking Director, Strategy and Integration to play a meaningful role in evolving our business and redefining the travel industry. Do you want to help people go places? Come travel with us!
In this role, you will accelerate the execution of Expedia Group fast growth B2B branch, starting by leading the business integration of acquired companies into our Expedia Group portfolio. Besides this you will be responsible for strategic projects that drive transformational change for our B2B partners across our Lodging, Air and Ground Transport businesses. This includes defining objectives and priorities, evaluating investment priorities and ensuring results.
If you have a passion for M&A, enjoy being results-oriented, collaborative, and owning end-to-end strategic projects then join this dynamic and mighty team!
What You'll Do

• Recognize and frame strategic opportunities for Expedia B2B, with a focus on external, in a structured, analytical way to clearly communicate options, risks, and trade-offs
• Collaborating with key functional leaders, corporate, HR and finance, lead business, product and tech, strategy and commercial integration of companies for Expedia Group
• Work with third party suppliers for the execution of the integration
• Drive decision-making and alignment by working across E4B and Expedia Group
• Lead strategic projects and lead investigations to drive the business forward
• Travel required, in Amsterdam in year 1
  

Who You Are

• You have a solid track record of Post Merger Integration and M&A
• You bring excellent quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills and an ability to translate metrics, research and trends into viable strategies
• You have excellent oral and written communication skills to communicate issues and influence others, including experience communicating complex information to senior leaders
• You see the 'big picture' and to effectively prioritize and drive multiple projects
• You are a self-starter who can excel in a fast-paced and fluid environment
• You are a team player who actively promotes & encourages diversity of thought
• 10+ years’ experience in strategy consulting and / or similar role in a leading technology company; MBA a plus
• Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and proven experience in modeling, analysis, research and presentation creation

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.expediggroup.com/life.

You can find the benefits for this location and any collective agreement that may apply here.

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.

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