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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.
Please note this role is only available in Seattle and follows our flexible work model, which requires three in-office days a week.
Global Finance Technology (GFT) is seeking a Program Manager to drive complex, cross-functional tax technology initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of technology, tax, and accounting, ensuring we deliver scalable, compliant solutions that support Expedia Group’s global tax and finance objectives.
What you'll do:
End-to-End Delivery
Own planning and execution of cross-functional tax programs from concept through launch.
Define and manage scope, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics to deliver predictable outcomes.
Agile Program Management (Scrum & Kanban)
Partner closely with engineering teams running Scrum and Kanban.
Drive effective backlog refinement and prioritization.
Track Agile delivery metrics and remove impediments to keep teams moving.
Requirements & Tax/Accounting Alignment
Lead requirements gathering with Tax, Accounting, and Finance stakeholders; translate regulatory and business needs into clear, testable deliverables.
Ensure traceability from requirements through design, build, testing, and go-live for tax subledger, reporting, and compliance capabilities.
Support Tax Accounting on topics such as tax form management, withholding, and reporting.
Stakeholder & Communication Management
Build strong partnerships across Tax, Accounting, Product, and Engineering.
Run effective cross-functional forums, clearly communicate status, risks, and decisions, and drive alignment on trade-offs.
Governance & Delivery Excellence
Maintain integrated plans, RAID logs, and executive-ready reporting.
Use Confluence, SharePoint, and Jira to document scope, track delivery, and provide program transparency.
Proactively identify risks and issues and drive mitigation plans.
Who you are:
Proven program management experience driving complex, cross-functional technology initiatives end to end.
Demonstrated success working with engineering teams in Agile (Scrum and Kanban) environments, including facilitating ceremonies and partnering with engineering leads on planning and execution.
Strong requirements analysis skills; ability to translate regulatory/tax/accounting needs into actionable technical work and user stories.
Experience working with Tax and Accounting stakeholders, ideally in areas such as tax subledger, tax reporting, or tax form management.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills; able to work across time zones and functions.
Comfortable using Confluence, SharePoint, and Jira for documentation, collaboration, and delivery tracking.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree a plus.
5+ years of program or technical program management experience in technology, finance, or tax/finance systems.
Experience in tax, accounting, or finance technology programs strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience with Agile delivery (Scrum and/or Kanban) required.
PMP certification preferred; Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe) a plus.
Demonstrated ability to operate independently and drive results in a matrixed, global organization.
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.
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. View our full list of benefits.
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We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.
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