Drimva

Expedia

Senior Product Manager, Search & Recommendations Quality

$173K–$277K

Washington - Seattle Campus · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026

Experience
8+ years of product management experience; 6+ years with a Master's degree.
Education
Bachelor's degree in a technical, quantitative, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Visa sponsorship
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About the job

Owns product strategy and measurement for search ranking and recommendation quality, helping teams evaluate relevance, run experiments, and prioritize improvements across Expedia Group brands.

What you'll do

  • Set the vision, roadmap, KPIs, and review cadence for search and recommendation quality measurement.
  • Partner with ML and engineering teams to evaluate models, manage relevance evaluation systems, and guide technical tradeoffs.
  • Lead benchmarking and experimentation, translating findings into prioritized product and ranking improvements.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical, quantitative, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience owning product metrics, experimentation, or evaluation frameworks for a ranking, recommendations, personalization, or search system.
  • Strong technical depth and experience partnering with ML Science/ML Engineering teams on model evaluation and tradeoffs.
  • Ability to design experiments, interpret ranking or recommendation data, and turn findings into a defensible roadmap.

Nice to have

  • Experience with search ranking or recommendation systems, including learning-to-rank, collaborative filtering, NDCG, or engagement and conversion metrics.
  • Familiarity with LLM-as-judge or other AI-assisted evaluation methods.

Pay

USD 173,000.00 to USD 242,500.00 total cash; up to USD 277,000.00 total cash (top of range)

Tools

NDCG@10, LLM-as-judge

AI focus

Uses LLM-as-judge scoring and other AI-assisted methods to evaluate search relevance and recommendation quality.

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)