Data Scientist III

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.

At Expedia Group, Data and Analytics are the core of all our strategy and decisions, responsible for the impactful insights that guide and optimize our global sales performance.

Our team supports the Supply Prioritization Engine, a machine-learning–driven system that generates targeted, high-value recommendations for commercial teams and lodging partners, helping them take the most impactful commercial actions to improve performance and remain competitive.

As a Data Scientist III, you will play a critical role in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the Supply Engine and the recommendations delivered through our supply channels (e.g. Account Management, Marketing) by monitoring and enhancing performance and surfacing insights that enable data-driven decisions.

In this role you will:

• Monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance, stability, and outputs of the Supply Engine against key business metrics and operational expectations.
• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to support decision-making and align the Supply Engine with commercial goals across supply channels.
• Lead the development and delivery of dashboards, reporting, and analytical tools to monitor key performance indicators and support strategic initiatives.
• Identify operational gaps and inefficiencies and proactively recommend improvements and automation opportunities.
• Partner cross-functionally with product, technical, and commercial teams to identify and investigate issues, support prioritization, and influence improvements.
• Clearly articulate decision rationale, methodology, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, using clear and compelling storytelling.
• Mentor team members and contribute to a culture of learning and innovation.

Experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: 5+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, or a related field, with a proven track record of managing data-driven processes, driving improvements in operational efficiency, and delivering insights that drive business impact.
• Advanced SQL skills for data analysis, structuring, and transforming data, and experience working with complex data ecosystems are must-haves. Additional familiarity with Python or R is a plus.
• Well-versed in building and maintaining reports in Tableau or similar data visualization tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen, with the ability to frame complex business problems as analytical tasks.
• Excellent attention to detail, coupled with the ability to maintain a big-picture perspective.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.

Accommodation requests

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