Expedia Group
Product Manager, Direct Inventory - Supply
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Product Manager III, Rapid API Team – Expedia Group B2B
We help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time.
As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, Expedia Group connects travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business.
Here, meaningful work helps millions discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy—guided by our five Behaviors:
- Traveler First
- Think Big
- Operate with Excellence
- Ownership Mindset
- Succeed Together
Join us to build for travelers everywhere.
About the Team
Expedia Group B2B is the B2B arm of the company, leveraging our technology and distribution capabilities to empower partners across the travel ecosystem. We deliver seamless travel experiences through differentiated supply, connectivity, and platform solutions globally.
The Role: Product Manager III, Rapid API Team
As a Product Manager III on the Rapid API team, you will shape product strategy for supplier capabilities that strengthen our demand-side business, focusing on:
- Supplier-facing product experiences (onboarding, property setup, content, inventory, pricing, integrations)
- API strategy and integration workflows that improve supply quality, coverage, and efficiency
This role sits at the intersection of hoteliers, suppliers, connectivity partners, and Expedia Group’s platform teams, translating supply-side opportunities into demand-side growth through:
- Strategic API design
- Seamless integrations
- Forward-thinking product innovation
Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership & Strategy
- Own and evolve the roadmap for supplier-facing capabilities including:
- Onboarding, property setup, content flows, inventory, rates, availability
- Trade-off analysis to unlock demand-side growth
- Work closely with engineering teams across the full product lifecycle (discovery, design, launch, adoption, lifecycle management)
- Develop a deep understanding of supplier needs (hoteliers, aggregators, connectivity providers) to:
- Design low-friction onboarding processes
- Improve integration success rates
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End-to-End Supplier Value Chain
- Collaborate across account setup, contracting, connectivity configuration, property creation, content management, product setup, validation, and go-live readiness
- Partner with cross-functional teams (commercial, onboarding, partner success, integrations) to:
- Translate supplier requirements into clear product priorities
- Develop sequenced delivery plans
Data-Driven Prioritization
- Define and track success metrics, including:
- Supplier adoption
- Onboarding/integration time
- API quality & reliability
- Activation rates
- Supplier satisfaction
- Use data insights to drive prioritization and continuous improvement
Developer Experience (DX) & Innovation
- Identify opportunities to enhance supplier developer experience (DX) through:
- Better API design and modernization (RESTful, GraphQL)
- Improved tooling and documentation
- Self-service capabilities
- Platform consistency & AI-driven automation to:
- Optimize workflows
- Create actionable insights
- Improve operational efficiency
Stakeholder Alignment
- Clearly communicate vision, trade-offs, and progress across:
- Cross-functional teams (engineering, business, commercial, onboarding)
- Strategic supplier engagements
- Hyperbaric alignment for scaling supplier investments
Requirements
Minimum Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (e.g., tech, business)
- 5+ years of product management experience, with a preference for:
- B2B platforms, travel technology, marketplaces, supply chains
- Partner-facing products (onboarding, integrations)
- Proficiency in:
- API product lifecycle (design, management, scaling)
- RESTful/GraphQL APIs and integration technologies
- Collaborative roadmap development with engineering stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills with experience:
- Defining and tracking KPIs (onboarding time, API performance, adoption)
- Translating data into actionable outcomes
- Exceptional communication & collaboration skills:
- Working in distributed teams across technical/off-payroll functions
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Preferred Experience
- Lodging/travel supply expertise, including:
- Supplier onboarding flows
- Hotel technology & channel management
- Supplier-value chain experience (domains such as):
- Property setup, content/content syndication
- Room/rate management, availability, go-live validation
- Hands-on knowledge of:
- GraphQL & API externalization patterns
- AI-driven tools (trade.Search/automation)
- Emerging platform integrations (auto-updates, polite/batch syncs)
- Experience participating in:
- API/Governance reviews
- Supplier QBRs/partner workshops
- Familiarity with tooling stack:
- JWT / OpenID connectivity standards
- ChatOps/RPA in partner onboarding
About Expedia Group
Expedia Group operates three flagship consumer brands: Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo, alongside our leading B2B travel, advertising, and technology business (Rapid, Partner Solutions, CarRentals.com).
Mission: To create accessible, memorable travel experiences for millions while helping business partners succeed on our platform.
Key Details
- Offsite: employment offers ONLY from Expedia’s Talent Acquisition teams
- Email safety: never share sensitive information via avenues outside central recruiting (always authenticate via @expediagroup.com)
- Authentic applications: still at careers.expediagroup.com.
- Domains like lifeatexpediagroup.com or third-party applicants may be malicious.
Diversity & Inclusion
Expedia Group is committed to equal opportunity and considers all qualified applicants for employment, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
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- Visit expediagroup.com for more on our family of brands (Rapid, Hotels.com, Vrbo, trivago, CarRentals....), our purpose-led travel technology, and our Recognition as NASDAQ (EXPE).
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