Senior Product Manager for Marketplace Ranking

HomeAway, an Expedia brand, is the world's leader in vacation rentals with sites representing more than 1 million online bookable vacation rental listings. Through HomeAway, owners and property managers offer an extensive selection of vacation homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, including more room to relax and added privacy, for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations.

The Principal Product Manager for Marketplace Rankings will drive HomeAway’s ranking/relevance platform and algorithms. This role would be responsible for the design of the algorithms that drive the ranking, relevance and sort of vacation rentals, a critical driver of conversion and revenue. A successful individual should be able to seamlessly span technology, revenue management, market management and data science/analytics teams to create and implement a compelling product that drives the greatest conversion from vacation rental search. Bring your experience, creativity, communication, collaboration skills, and desire to be the best, and join us as we continue to reinvent travel.

* Lead the Marketplace Rankings Product Line Team with ownership of core ranking/relevance algorithms and technology platform * Develop and execute the vision, strategy and roadmap for ensuring every HomeAway traveler can easily find the perfect vacation rental via our relevancy models * Drive algorithms that align the interests of Travelers, Owners, & HomeAway leading to increased customer relevance and greater marketplace contributions to their performance * Team with the Traveler, Partner and Mobile product line teams to deliver a holistic search experience on HomeAway’s online and multi-channel platforms * Act as the product champion and evangelize the product vision effectively to stakeholders and independently drive alignment on product requirements * Evolve marketplace algorithms through a “build, measure, learn” approach, informed by A/B testing and statistical analysis of search behaviors * Conduct competitive analysis to identify gaps and opportunities that will further inform the product roadmap for our sort platform * Work closely with Data Scientists and Technical Leaders to understand how to develop the business case for innovative, revolutionary and disruptive new capabilities * Collaborate with the development teams to evaluate technical options. Work closely with business and technology teams to prioritize and schedule enhancements, new features and fixes * Drive the cross group working sessions to ensure alignment for strategic initiatives * Manage resolution of urgent technical issues, communicating with global business stakeholders and escalating as necessary to ensure timely resolution and minimize business impact * Track and report on key metrics

* 5+ years' Product management experience understanding, communicating, and prioritizing technology business requirements * Self-starter with demonstrated strengths managing multiple projects simultaneously and driving them to completion with limited direction * Ability to evangelize and articulate innovative technology for both technical and non-technical audiences * Proven skills at cultivating strong working relationships and driving collaboration across multiple business and technical teams * Proven influencing skills: the ability to manage expectations of business partners while maintaining productive relationships * Demonstrated ability to design, build and manage highly complex projects * Proven knowledge of statistics, economics and e-commerce standards/best practices * Strong track record of managing complex project schedules, resources and communications. Experience with the agile methodology a plus * Solid understanding of technical concepts, architecture, software engineering a requirement. Previous experience in software engineering a plus * Demonstrated ability to use SQL or HQL to obtain data for analysis or decision making * Experience working with or managing Data Scientists preferred * Experience in the travel vertical + eCommerce, including behavioral analysis/optimization is a plus * BS in Computer Science or equivalent