Jurgen Stewart

About Jurgen Stewart

Strategic product and growth leader with deep experience shaping strategy, operating models, and cross-organizational execution for global technology and consulting companies. I specialize in bringing clarity to complexity, building alignment across senior stakeholders, and translating ambiguous business and technical problems into structured, scalable solutions.I combine consulting rigor with product and platform execution experience. Over 15+ years, I have led work across digital commerce, platforms, marketplace businesses, and AI-enabled strategy, consistently helping organizations accelerate decision-making and deliver business impact.What I excel at:• Defining product and portfolio strategy across complex, multi-team environments• Building operating mechanisms that increase execution velocity and cross-functional alignment• Diagnosing marketplace, customer, and partner friction to unlock growth• Creating executive narratives that simplify technical and organizational complexity• Identifying high-impact AI and platform opportunities and shaping them into actionable initiatives• Guiding leaders through prioritization, trade-offs, and strategic decision frameworksI thrive in organizations undergoing change and bring a steady, structured approach that helps teams move forward with confidence and focus.

Experience

1. Strategy Director

   Expedia Group

   Jul 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   As a Strategy Director in a global product and technology organization, I partner across senior leadership, product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to shape strategic direction, strengthen operating models, and increase execution clarity. I focus on simplifying complex problems, sharpening decision frameworks, and enabling teams to operate with greater alignment and impact.Key contributions:• Led development of enterprise-level strategy and operating frameworks that improved prioritization, clarified decision paths, and increased execution consistency across multiple product and technology teams.• Drove a portfolio of high-impact strategic initiatives for executive leadership by defining problem statements, business value, and organizational dependencies that accelerated roadmap and investment decisions.• Built a unified product strategy narrative that aligned senior stakeholders on direction, customer outcomes, and the operating model required to scale platform capabilities across business units.• Conducted structured analysis across customer, partner, and internal workflows to identify friction, shape recommendations, and inform product roadmap adjustments that improved business performance.• Developed and delivered clear executive storytelling for planning cycles and leadership offsites, transforming complex architectural, operational, and organizational insights into crisp, actionable guidance.

Education

• IE Business School

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

• Kansas State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance