Expedia Group is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking Senior Director to join its Inclusion & Diversity team!

As part of the Expedia Group Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) team, reporting to our Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, this leader will support our efforts to elevate underrepresented voices and champion programs to enhance I&D for Expedia Group's employees, customers, partners and communities.

In this Senior Director role, you will develop I&D strategies focusing on talent attraction, to increase the volume of skilled applicants and hires from diverse, underrepresented backgrounds. Success will stem from the ability to partner and integrate I&D within our talent attraction capability and make a long-lasting positive impact.

What you’ll do:

• Design, launch and scale an I&D talent sourcing and attraction strategy to better engage, support and hire from underrepresented communities.

• Develop performance metrics and goals for diversity recruiting efforts. Track against these metrics and report to the organization, communicate program impact and identify further opportunities.

• Collaborate closely with our I&D team, Global Talent Acquisition and Expedia Group leadership to connect the I&D recruiting program with overall talent acquisition, company I&D and business goals.

• Lead, augment, and form new relationships with external partners and events that promote a diverse and inclusive pipeline of talent across levels and functions.

• Develop critical training and development programs for interviewers, hiring managers, and recruiters to ensure our recruiting approaches and processes are supporting candidates from all backgrounds for success.

• Contribute to building and communicating Expedia Group’s employer brand as an organization that prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion.

Who you are:

• Deep talent sourcing experience, having built a capability which has successfully increased pipeline and hiring diversity at early career, mid-career and executive levels.

• Experience and understanding of I&D strategies to attract, engage, support and hire diverse groups of candidates.

• Breadth of I&D knowledge and proven ability crafting and delivering I&D programs.

• Experienced articulating a vision, translating it into executable strategy and strong program management ability to drive solutions across a global organization.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate metrics, research, and external and internal trends into creative practices, to drive decision making and measure their success.

• Experienced developing relationships with external partners and networks to advance corporate I&D initiatives.

• Led and delivered multiple priorities with a high degree of flexibility and accountability, in an agile fast-evolving environment.

Why join us:

Expedia Group recognizes our success is dependent on the success of our people.  We are a global travel platform, made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business.  Our brands recognize the power of travel to break down barriers and bring the world within reach – that responsibility inspires us to be the place where exceptional people want to do their best work, and to provide them the tools to do so.  

Whether you're applying to work in engineering or customer support, marketing or lodging supply, at Expedia Group we act as one team, working towards a common goal; to bring the world within reach.  We relentlessly strive for better, but not at the cost of the customer.  We act with humility and optimism, respecting ideas big and small.  We value diversity and voices of all volumes. We are a global organization but keep our feet on the ground so we can act fast and stay simple.  Our teams also have the chance to give back on a local level and make a difference through our corporate social responsibility program, Expedia Cares.

If you have a hunger to make a difference with one of the most loved brands in the world and to work in the dynamic travel industry, this is the job for you.

Our family of travel brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Egencia®, trivago®, Vrbo®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Hotwire®, Expedia® Media Solutions, CarRentals.com™, Expedia Local Expert®, Expedia Cruises™ and SilverRail Technologies, Inc. For more information, visit www.expediagroup.com.

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.