Senior Analyst, Hotel Revenue Optimization (11757)

Company: Expedia
Location: Bellevue, WA, USA or Geneva, Switzerland
Web: www.expediajobsgeneva.com

The Revenue Optimization group at Expedia is responsible for driving optimal pricing, placement and product recommendations across all of Expedia's brands and domestic and international points of sale. Using advanced analytics and optimization methods, the group delivers millions of dollars of incremental revenue there by making a direct and substantial impact to the company's bottom-line. Our approach to optimization is agile and elegant in implementation, but grounded in deep and rigorous analyses of data.

The Senior Analyst of Hotel Revenue Optimization is responsible for managing pricing and sort of the 2 Billion dollar Lodging product for Expedia. The person will work closely with the advanced analytics group and implement optimal pricing rules while monitoring performance on a continuous basis. This position will work closely with the Inventory, Sales and Product teams to develop a coherent pricing and sort strategy that is aligned with our brand and suppliers' objectives.

This is a highly analytical role with the opportunity to make a huge impact on the company's revenues and interact with senior management. The person must have a demonstrated ability to deliver results under pressure and exhibit great business judgment along with quantitative skills.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the advanced analytics group to develop actionable, explainable and manageable pricing & sort tactics
• Perform rigorous data analyses of consumer behavior
• Monitor performance on a continuous basis and proactively deploy mitigating tactics to manage underperformance
• Work with cross-functional teams across inventory, sales and product to understand business goals and deliver pricing policies to optimize those goals
• Analyze performance at a variety of levels and communicate drivers and recommendations to management
• Perform competitive benchmarking of Expedia's pricing and recommend business and technology solutions to bridge any gaps

• Quantitative Bachelors Degree in a quantitative field such as Operations Research, Operations Management, Business Administration or Economics required
• 3+ years of experience in an analytical role within a business group required
• Previous quantitative experience with an airline / hotel revenue management group or with an internet company highly desired
• Willingness to work with large messy data-sets
• Understanding of business rules engines highly desired
• Proficiency at SQL and MS Excel and SAS (desirable)

For more information contact Mike: t-mmansell@expedia.com