Senior Director, Corporate Development

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.

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 flexible work model (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.

Senior Director, Corporate Development

Expedia Group is seeking an experienced M&A professional to join our Corporate Development function. This role reports into Senior Vice President leading the function. As part of this role, you will partner closely with our executive team, including the CEO, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer, to identify and execute inorganic opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify compelling inorganic opportunities to accelerate Expedia Group’s strategy, spanning mergers, acquisitions, minority investments, and divestitures

• Prepare thoughtful, comprehensive and cross-functional business cases to discuss the opportunity with our senior executive team and board of directors

• Execute transactions, drive due diligence and negotiate key terms

• Partner with key internal leaders to ensure successful post-deal integration of the target and value realization for Expedia Group

• Mentor and coach junior members of our Corporate Development team

Experience and Qualifications:

• 10+ years of M&A experience across reputed investment banking firms or equivalent experience at large public companies

• Proven track record in leading transactions end to end

• Strong financial analysis and modeling skills

• Commercially savvy, with proven ability to think creatively and on the feet

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

• Experience in travel industry preferred but not mandatory

• MBA strongly preferred

Please note this role is available in Seattle and follows our flexible work model, which requires three in-office days a week.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $269,000.00 to $376,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $430,500.00, 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.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits.

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