Director, Regional Marketing

Are you ready to make an impact at the world’s largest online travel platform? As a member of the Partner Marketing Team you will play a key role helping achieve strategic business objectives for Expedia Group and our lodging supply and vacation rental partners. Our marketing team is forward-thinking and high energy, so we look for a highly motivated individual who thrives when balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced workplace with a strong bias for action! Our team is based in locations all around the world, and we drive marketing at scale for to Expedia Group’s partner business. We are looking for a Director of Regional Marketing for the Americas team who excels defining and delivering on a marketing strategy in a specific country or region and leading a team. This role provides an excellent career growth opportunity, deepening your marketing muscle, and strengthening your leadership skills.

As the team leader, you will lead Regional Marketers located in the US and Latin American regions. Success is defined by your ability to deepen engagement and satisfaction with our lodging and vacation rental partners!

What you’ll do:

• Interlock with regional account managers to ensure ongoing agreement on priorities, adjusting strategies and plans to accommodate changing market conditions and emerging opportunities

• Work with campaign team leaders and team members to develop campaigns and programs that reflect the needs of the region’s local markets

• Build, test and optimize and increase the effectiveness of regional marketing campaigns and programs

• Guide the team to build and execute program that deliver measurable results to meet our Travel Partner Group (TPG) goals and objectives

• Guide team on building effective digital content for our target audiences.

• Forecast, measure, and analyze metrics to assess the impact of the digital channels and activities in terms of key performance indicators

• Lead marketing initiatives in alignment with our business objectives - running this across a globally matrixed organization

• Gain acceptance from upper management for marketing plans and budgets.

• Manage and adhere to regional marketing budget

• Ensure all marketing programs are culturally appropriate and in compliance with local data privacy regulations

Who you are:

• 10 or more years in B2B Marketing, preferably in B2B technology

• 5 or more years of field/regional marketing leadership experience

• 3 or more years’ experience managing and motivating a team

• Experience working with sales to meet or exceed annual growth targets – actual sales experience highly desirable as well

• Experience working effectively across the organization with groups such as sales, product, or account management to build campaigns and programs to achieve business goals

• Experience creating and implementing marketing campaigns and programs that engage customers/partners --- using a range of marketing strategies and technologies

• Excellent communicator with validated ability to clearly convey sophisticated ideas and data in written, presentation and spoken formats

• Exceptional planning and project management skills – consistently producing results on time and within budget

• Understand digital tactics and channels - strategically employing them in a demand generation campaign

• Experience marketing, positioning, and differentiating similar products and services

• Willing and able to travel up to 20% of the time

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising or communications, or a related field

• MBA in marketing or related area strongly preferred

About Expedia Group  
Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, Egencia®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.