Product Manager III – Partner Payments

Expedia Group • Seattle, WA

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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. Introduction to Team The Product Team creates high-quality end-to-end experiences for travelers, partners, and Expedia Group. Our focus on customer-centric innovation enables us to develop products that build loyalty and repeat business. We partner closely with teams across Expedia Group to drive growth and achieve results for our customers and the company. This Product Manager III role is part of the Partner Payments team which powers how our partners get paid across brands, products, and geographies, defining a scalable, compliant, and cost‑efficient roadmap that makes it simple for partners to do business with us while improving economics and reliability for Expedia Group. In this role, you will own end-to-end product strategy and work closely with engineering, design, finance, ops, legal, compliance, and regional partner teams to deliver resilient payment experiences, modernize our platform, and unlock new business models.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 5+ years of Product Management experience, with a track record of delivering innovative, user-centric products.
• 3+ years of experience in payments, fintech, financial operations, or marketplaces.
• Demonstrated ability to own a complex problem space end‑to-end, from strategy through execution in a backend or platform domain.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data and experimentation to inform priorities and measure impact.
• Technical fluency and experience collaborating closely with engineering on APIs, data flows, and system constraints.
• Experience working with B2B or partner‑facing products and influencing cross‑functional teams without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on AI/ML products.
• Prior experience integrating AI/ML capabilities in payments domain.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Partner Payments product strategy and roadmap, delivering predictable, timely, low‑friction partner payouts across markets.
• Design and optimize Partner Payments onboarding and opt‑in experiences so partners across the total addressable market can easily adopt payout products and see clear value.
• Partner with Finance, Payments Operations, and platform teams to streamline cash operations, automate netting , and simplify payout flows
• Translate strategy into clear product opportunities and requirements, grounding payout decisions in competitive insights, customer pain points, and friction in the partner payout journey.
• Drive alignment and execution with engineering and design, ensuring partner payments goals are well understood, visually represented where needed, and supported by high‑quality product documentation and user stories.
• Prioritize product initiatives using a data‑informed approach, balancing short- and long-term outcomes, and clearly communicating product concepts, trade‑offs, and decisions to cross‑functional stakeholders.

Benefits

• 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.
• Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.

What This Job Offers

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