Data Scientist II, Analytics

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.

Data Scientist II – Analytics

At Expedia Group, our mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. If you're passionate about creating exceptional customer experiences and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced, high-growth environment, you’ll love being part of Expedia Group’s InsurTech team.

In InsurTech, we empower travelers around the world with confidence to book, peace of mind, and protection when the unexpected happens—through an innovative portfolio of customer-centric, risk-based products.

We’re looking for an exceptional Data Scientist II, Analytics to join our team. If you have a strong analytical mindset, a strategic approach, and a bias for action, this is your opportunity to make a real impact. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with product partners to optimize and launch best-in-class insurance and FinTech products.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, international team where data is at the heart of every decision, and customer centricity drives everything we do.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate with product teams to harness data from diverse sources—uncovering new product opportunities or identifying friction points in existing experiences. Translate insights into actionable strategies that drive product innovation and enhancement.

• Design and execute A/B tests to rigorously evaluate product performance and feature improvements. Quantify outcomes into clear financial impact, and perform in-depth analysis to extract insights that inform the next iteration of development.

• Define, track, and visualize key metrics through intuitive dashboards to enable real-time business monitoring. Proactively surface metric shifts and conduct root-cause analyses to identify underlying drivers.

• Deliver impactful product and customer insights to cross-functional stakeholders, empowering leadership and product teams to make informed, data-driven decisions.

• Support product roadmap planning and go-to-market (GTM) strategy by providing analytical guidance and strategic recommendations that align with business objectives and customer needs.

Experience and qualifications:
Must Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Data Science, or a related field; or equivalent related professional experience

• 2+ years of analytics experience with a focus on product analytics and measurements.

• Technical Expertise: Strong proficiency in big data tools (SQL, Python, Databricks, AWS, etc.) for working with large, complex datasets.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Proven track record of collaborating with teams across Product, Finance, and other departments to integrate data insights into business strategies.

• Problem-Solving & General Management: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills to manage complex initiatives and cross-functional relationships.

Good to Have:

• Advanced Analytical Skills: Expertise in experimentation, causal inference, and advanced analytics, including the ability to dive deeper into A/B test data beyond statistical significance.

• Economic Modeling: Knowledge of economic modeling techniques such as price elasticity and time series analysis is beneficial.

• Multivariate Analysis: Familiarity with regression, classification, and other multivariate analysis methods.

• Machine Learning Models: Exposure to machine learning models such as recommendations, multi-armed bandit algorithms, or reinforcement learning.

Please note that this role is only available in Seattle, in alignment with our flexible work model which requires employees to be in-office at least three days a week.

The total cash range for this position in Seattle is $112,000.00 to $156,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $179,000.00, 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.

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