Senior Product Manager, Lodging Connectivity

Expedia•Seattle, WA

9d•$173,000 - $242,500

About The Position

Expedia Group is a global travel company that connects travelers, partners, and advertisers through its consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. The Lodging Connectivity team specifically connects a broad range of global hotel and vacation rental inventory to Expedia Group through partnerships with software companies and advanced API technology. This role focuses on leading the strategy and execution of the Lodging Connectivity developer and testing tools platform, with a strong emphasis on AI-powered experiences. The goal is to innovate and scale the tooling that partners and developers use to build, test, and maintain high-quality integrations with Expedia Group, making the process faster, safer, and more intuitive through AI. The role involves working across multiple internal teams and with supply partners to ensure the tools meet and exceed market and developer needs, reinforcing Expedia Group’s leadership in connected lodging supply.

Requirements

Product management experience: Typically 6+ years in product management or a closely related role, with meaningful time operating at Senior PM level or equivalent, driving strategy and execution for complex technical products.
Developer tools and testing experience: Proven experience owning or working very closely with developer platforms and testing tools such as developer portals, SDKs, certification testing or sandbox environments.
AI product experience: Hands‑on experience building or integrating AI/ML‑powered capabilities (e.g., LLM‑based assistants, AI‑generated documentation or tests, anomaly detection) into developer or platform products, with an understanding of both opportunities and risks.
API and platform fluency: Comfortable collaborating deeply with engineers; able to read and reason about API designs and payloads, understand common integration patterns, and debate tradeoffs across reliability, performance, and usability.
Customer and partner centricity: Proven ability to represent external developers and partners in product discovery, prioritization, and design—balancing their needs with platform constraints and long‑term strategy.
Data‑driven decision making: Experience using data, experimentation, and qualitative insights to prioritize work, measure impact, and iterate on features; confident working with product analytics, A/B tests, and operational metrics for APIs and tooling.
Execution and collaboration: Strong track record of delivering outcomes in an agile environment, managing roadmaps across multiple teams, and collaborating effectively with engineering, program management, support, and commercial teams.
Communication and influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical topics, build shared understanding, and influence stakeholders at multiple levels of the organization.
Global and inclusive mindset: Comfortable working across multiple geographies and time zones, with a track record of fostering inclusive, collaborative working relationships.

Nice To Haves

Domain experience: Background in hospitality, travel, marketplaces, connectivity, or other supply‑driven businesses; familiarity with lodging or vacation rental connectivity is a plus.
Integration and partner experience: Experience translating partner use cases into technical requirements, reviewing API and event designs, and providing feedback based on missing or unclear business needs.
AI and platform ecosystem awareness: Understanding of the broader AI and developer ecosystem (MCP, AI skills, SDKs, popular CI/CD and testing frameworks) and how to leverage it to build a modern, compelling developer platform.

Responsibilities

Define and own the product vision and strategy for Lodging Connectivity’s developer and testing tools (portals, SDKs, sandboxes, certification frameworks, test harnesses, observability) to accelerate high‑quality partner integrations and connectivity outcomes.
Shape an AI‑powered developer experience, identifying where generative AI and machine learning (e.g., code assistants, test generation, anomaly detection, intelligent documentation) can significantly improve developer productivity, integration quality, and time‑to‑value.
Craft end‑to‑end developer experiences inspired by leading API and tooling platforms (e.g., clear onboarding journeys, quickstarts, SDKs, MCP, AI skills) so developers can self‑serve, test confidently, and ship integrations with speed, quality, and trust.
Represent the voice of the developer and connectivity partner through all stages of the product lifecycle, from discovery and design to launch and iteration.
Own product requirements and portfolio trade‑offs, translating business and partner use cases into clear, testable specifications and sequencing work across multiple engineering teams and tool surfaces.
Drive innovative product ideation by staying ahead of trends in developer tooling, testing, and AI.
Lead backlog prioritization and execution using defensible frameworks (e.g., impact/effort, ROI, risk, developer satisfaction), writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensuring shipped tools are robust, secure, observable, and easy to adopt.
Use data and experimentation to guide decisions, defining and monitoring KPIs/OKRs such as developer onboarding time, integration success rate, test coverage and automation levels, incident rates, partner satisfaction, and API reliability.
Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders (engineering, program management, support, account management, marketing, legal, compliance, data science) to align on strategy, manage dependencies, and deliver integrated solutions for partners.
Communicate clearly and often, tailoring messages to technical and non‑technical audiences—whether you’re reviewing payload designs and test strategies with engineers, discussing AI risk and governance with legal, or presenting tradeoffs to senior leaders.