Expedia Group's sales compensation playbook: Designing for one direction
January 19, 2026
Sales comp should be simple, fair, and aligned to strategy. But at enterprise scale, those “obvious” principles collide fast. In this episode, Nabeil Alazzam sits down with Sid Ganguly (Director, Global Compensation & Head of Sales Incentive Design at Expedia Group) to discuss what really holds up when you’re designing incentives for thousands of sellers. They dig into why “equitable” doesn’t mean endlessly custom, how comp either builds trust—or quietly erodes it—and get into a thought exercise on what dynamic, personalized incentives could look like in a future state where AI is deeply embedded and the data foundation exists.
In this episode of The Sales Compensation Show podcast, host Nabeil Alazzam sits down with Sid Ganguly, Director, Global Compensation & Head of Sales Incentive Design at Expedia Group, for a candid conversation on what actually holds up in incentive design at enterprise scale.
The two discuss the messy reality of balancing simplicity, fairness, and strategic alignment—without drifting into “14,000 sellers = 14,000 plans” chaos.
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Why “equitable” doesn’t mean endlessly custom—and how too much nuance can fracture execution
- The “one ship” alignment test: ensuring pay-for-performance reinforces the company’s strategic direction
- Why comp is ultimately a trust system (and how complexity dilutes it)
- A thought exercise on dynamic, personalized incentives at scale—and what changes once AI is deeply embedded and the data foundation exists
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