Principal Product Manager, Data Strategy (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Product Manager, Data Strategy (AI): Owning Expedia's holistic vision for its data landscape, covering metadata, lineage, data sourcing, governance, and quality, to drive AI/ML readiness. Focus on shaping Expedia’s data evolution and building the foundation that enables AI‑powered innovation across all brands and products.

Location: United States - California - San Francisco

Salary: The total cash range for this position in San Francisco is $242,000.00 to $338,500.00.

Company

hirify.global brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere.

What you will do

• Define and evolve the long-term data product and platform strategy, aligning data capabilities with business objectives and product roadmaps.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, prioritized data product requirements and roadmaps, including data models, APIs, and governance capabilities.
• Partner with engineering, analytics, and architecture teams to deliver resilient, well-designed data solutions that improve data quality, accessibility, and time-to-insight.
• Champion data governance, compliance, and stewardship practices, establishing standards for data definitions, lineage, and usage.
• Use quantitative and qualitative insights to make data-driven prioritization and trade-off decisions, continuously refining your data strategy, product portfolio, and success metrics.
• Drive the evaluation and adoption of modern data and AI/ML capabilities, applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products and workflows.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a senior or principal-level product manager owning strategy and roadmap for complex data platforms, data products, or analytics ecosystems.
• Track record of end-to-end ownership for a data domain or portfolio of data services, including definition of vision, multi-year strategy, and cross-team execution.
• Expertise in data product fundamentals, including data modeling, data quality, governance, and API design.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple domains and stakeholder groups, influencing senior leaders and balancing needs.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world products within a data or analytics context.

Nice to have

• Demonstrated experience taking products from concept to scaled adoption, specifically data platforms or data products that serve multiple domains or organizations.
• Experience designing and evolving large-scale data architectures and data contracts, including close collaboration with engineering on system design.
• Proven ability to drive data governance and stewardship at scale, setting and enforcing standards for data quality, lineage, security, and compliance across complex organizations.
• History of using advanced analytics, experimentation, and AI/ML techniques to optimize product experiences and identify opportunities to embed AI into data products and workflows.
• Experience providing thought leadership on data strategy, influencing enterprise-wide data investments and roadmaps, and mentoring other product managers.

Culture & Benefits

• Full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, and flexible work model.
• Career development resources to fuel passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey.
• Medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent ( IATAN ) membership.