Director of Infrastructure Engineering

Expedia Group • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success. Why Join Us? To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win. We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us. Director, IT Finance & Software Asset Management – Infrastructure Engineering Our Technology Team partners with teams across Expedia Group to create innovative products, services, and tools to deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction. This Director, IT Finance & Software Asset Management role sits within the Infrastructure Engineering organization. The team builds and operates the foundational infrastructure and enterprise platforms that power Expedia Group’s global travel ecosystem. In this role, you will be the financial and commercial leader for Infrastructure Engineering—owning our Software Asset Management (SAM) program, licensing and maintenance spend, and IT cost transparency—and serving as a key partner to Finance to ensure accurate, timely, and actionable financial data to run the business. You will design and run the financial operating model for Infrastructure Engineering, drive cost optimization, and develop costing models that compare and optimize hybrid data center spend versus hyperscaler costs, enabling data‑driven decisions on where and how we run our workloads at scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in IT finance, technology business management (TBM), or software asset management.
• Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in IT finance, FP&A for technology, TBM, or related roles, including significant time supporting infrastructure, platforms, or enterprise IT at scale.
• Proven track record owning and managing large IT budgets (Opex and Capex), including planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated experience leading a SAM program and/or managing large software licensing and maintenance portfolios, including vendor negotiations, renewals, and compliance.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex financial models and costing frameworks that support strategic decisions (e.g., data center vs. cloud, build vs. buy).
• Ability to partner effectively with senior technology leaders and Finance, challenging assumptions and driving data‑driven decisions while building strong, trust‑based relationships.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in technology business management (TBM), including use of frameworks and tools such as Apptio, ServiceNow ITBM, or similar, to drive IT cost transparency and showback/chargeback.
• Hands‑on experience with SAM tools and practices (e.g., Flexera, ServiceNow SAM, Snow, or equivalent) and integrating them with CMDB and financial systems.
• Deep familiarity with cloud economics and hybrid infrastructure, including hyperscaler pricing models, commitments (e.g., reserved instances, savings plans), and multi-year data center contracts.
• Demonstrated success identifying, quantifying, and delivering significant cost optimization outcomes in large, cloud‑based or hybrid environments.
• Experience working in or with large, global technology organizations, navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and regulatory or compliance requirements.
• Strong record of building data‑driven cultures, using metrics, dashboards, and experimentation to guide financial decisions and measure the impact of optimization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• IT Finance leadership & business partnership Own the IT finance strategy for Infrastructure Engineering, including budget planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and long‑range financial modeling across all relevant cost centers.
• Partner closely with Technology and Finance leadership to translate business and product priorities into clear investment plans, trade‑offs, and measurable financial outcomes.
• Build and maintain cost transparency down to the cost center, platform, and service level, enabling leaders to understand unit economics, trends, and ROI of infrastructure investments.
• Establish a cadence of financial reviews (monthly/quarterly) with Infrastructure Engineering and Finance to track performance, highlight risks/opportunities, and recommend actions.
• Software Asset Management (SAM), licensing, and vendor spend Lead Expedia Group’s SAM program for Infrastructure Engineering, defining strategy, policies, and operating mechanisms to ensure compliance, optimize utilization, and reduce waste.
• Own licensing and maintenance spend across key infrastructure platforms, tools, and enterprise software, including contract review, renewals, and true‑ups in partnership with Procurement and Legal.
• Implement and mature SAM tooling and processes (e.g., inventory, entitlement tracking, usage and optimization reporting) to provide a single source of truth for software assets.
• Develop license optimization strategies (e.g., right‑sizing tiers, consolidating vendors, renegotiating terms, reclaiming unused licenses) that drive measurable cost savings.
• Cost optimization, costing models, and cloud economics Design and maintain costing models that compare hybrid data center expense with hyperscaler costs, incorporating compute, storage, network, facilities, labor, and ancillary services.
• Partner with infrastructure, platform, and cloud engineering teams to identify and execute cost‑optimization opportunities (e.g., rightsizing, reservations/commitments, storage tiering, consolidation, decommissioning).
• Build scenario models and what‑if analyses to support decisions on data center versus cloud placement, migration prioritization, and capacity planning.
• Define and track key financial and efficiency KPIs (e.g., cost per transaction, per environment, per workload; utilization; savings realized vs. plan) and regularly report performance to leadership.
• Data, tooling, and operational excellence Partner with Finance, Data, and Engineering teams to ensure we have accurate, timely, and detailed financial data (actuals, forecasts, commitments) broken down by cost center, platform, and major vendor.
• Drive integration between financial systems, SAM tools, and infrastructure telemetry to enable automated, reliable reporting and deep cost insights.
• Establish standards, controls, and governance for financial data quality, coding, and allocations across Infrastructure Engineering.
• Create self‑service reporting and dashboards for leaders and product owners to monitor spend, consumption, and savings against targets.
• Leadership & cross‑functional influence Serve as the primary IT finance and SAM advisor to the Senior Director and VP of Infrastructure Engineering and their leadership teams.
• Influence senior stakeholders across Technology, Finance, Procurement, and Vendor Management to drive alignment on budgeting, sourcing, and optimization strategies.
• Lead and mentor a small, high‑performing IT finance/SAM team and/or matrixed resources, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate complex financial and technical concepts in a clear, concise way tailored to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

• full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources
• medical/dental/vision
• paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program
• wellness & travel reimbursement
• travel discounts
• International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees