Sr Director. Agent Tools Product & Technology

At Expedia Group, 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, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere. Introduction to the Team The Product Team creates high-quality end-to-end experiences for travelers, partners, and Expedia Group. Our customer-first mindset focuses on developing products that encourage loyalty and repeat business from our travelers and partners. We partner closely with teams across Expedia Group to achieve growth and results for our customers and company. Expedia Technology teams partner with our Product teams to create innovative products, services, and tools that deliver high-quality experiences for travelers, partners, and our employees. A singular technology platform powered by data and machine learning provides secure, differentiated, and personalized experiences that drive loyalty and traveler satisfaction. Within Traveler & Partner Service Platform, you will lead the Agent Tools organization. This team builds the systems customer service agents use to support travelers, partners, and B2B customers, including the agent desktop, case management, routing, and knowledge tools. You will help evolve the platform toward an AI-first, human-supported service model.

In this role, you will: Define and deliver the multi-year product and technology roadmap for Agent Tools across Retail, Vrbo, B2B, and financial-institution partner channels. Lead the Salesforce Service Cloud agent desktop build-out and migration from legacy platforms, sequencing investment and managing delivery risk through cutover. Advance AI-assisted resolution capabilities, including agent assist, smart routing, and knowledge surfacing, to improve service quality, first-contact resolution, and efficiency. Partner with Service Platform, AI for Travelers, Operational Excellence, and Traveler, Partner, and B2B Operations leaders to translate frontline insights into product priorities. Build clear business cases and prioritize tooling investments against measurable outcomes, including adoption, reliability, handle time, cases per agent, self-service rate, contact propensity, and cost per contact. Build and lead a distributed product and engineering organization, developing leaders, strengthening team capability, and supporting succession planning. Champion Expedia Group’s Leadership Agreements—Grow, Own, Include—through decisions, communication, and talent practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, measurement, and iteration. Experience and Qualifications Required 10+ years of product and/or technology leadership experience, including at least 3 years leading product and engineering teams that build customer service, CRM, or platform capabilities at scale. Experience with Salesforce Service Cloud or comparable agent desktop and CRM platforms, including modernization or migration from legacy technology. Experience delivering service automation through product, technology, and AI, including large-scale agent tooling or self-service capabilities. Experience leading in a medium-to-large, highly matrixed organization and aligning senior Product, Technology, and Operations stakeholders around shared outcomes. Proficient communication, stakeholder engagement, operational measurement, and people leadership skills. Preferred Experience in travel, retail, technology, or