Technical Program Manager III

Expedia•Springfield, MO

1d•$121,000 - $169,500

About The Position

Expedia Group B2B is seeking a Technical Program Manager III to drive complex technical projects across the organization. The role coordinates engineering, product, business, and partner teams; establishes delivery plans; and identifies and mitigates risks. The ideal candidate brings technical fluency, program management experience, strong communication and stakeholder skills, and the ability to create structure amid ambiguity, influence without direct authority, and adapt delivery practices to project needs. The position leads programs spanning multiple teams, systems, and organizational boundaries, supporting the software and product development lifecycle from planning and requirements through delivery, launch, and adoption. It establishes goals, plans, milestones, budgets, dependencies, and measurable outcomes; monitors delivery health; and communicates progress, decisions, tradeoffs, and changes. The role also improves delivery practices through data, feedback, and retrospectives, and builds stakeholder trust by understanding business challenges and explaining decisions.

Requirements

4–6 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a master’s degree, in technical program management, project management, software delivery, product development, or a related discipline.
Experience leading medium-to-complex technical programs across multiple teams, including scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, budget, and success metrics.
Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle, Agile and traditional delivery methods, and Agile engineering practices.
Technical fluency across system architecture, APIs, data flows, cloud platforms, dependencies, and operational readiness.
Ability to use data and metrics to track delivery health, guide prioritization, identify risks, and improve processes.
Strong planning, organization, problem-solving, systems-thinking, and risk-management skills.
Ability to align stakeholders, facilitate tradeoff decisions, build trust, and influence without direct authority.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex technical and business information for different audiences.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting platform, infrastructure, cloud modernization, data, cybersecurity, developer productivity, or customer-facing technology projects.
Experience working in a global, matrixed, or highly regulated environment.
Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or equivalent project management tools.

Responsibilities

Lead increasingly complex technical projects across multiple teams, systems, and organizational boundaries.
Translate business objectives into project goals, requirements, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
Define timeframes, prioritize work, identify resource needs, and recommend people, technology, and partners.
Monitor progress against milestones, timelines, specifications, requirements, and budget.
Create, track, and report on project budgets and delivery status.
Identify risks and dependencies, lead mitigation planning, and escalate issues with clear recommendations.
Keep stakeholders informed of progress, decisions, tradeoffs, and schedule changes.
Facilitate alignment among stakeholders with varied perspectives and coordinate solutions to issues.
Apply Agile or traditional delivery methods as appropriate, and lead and mentor others through Agile ceremonies.
Support software and product development lifecycles from planning and requirements through delivery, launch, and adoption.
Identify process bottlenecks and opportunities to simplify workflows, reuse patterns, and improve efficiency across organizational boundaries.
Use data, feedback, and retrospectives to evaluate process changes and improve delivery predictability.
Build stakeholder trust by understanding business challenges, addressing concerns, and communicating a compelling rationale for decisions.