Intern, Competitive Intelligence

Switzerland - Geneva

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Intern, Competitive Intelligence Analytics

At Expedia, our mission is to revolutionize travel through the power of technology. With over $90BN in gross sales in the past 12 months alone, we are operating at a massive scale; data and analytics is naturally at the heart of everything we do.

Do you want to work in a best in class analytics team that has access to cutting edge tools and technology?  Are you looking for a diverse international function to work in?  Are you looking to move into a business that offers a wide range of developing career paths for you? We need curious, data driven analytical thinkers with a relentless drive for learning and improvement to join our rapidly growing team.

As an Intern, Competitive Intelligence Analytics you will be working as part of the industry leading Analytics and Revenue Management organization, supporting our Lodging business. The role is based in Geneva and serves a critical aim of shaping the organization’s efforts to improve supply breadth and quality.

The successful candidate must be able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, own deliverables end to end, prioritize workload effectively and thrive in a dynamic environment. The individual must have excellent analytical aptitude, great communication skills as well as being able to work well under pressure. Delivering high quality outputs while meeting ongoing and overlapping deadlines within short time constraints is key.

Responsibilities include:

Build and test logics leveraging competitive data to support supply teams

• Understand competitive data collection processes, related data/databases and how the business is using this intelligence.


• Build logics and corresponding SQL queries leveraging collected competitive data to support supply teams.


• Write specifications for data collection and product development. Test, report bugs and validate new functionalities.


• Define metrics, collect feedback and measure the impact of new data or processes.

Help drive business impact through analytical guidance and reporting

• Develop an in-depth knowledge of relevant data sources and business intelligence.


• Build meaningful metrics by identifying relevant data, combining datasets appropriately and writing corresponding SQL queries.


• Build reporting focused on competitiveness to support decision making and identify business opportunities.


• Generate insights and present updates to diverse stakeholders. Illustrate key business trends through effective data interpretation and visualization.


• Fulfill ad-hoc requests for data and analysis

Drive collection of high quality data

• Liaise with external providers to report data integrity issues and ensure they are resolved quickly.


• Develop systems and processes to monitor the quality of data sourced from external vendors.


• Partner with internal data teams to identify and resolve data integrity issues.

Partner with internal customers to understand business needs

• Establish trust and a collaborative working relationship


• Provide high level of daily customer service as the team's primary liaison to internal stakeholders

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor or Master degree in a numerical discipline - Engineering, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics or Mathematics

• Professional experience in an analytical role, in ecommerce or in a technology company is a plus

Technical Knowledge

• Strong skills in SQL and Excel


• Hands-on analytics experience with extraction and combination of data from databases


• Ability to convert raw data into impactful reports and insights


• Knowledge of data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI etc.) is a plus


• Knowledge of Python is a plus

Solving the Problem and Communicating

• Analytical rigor, combined with a problem solver mind-set and attention to detail


• High level of intellectual curiosity, proactive behavior and desire to innovate


• Business-oriented individual eager to learn on Expedia’s business and the industry


• Professional fluency in English


• Strong written and oral communication skills


• Experience in experimental design is a plus

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.APPLY NOW