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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 global hybrid work setup (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.

Looking to join a team of people business partners orchestrating the transformation of our talent agenda at Expedia Group? We are looking for a People Business Partner Director to lead the people agenda and focus on executing business partner strategy. The Director will support the leaders within the organization to support execution of business delivery in addition to the people agenda.

What you’ll do:

• Talent Agenda: Work closely with People Business Partner peers and global People Team to ensure client group is successful in achieving their goals. This includes partnering with the communities of expertise to define the approach and implementation plan for high performing talent identification, succession planning, focus on future oriented organizational capabilities. You will be the voice of the business strategy to the Expedia Group People team and voice of the people strategy to business teams.

• Develop & Lead:  Drive high performance and supportive culture within the team that you support.

• Organization Culture: Embedding Expedia Group Culture and Enterprise Leader behaviors across the business.

• Organization Effectiveness and Leadership Coaching: Use effective strategies that enable the organization to thrive through periods of change and provide coaching that helps leaders develop and grow.

• Strategic Partnership: Partner closely with the executive leaders to defines the overall talent and business strategy, anticipating long-term people needs and translating business plans into HR program objectives. Drive informed decision-making using data to identify trends, resolve root causes of issues, and develop effective solutions.

Who you are:

• Strategic People business partner, experienced in designing end-to end talent agenda, organizational design & development, delivery of global transformation programs with 8+ years relevant experience.

• An analytical thinker and a strategic problem-solver, with the drive to cut through complexity and turn high-level business requirements and opportunities into specific initiatives.

• Biased to action, being familiar with methods and approaches needed to get things done in a collaborative, lean and fast paced environment, responding effectively and simply to sophisticated and ambiguous problems and situations.

• Highly organized with operational excellence. Able to execute a plan using data to consult and inform along the way and make sound prioritization decisions.

• Comfortable using advanced executive coaching techniques to make recommendations across opposing and equally critical business needs.

• Natural bar-raiser: curious and passionate about the business context and leadership growth, builds strong relationship by being an inspiring and approachable leader.

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people. We are the world’s travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, hardworking, and creative people in our business. Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and make people’s lives better – that responsibility encourages us to be the place where outstanding people want to do their best work and to provide them with the tools to do so. If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved consumer brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $196,000.00 to $274,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $313,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Accommodation requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.

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