Expedia Group has let go of eight of its VPs and SVPs in a reorganization fueled by artificial intelligence (AI).
“We’re evolving our product and technology organization to better align engineering and product teams with the brands and businesses they support,” Expedia Group told PhocusWire in a statement.
In an internal communication sent Tuesday, Expedia Group said “we need to move a lot faster, and, over the past year, AI has radically changed what’s possible” according to the memo signed by chief product officer Shilpa Ranganathan and CTO Ramana Thumu, published in full by GeekWire.
The move follows Expedia Group's assertion that it is investing in AI that converts—and AI that doesn't yet convert—on its second quarter earnings call earlier this month.
The changes to its organizational structure as it relates to technology spans the organization.
At the end of 2025, Expedia Group had approximately 16,000 employees in almost 50 countries, according to its 10-K. Roughly half of those employees were working in technology roles as of Dec. 31.
The memo disclosed that senior team member Sachin Singh, SVP of book-to-trip technology, would be departing. The memo highlighted his work advancing checkout, fraud prevention, payments, servicing and AI at the company.
Expedia Group added that it cut VPs Sara Beckmann, Matt Esler, Amitabh Ghosh, Emil Riccardi, Ian Butcher, Shao Xie and Fiona Stevenson, whose LinkedIn pages all point to roles in product and technology.
The reorganization included additional shifts. The company is consolidating a number of teams in “dedicated technology” and “product and technology.” Additionally, the company’s data, AI and agentic platforms were also consolidated under Xavi Amatriain, the company’s chief data and AI officer, while Rick Fast was promoted to chief architect, among other changes.
“Our primary goal is to bring teams closer to the work and decisions, we can move faster and deliver more impactful experiences for travelers and partners,” Expedia Group said in a statement.
“The majority of the changes involved employees moving to different teams or changes in reporting lines to better align talent and resources with business priorities, some of which is focused on supporting our AI strategy and vision. We also promoted several of our leaders to support this structure and help move our high priority work forward.”
The company took other reorganization steps earlier this year when it moved B2B and global supply organizations under Alfonso Paredes, who was then named chief commercial officer and president of B2B.
Expedia Group cut an unknown number of roles in January, while hiring for other roles. Those cuts were made following layoffs in March 2025. In February 2024, the company announced up to 1,500 jobs were being removed following the announcement that then-CEO Peter Kern was stepping down.
The company’s size generally has shrunk. In Expedia Group’s 10-K for the fiscal year end of 2024, the company listed 16,500 employees. At year-end 2023, it reported 17,100 employees.
As of Friday, Expedia Group had 191 openings in 15 countries.