Principal Product Manager, Travel Media Network

Expedia Group

$242K — $338K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of product management experience in digital advertising, media, ad-tech, or related products.
  • Proven track record in building and scaling advertising or data products from strategy to launch.
  • Deep understanding of first-party data, audience activation, and privacy considerations.
  • Experience with major platforms like Meta, Google, or Pinterest, including integration with demand and supply-side platforms.
  • Strong leadership skills in managing cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the vision and roadmap for the Travel Media Network (TMN).
  • Establish success metrics using data analytics and partner feedback to enhance performance.
  • Communicate strategic goals and decisions across multiple teams and ensure readiness for launch.
  • Assess the retail media landscape and recommend build, buy, or partner strategies.
  • Lead initiatives for aligning cross-functional teams on product execution.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off and wellness programs.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Travel reimbursement and discounts.
  • IATAN membership for travel professionals.
Full Job Description
Principal Product Manager, Travel Media Network

Introduction to the Team:

Expedia Group Advertising (EGA) helps advertisers and travel partners reach travelers with relevant, measurable media experiences across the travel journey. The EGA Product Management team sets the product vision and strategy and works across Product, Technology, Data, Sales, Operations, and Marketing to build scalable advertising products that create value for advertisers, partners, and travelers.

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead the vision and roadmap for EGA's Travel Media Network (TMN), a scalable retail media network that enables advertisers to activate Expedia Group's first-party travel-intent signals across owned, partner, and third-party environments. You will shape TMN's product capabilities, ecosystem partnerships, measurement approach, and commercial growth strategy.

This role offers the opportunity to build a differentiated travel media business at the intersection of product, advertising, data, and technology. You will work with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to help advertisers reach high-intent travelers, demonstrate measurable business impact, and deliver more relevant traveler experiences.

In this role, you will:

  • Define and own TMN's product vision, roadmap, commercial strategy, and partnership model. Prioritize investments in capabilities, integrations, and media supply that scale the network, strengthen its value proposition, and drive measurable commercial growth.


  • Establish and review TMN success metrics using analytics, experimentation, and partner feedback to improve adoption, campaign performance, advertiser outcomes, and traveler relevance.


  • Lead cross-Expedia Group execution and alignment by communicating strategy, trade-offs, and decisions to senior leaders; facilitating decision-making across Product, Technology, Marketing, Data Science, Analytics, Sales, Operations, Legal, and Product Marketing; and ensuring privacy, security, data integrity, go-to-market, and launch-readiness requirements are embedded in TMN initiatives.


  • Monitor the retail media and ad-tech ecosystem and make clear build, buy, or partner recommendations that inform roadmap priorities and investment decisions.


Minimum Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of product management experience with increasing scope and accountability for complex digital advertising, media, ad-tech, data, or closely related products, including ownership of strategy and execution.


  • Experience building and scaling digital advertising, media, ad-tech, or data products-including retail media or programmatic products-from strategy through launch and adoption, with responsibility for roadmaps, product requirements, and measurable business outcomes.


  • Strong understanding of audience activation, first-party data, identity resolution, privacy-safe data collaboration, media supply, and applicable data privacy requirements.


  • Experience integrating with demand-side platforms, supply-side platforms, agency workflows, and major media or social platforms, including Meta, Google, and/or Pinterest.


  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives across Product, Technology or Engineering, Data, Analytics, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Legal in a highly matrixed organization.


  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, business, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; demonstrated ability to influence decisions and create alignment without formal authority.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated expertise in advertising measurement, attribution, reporting, and performance optimization, including designing closed-loop frameworks that connect media exposure to downstream engagement, conversion, and bookings through analytics, experimentation, statistical modeling, or machine learning.


  • Experience developing strategic partnerships and executing build, buy, or partner strategies across the ad-tech ecosystem.


  • Demonstrated leadership in managing governance, operating reviews, KPIs, and investment decisions across a complex, multi-team product portfolio.


  • Experience applying AI/ML-including generative AI-to advertising or retail media products, with knowledge of responsible practices such as model evaluation, monitoring, transparency, privacy, and human oversight.


The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $224,000.00 to $313,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $358,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.The total cash range for this position in Chicago is $208,000.00 to $291,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $333,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $224,000.00 to $313,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $358,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

The total cash range for this position in San Jose is $242,000.00 to $338,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $387,000.00, 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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