Lead Business Development Manager, Expedia Group Advertising (EGA)

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

$200K/yr – $280K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and grow a partner portfolio, drive end-to-end sales from discovery to renewal, and craft tailored advertising solutions while collaborating across teams to reach ambitious revenue targets.

  • Own a portfolio of prospective and existing partners
  • Lead end-to-end sales process and campaign development
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to shape go-to-market strategies

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own a portfolio of prospective and existing partners within an assigned territory, vertical, or account set
  • Build and advance a pipeline of new business opportunities through prospecting, networking, referrals, and market intelligence
  • Lead the end-to-end sales process, including discovery, solution development, proposal creation, commercial negotiation, closing, and renewal planning
  • Develop tailored advertising and partnership solutions aligned to customer objectives, market conditions, and business priorities
  • Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and influence decision-making within complex organizations
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to shape effective go-to-market strategies and deliver high-quality client solutions
  • Use customer, market, and revenue insights to prioritize opportunities and inform territory planning
  • Maintain accurate pipeline visibility, opportunity hygiene, and sales activity tracking in CRM and related tools
  • Meet or exceed revenue targets and contribute to broader team growth goals
  • Share expertise, coach peers informally, and help elevate sales excellence across the organization

Requirements

  • Experienced in business development, media sales, advertising sales, partnership sales, or consultative B2B selling
  • Skilled at managing complex opportunities and multi-stakeholder sales cycles
  • Strong communicator with the ability to present ideas clearly, influence effectively, and tailor messaging to different audiences
  • Commercially minded, analytically strong, and comfortable using data to build a business case and guide decisions
  • Effective at building trust with external partners and collaborating with internal stakeholders across functions
  • Organized and proactive, with strong follow-through and the ability to manage multiple priorities
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambitious revenue goals

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
  • Significant experience in business development, strategic sales, advertising, media, travel, or digital partnerships
  • Experience working with CRM tools such as Salesforce and sales collaboration tools such as Slack
  • Familiarity with media, marketing, audience, or platform-based solutions
  • Experience selling into enterprise or highly matrixed customer organizations

Benefits

  • Expedia Group offers benefits and perks designed to support employees and their families, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.
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At Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE), we believe travel is a force for good – it opens minds, builds connections, and bridges divides. We create transformative tech that enables unforgettable experiences for all travelers, everywhere. Our trusted family of brands are known and loved by millions, and we power more trips than anyone else. To learn more about our vision of a more open world through travel, visit www.expediagroup.com. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. If you require an accommodation or adjustment for any part of the application or recruitment process, please let us know by completing our Accommodation Request Form or contacting your recruiter.Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group’s Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you’re confident about who they are. We do not send job offers via email, or any other messaging tools, to individuals we have not had prior contact with. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. Our official careers website, where you can to find and apply for job openings, is careers.expediagroup.com/jobs. If you require customer service support to cancel, change or ask about a refund for your trip, you can connect with our 24/7 Virtual Agent through the following links:Expedia: https://www.expedia.com/helpcenterHotels.com: https://service.hotels.com/en-us/Vrbo: https://help.vrbo.com/For additional assistance, direct message us on Twitter @ExpediaHelp with your itinerary number and email address: https://twitter.com/ExpediaHelp

Founded in 2022
Seattle, Washington, USA
22K employees (1,459 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$200K/yr – $280K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$4.2B
Last Raise
$985M
Post IPO Debt, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $985M
  • Apr 2020
    Post IPO Equity • $1.2B
  • Apr 2020
    Post IPO Debt • $2B

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$11.6M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.6%
Direct
42.2%
Referral
21.4%
Social
1.9%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~21.7K

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