This role focuses on managing the operational aspects of Agoda's engagement with key partners. You will oversee daily campaign activities, ensuring timely setup and monitoring to drive growth. The position requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders and external partners to resolve issues and streamline processes. You will also leverage operational insights to improve service delivery and contribute to management reporting. You will be responsible for driving operations for Agoda's strategic partnerships and managing daily activities to ensure campaign success. The role involves troubleshooting issues across internal teams and partners, requiring strong communication and problem-solving skills. You will track key insights to optimize processes and support improvement initiatives within the organization.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **We’re looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to join the Finance team in Bangkok. Relocation is provided.** **In this Role, you’ll get to:** * Develop and deliver executive-level presentations and narratives that translate complex data, processes, and strategic initiatives into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership decision-making * Own parts of the company’s forecasts * Collaborate with senior business partners across departments inside and outside of Finance on impactful projects * Work in partnership with Booking Holdings and other BHI brands to drive strategy and build value across the group * Assist in development of business cases related to Agoda’s strategic priorities * Contribute to the team’s key analyses and reporting packs * Be part of a diverse, international team of finance professionals * Help the team provide the necessary information for effective decision-making **Qualifications & Skills Required** * 8+ years of total experience, with some of them in an analytically focused role requiring strong commercial creativity and sound financial skills. * Bachelor’s Degree or higher in business-related or quantitative subject * Intellectually strong & curious – good strategic thinker with commercial acumen and judgement * Ability to quickly adapt to a fast-paced environment * Excellent analytical/numerical skills – including strong attention to detail * Strong financial modeling skills and advanced knowledge of financial concepts * Good communication skills – ability to convey messages in a clear and concise manner **It’s Great if you have:** * Finance/Corporate Finance/Accounting qualification a plus (e.g. CFA, ACA or CIMA) * Demonstrable experience with AI automation * Experience working in the tech industry * Proficiency with SQL #Malaysia #Philippines #Australia #Indonesia #London #UK #Canada #USA #NewYork #LA #### Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. ### **Discover more about working at Agoda** * Agoda Careers[https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) * Facebook[https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/](https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/) * LinkedIn[https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda) * YouTube[https://www.youtube.com/agodalife](https://www.youtube.com/agodalife) **Equal Opportunity Employer** At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our [privacy policy](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement). **Disclaimer** We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. The Performance Marketing team is looking for a strategic and data-driven Senior Manager to lead the marketing function for one of Agoda’s most strategic partnerships, owning the P&L, leading a team, and driving partnership strategy. This partnership generates millions in annual revenue across multiple whitelabel brands serving millions of travelers globally. This position sits at the intersection of strategic thinking and operational excellence — someone who can lead a team, shape marketing strategy, influence partnership direction, and drive measurable business impact through data-driven decision-making and complex stakeholder management. We’re looking for a proven leader who thrives in ambiguity, builds clarity through frameworks, and can lead complex cross-functional initiatives with discipline and influence, earning strong stakeholder trust and executive confidence. As a key player in the marketing and partnership ecosystem, you will work closely with partner marketing leadership, regional business development teams, and Agoda’s commercial and product teams to ensure marketing strategies align with business priorities and contribute directly to revenue goals. You’ll be responsible for end-to-end marketing leadership for the partnership. **What Makes This Role Unique** **Scale & Impact** * Own a full P&L for a multi-million dollar partnership * Direct control over budget allocation and investment levels across channels * Your optimization decisions drive both immediate ROI and long-term partnership health **Strategic Complexity** * Manage multiple brands with different customer profiles * Navigate the intersection of B2B partnership management and B2C performance marketing * Balance partner relationships with data-driven optimization * Influence partner marketing strategy while ensuring Agoda profitability targets **Channel Mastery & Technical Growth** **You’ll oversee the full marketing funnel:** * Metasearch (Google Hotel Ads, TripAdvisor, Trivago, Kayak) — optimize bidding strategies, feed management, price competitiveness * Paid Search (Google Ads, Bing) — keyword strategy, campaign structure, budget optimization * App Marketing (Google ACi, Apple ASA) — drive app adoption in key markets * Emerging Channels (SEO, email/CRM, customer marketing) — build new growth drivers * Advanced SQL for booking analysis and channel performance tracking * A/B testing and experimentation methodology with clear measurement frameworks * Marketing analytics including attribution modeling and incrementality measurement **Cross-Cultural Collaboration** * Weekly syncs with partner marketing team * Joint planning and collaborative problem-solving * Navigate cultural nuances in partnership management **Key Responsibilities** 1. Team Leadership & Development * Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 2-3 marketing specialists * Set team priorities and OKRs aligned to partnership goals * Conduct performance reviews and career development conversations * Foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and accountability 2. Strategic Marketing Leadership & P&L Ownership * Set overall marketing strategy and influence ROI targets; optimize investment levels to ensure we hit partnership goals * Guide team on channel strategies and ensure execution excellence * Own the full marketing P&L for the partnership * Design experimentation roadmap to validate strategic hypotheses * Monitor channel health and guide team to drill into anomalies or opportunities * Oversee dashboard/reporting development and team analytics capability 3. Analytics Strategy & Insights * Define analytics roadmap and experimentation strategy for the team * Write SQL queries to answer strategic business questions and guide team on complex analysis * Guide team on measurement frameworks and experiment design * Synthesize insights into executive-ready recommendations with business impact quantification * Build team capability in analytics and experimentation 4. Strategic Planning & Executive Stakeholder Management * Develop annual marketing roadmap and quarterly plans aligned to partnership goals * Lead weekly syncs with partner marketing leadership * Present quarterly business reviews to Agoda leadership (Director/VP level) * Own the annual planning process and budget allocation across channels * Partner with Agoda’s commercial and product teams on partnership optimization * Pitch strategic initiatives to partner executives and navigate differing viewpoints with influence and data 5. Program & Project Management * Lead large, multi-workstream initiatives end-to-end * Build detailed project plans with risk mitigation and milestone tracking * Establish governance cadence and reporting mechanisms * Ensure disciplined execution across markets and teams **Requirements** We’re looking for candidates who demonstrate: 1. Analytical & Technical Skills * SQL proficiency (daily usage for analysis; comfortable working with multiple tables and complex joins) * Strong analytical thinking with ability to translate data into actionable insights * Comfort with marketing analytics tools (Google Ads, attribution platforms, dashboards) * Bonus: Experience with experimentation design and statistical analysis * 7-10+ years in marketing, growth, or analytics roles 2. Marketing Channel Knowledge * Understanding of performance marketing fundamentals (PPC, metasearch, app marketing, or SEO) * Experience optimizing marketing campaigns toward ROI/profitability targets * Familiarity with attribution models and incrementality measurement * Background in digital marketing, growth marketing, or marketing analytics preferred 3. Leadership & Stakeholder Management * 5+ years people management experience or demonstrated team leadership * Ability to influence without direct authority in a matrix organization * Executive communication skills — comfortable presenting to VP/Director level stakeholders * Required: Complex stakeholder management including partner relationships at senior levels * Cultural sensitivity for cross-border collaboration 4. Execution Excellence * Exceptional project management discipline * Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives * Strong attention to detail without losing strategic altitude 5. Business Orientation * Understands P&L drivers and growth mechanics * Makes data-informed decisions * Focused on impact, not activity **What We Offer** Ownership & Impact * You’re not executing someone else’s strategy — you’re owning the outcomes * Test new ideas, run experiments, see direct impact on partnership performance * High visibility to leadership; your metrics are partnership KPIs Learning Environment * Work with Agoda’s best-in-class marketing practices * Experimentation culture with clear measurement and learning * Complex, ambiguous problems that build problem-solving skills
The Agoda Ambassador program brings together creators, agencies, and Agoda teams to grow the business through authentic, performance-led content. The program operates across two verticals: Activities and Accommodations. This global individual-contributor role will lead the Activities vertical end to end, from creator acquisition and activation through agency partnerships, content growth, business strategy, and performance management. The role will also lead the engagement vertical across both Activities and Accommodations, own the program’s cross-vertical automation agenda, and support broader Accommodations priorities where required. Success requires a strong commercial mindset, operational discipline, analytical fluency, and the ability to influence creators, agencies, and internal stakeholders. **In this role, you’ll get to** **Program strategy and business growth** • Lead end-to-end business and operational ownership of the Activities vertical within the Agoda Ambassador program. • Develop and execute strategies to grow Activities bookings, active creators, posting frequency, and relevant content supply. • Use data and business insights to identify growth opportunities, diagnose performance gaps, and prioritize initiatives. • Work closely with the Activities Marketing team to create and activate promotional codes that support creator campaigns and business growth. • Support broader Accommodations and Brand team priorities where required, while maintaining focus on core Activities metrics. **Creator, agency, and partner management** • Drive creator acquisition, onboarding, activation, and ongoing engagement for Activities. • Scale agency partnerships by unblocking the onboarding pipeline and directly managing relationships with at least three agencies. • Build trusted relationships with creators and partners, communicate expectations clearly, and resolve issues that affect participation or performance. **Engagement leadership across Activities and Accommodations** • Lead the Agoda Ambassador engagement vertical across both Activities and Accommodations, defining the engagement strategy, priorities, and operating rhythm for creators and agencies. • Own the cross-vertical engagement charter, including content calendars, creator and agency communications, email responses, surveys, and the rollout of new propositions. • Design and deliver initiatives that increase creator participation, posting frequency, content creation, and sustained program activity across both verticals. • Use engagement and performance data to identify opportunities, refine communications, and improve creator and agency effectiveness. **Content activation and program operations** • Plan and activate creator content for Activities across relevant social platforms and markets. • Coordinate product and supply workflows with internal teams, balancing partner needs with program and business performance. • Manage multiple workstreams across creators, agencies, marketing, product, technology, supply, and Brand stakeholders in a fast-paced global environment. • Provide product and technical support by identifying issues, coordinating with the right teams, and driving them through to resolution. **Automation, analytics, and performance** • Lead the automation of the Agoda Ambassador program across both Activities and Accommodations to improve efficiency, scalability, and partner experience. • Track, analyze, and communicate program performance, including daily Activities bookings, the number of active creators generating at least one booking, creator posting activity, and the volume of Activities content created. • Build clear performance views and translate data into recommendations, actions, and business decisions. • Continuously improve operating processes, identify bottlenecks, and create scalable ways of working across teams and external partners. **What you’ll need to succeed** • 4-5 years of relevant experience in social media, affiliate marketing within an online business, creator or influencer programs, agency management, partnerships, or a related field. • Demonstrated experience managing creator, agency, or partner relationships and delivering measurable commercial or engagement outcomes. • Strong analytical skills and hands-on comfort with SQL and Tableau, with the ability to turn data into clear business insights and growth strategies. • Experience using social monitoring tools to understand content activity, engagement, and program performance. • Experience with AI tools such as Claude, or a strong willingness and ability to learn and apply them to improve program operations. • Excellent stakeholder management, agency negotiation, creator communication, commercial thinking, and project management skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority. • Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a bias for action, with the ability to lead complex cross-functional work and manage multiple priorities independently. • High proficiency in written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate effectively across global teams and external partners.
The Senior Associate WFM Manager is a people leader in role, responsible for leading a WFM team, enabling them to be successful and delivering against the prescribed KPIs. The Manager enables their team and team members by providing coaching and feedback, building strong professional relationships, maintaining a regular flow of communication, and providing direction, support, and development. The Manager also contributes to the overall WFM performance and culture, collaborating with peers and broader colleagues to ensure WFM delivers to the company and CEG objectives. The Senior Associate WFM Manager is expected to be an SME in Workforce Management, having a good knowledge of WFM concepts, to support the team with challenges and capability and to adequately represent WFM, to senior stakeholders. **ACTIVITIES PERFORMED ON THE JOB:** * **Coaching and giving feedback:** * Coaching and providing feedback within WFM (usually one-on-one) constructively and creatively, to enable colleagues to perform at their best. * Review performance of individuals and team using performance reports/dashboards, observations, buddying, and reviewing system audit reports. * Manage all underperformance, using the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process where appropriate. * **People leadership:** * Build healthy and professional relationships with team members. * Establish and nurture a culture of performance excellence, open feedback, collaboration, recognition, and quality delivery of outcomes. * Organize team building activities that will engage people in teamwork and create a positive work environment. * Ensure the team is well supported to perform their day-to-day activities, including: * ensuring appropriate real-time support is available, taking and managing escalated issues. * Providing approvals as part of the business process (e.g. absorption). * Ensure team schedule is maintained to a high standard to provide stakeholder support and manage team requests and unplanned absence, in line with process. * Provide clarity on performance vs targets, and any other team or group objectives. * Use reward and recognition as part of motivating the team. * Conduct team meetings: sharing important information, updates, performance progress, and broader company updates. * Ensure your team is connected to the company’s WFM objectives and strategy. * Be an example to the team through behavior, living up to the Agoda values and behavior standards expected of people leaders. * Collaborate with other departments, working together to enable overall success (e.g. WFM teams, CEG Operations Teams, CEG Teach Team). * **Reporting & data analysis:** * Work with data from various sources to analyze and observe performance of CEG SLAs and gain insights as a basis for feedback and change suggestions. * Prepare and present team performance data, challenges, issues, ideas, and opportunities. * **Collaboration:** * Collaborate with local WFM team: * On team performance: providing updates about the team, traffic, projects, concerns, challenges, and opportunities. * Participate actively in leadership meetings: share what works well for you, provide feedback and input on decisions or updates, and be open and constructive about what is not working well and how the group can improve. * Stay up to date with products, news, goals, decisions, projects. * Collaborate with other teams: * CEG Operations Leadership and Management. * CEG GSV. * **Personal Management:** * Remain up to date with important company/team/department updates, requirements. * Act in the best interests of the organization: ensuring that we operate with absolute integrity and compliance with all legal obligations or compliance requirements. * Be an active and constructive Agoda team member: Always being respectful to others and seeking to be better together. * Aim to understand, then meet and exceed the expectations agreed with your manager. **EXPECTATIONS – BEHAVIORS AND VALUES** **Behavior****Definition** **_Continuous improvement_**Regularly identify improvement opportunities, quantify them, and follow through to measurable/demonstratable outcomes. Embraces both successes and failures to learn and maximize the benefits. Embraces and drives change, is open and supportive of improvement opportunities identified by others. **_Deliver better together_**Collaborates and engages with colleagues and broader Agoda teams to share ideas and learn and work together toward shared ambitions. Is respectful to colleagues, open to different perspectives /viewpoints, and positively contributes to discussions. **_Enable others` success_**Is committed to building and nurturing a culture of frequent feedback, coaching and career development. Provides clarity on accountability, goals, and progress. Regularly takes the opportunity to connect and align teams and team members to the Agoda/CEG strategy, making these relevant and digestible. **COMPETENCIES REQUIRED** **Analytical Ability & Problem Solving**Can visualise, articulate, conceptualise, or solve both complex and uncomplicated problems using the data available. **Decision making ability**Set a course of action purposely chosen from different alternatives to achieve company objectives. **Effective communication**(Verbal and written)Delivers, receives, and interprets ideas and information, presents information appropriately to a diverse range of audiences, and influences partner decisions Excel/Power Point Skills **Flexibility and Agility**Can adjust behavior to new information and changing circumstances. Be open to new ways of doing things and always experiment with new methods. Works effectively in a dynamic environment. **KPI management**Create and execute a KPI plan designed to help achieve and evaluate success in reaching the company’s goals. **Listening and influencing**Practice attentive and active listening. Can influence strategies that persuade key stakeholders to take action that will promote shared interests and business goals. **Process Improvement**Organise, evaluate, plan, and implement improvements in our internal and external processes and practices. Actively work on creating better processes once changes take place. **Reporting**Be able to confidently give a written account of business metrics, projects, and team performance based on data, observations, or investigations. **Result driven**Driving high standards to accomplish challenging goals. Works hard to achieve them. **Time / workload management & prioritization**Creating a work environment where tasks and responsibilities are accomplished successfully within the time available. **Coaching**Support and develop team members to achieve a specific personal and professional goal by guiding and training. **Develop and Manage team**Govern and coordinate the team to perform in their job. Learn the skills, potential, and ambitions of the team members and define long term success. **Operational Planning & Coordination**Create and execute a detailed plan with the aim to provide a clear vision on how the team, department will contribute to the achievement of the company’s strategic goals **People training**Identify training needs, create, and develop training to help team members with specific knowledge or skills to improve performance in their current roles. **Presentation**Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. **Team level KPI management**Create and execute a team KPI plan designed to help achieve and evaluate success in reaching the company goals. **Qualifications, Experience and Trainings required:** **Qualifications**High level written & verbal language/communication skills. Intermediate or above computer literacy (MS Excel particularly), high level problem solving / analytical reasoning skills. High level stakeholder management skills. **Experience**6+ years of WFM experience Experience in coaching and developing, in a technical environment. Experience in delivering high-level business objectives or initiatives. **Trainings**OJT, WFM onboarding, RT Onboarding **Must have:** * Deep hands-on experience designing and configuring omnichannel routing strategies (email, voice, chat/messaging) using platforms such as Amazon Connect, Genesys Cloud/PureCloud, or equivalent CCaaS/ACD systems. * Proven ability to build routing logic from the ground up — including skills-based routing, IVR/call flows, queues, priorities, and escalation paths — based on complex, nuanced business requirements. * Strong understanding of contact center architecture (queues, agent skill profiles, SLAs, overflow/failover logic) and how to translate ambiguous business needs into scalable, technical routing designs. * Experience integrating routing platforms with CRM/WFM/reporting tools (e.g. Salesforce, Verint, NICE) is a plus. * Comfortable working directly with engineering/IT teams to implement and troubleshoot routing configurations, and able to independently own technical documentation of routing setups. We welcome both local and international applications for this role. Full visa sponsorship and relocation assistance available.
This role focuses on driving the profitable growth of Agoda's Strategic Partnerships and Travel Distribution business. You will manage end-to-end technical account management for the company's largest B2B accommodation partners. The position requires optimizing connectivity and ensuring optimal access to inventory, rates, and content. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers to identify business needs and influence the design of next-generation features. Additionally, you will serve as a trusted advisor to B2B clients, translating business requirements into technical specifications. You will be responsible for managing connection performance, including new builds, upgrades, and day-to-day success rates. The role involves extracting and analyzing complex data sets to identify trends and areas for improvement. You will also identify and resolve technical issues impacting client connectivity to ensure seamless operations. Automating business processes is a key responsibility to support operational efficiency and scalability.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get To Know Our Team:** The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity. We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth, outstanding learning programs, and various means of assistance. Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of the employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family. **The Opportunity:** This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for scaling one of Agoda’s most critical engineering hiring functions — balancing speed, quality, and long-term talent strategy for the Tech organization. In this role, you will lead a team of TA Partners and Associate TA Partners while collaborating closely with key stakeholders, including Tech Department Leadership and Management, HR Business Partners, and Talent Analytics teams. You will focus on two core areas: driving your team to consistently achieve high-volume, high-quality hiring targets, and leading initiatives that continuously improve the recruitment function. **In this Role,you’ll get to:** * Lead the team to hire to target and remain fully staffed by optimizing sourcing strategy, recruitment funnel, and team structure * Own and manage a high-volume, evergreen hiring engine, delivering 100+ quality hires per year in a fast-paced environment * Drive improvements to hire quality (measured by objective metrics) through data-driven experimentation * Ensure operational excellence across every stage of the recruitment process (position intake, JDs, pre-screening, interview scorecards, offer communication, etc.) * Leverage recruitment data and reporting to partner effectively with your team and the broader business, including Tech Leadership * Reduce cost per hire while maintaining quality standards * Ensure Hiring Managers supported by your team develop strong interviewing skills * Develop strategies to build talent pipelines, adapting the bar appropriately to evolving hiring needs * Manage, coach, and grow a team of strong recruiters, enabling them to hire game-changers for Agoda * Act as a hands-on leader — comfortable diving into the details of sourcing, screening, or data when needed, not just managing from a distance * Explore and adopt AI-powered tools to improve recruiter productivity, candidate experience, and overall delivery * Lead projects that transform the recruitment function, such as: * Defining operational excellence standards for the recruitment process * Introducing new assessment tools * Building upskilling programs for recruiters * Experimenting with new recruitment models and approaches **What You’ll Need to Succeed:** **Must-Haves:** * 8+ years of experience in recruitment, with a minimum of 2+years in team management within a fast-paced, dynamic global environment * Proven experience managing high-volume, high-quality evergreen hiring programs (at least 100+ hires/year) * Strong ability to leverage data to drive decisions and optimize outcomes * Leadership skills to rally recruiters around ambitious, stretch targets * A strategic mindset with a strong focus on measurable impact, paired with a hands-on approach to execution * Continuous improvement mindset with high ownership — proactively identifying inefficiencies rather than waiting to be told * Ability to work effectively across multiple senior stakeholders, including Tech Leadership **Nice-to-Haves:** * Experience hiring for the Southeast Asia market * Experience managing relocation-based hiring across multiple international markets * Some exposure to leveraging AI tools to improve recruiting workflows or delivery * A track record of progression or promotion in previous roles, reflecting the ability to grow with scope and responsibility * Exposure to headcount models and resource planning **Additional Requirements:** * Fluent in English * Autonomous, highly motivated, and comfortable operating with a strong sense of urgency _*This role is based in Bangkok; relocation support will be provided._ #### Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. ### **Discover more about working at Agoda** * Agoda Careers[https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) * Facebook[https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/](https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/) * LinkedIn[https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda) * YouTube[https://www.youtube.com/agodalife](https://www.youtube.com/agodalife) **Equal Opportunity Employer** At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our [privacy policy](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement). **Disclaimer** We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.
At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get To Know Our Team:** Strategic Partnerships is a team of creative entrepreneurs that develop solutions for Agoda’s non-accommodation partners and promote Agoda’s top and bottom-line growth. We design tailored business and product solutions with our partners and help them generate measurable value. Members of our team are empowered and supported to grow their market(s) or accounts. We develop win-win relationships and leverage Agoda’s unique accommodations portfolio and tech solutions to bring our partners the advantages they seek. Utilizing our strong brand and resources, we build new channels to increase the visibility of Agoda, introduce more travelers to our great products and service and deliver significant revenues to the overall business. **The Opportunity:** We are seeking a Senior Manager, Commercial Excellence to join our Financial Institutions (FI) Vertical within the Strategic Partnerships team, supporting commercial excellence and driving growth across Agoda’s Financial Institutions portfolio. In this role, you will be at the forefront of commercial analytics and FI-focused project management, combining sharp analytical capabilities with strong commercial judgment to support strategic decision-making across our FI partnerships, spanning banks, card schemes, and wallet partners. You will need to bring a strong analytical and commercial acumen, coupled with structured problem-solving discipline, project management rigor, and attention to detail. A key part of this role is your ability to act as a strategic bridge across commercial, product, operations, and FinTech teams, translating data-driven insights into measurable business outcomes and influencing cross-functional stakeholders at all levels. **What You’ll Do:** **Commercial analytics** * Own strategic and performance analysis for FI partners across growth, funnel, commercial performance, and profitability, and translate insights into clear recommendations and portfolio priorities * Build and maintain dashboards, recurring reporting, KPI frameworks, and business review materials to improve visibility, decision-making, and performance management * Lead deep dives to identify performance drivers, diagnose gaps, evaluate market opportunities, and develop business cases, commercial models, and go-to-market recommendations * Support action planning and impact tracking against commercial targets, particularly in areas of underperformance or strategic focus * Partner with cross-functional teams to turn analytical insights into business actions and improve reporting quality, analytical rigor, and fact-based decision-making across the FI organization **FI Project Management** * Lead or coordinate key FI initiatives from scoping and planning through execution tracking, stakeholder alignment, and leadership updates * Drive cross-functional delivery across commercial, product, finance, legal, operations, FinTech, and marketing teams to support initiatives involving banks, card schemes, and wallets * Establish workplans, timelines, governance, and tracking mechanisms, while managing milestones, dependencies, risks, and issue resolution across FI initiatives * Act as a central coordinator across FI workstreams, aligning business priorities, analytical insights, and execution plans to drive measurable outcomes * Support special projects and help build scalable processes and best practices for how FI initiatives are prioritized, managed, and reviewed **Scope / impact** * High-impact role at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and commercial execution * Direct influence on FI vertical growth, partner performance, and prioritization decisions * Strong exposure to senior stakeholders and cross-functional leadership teams * Opportunity to shape the commercial excellence agenda, including how performance is measured, managed, and improved **Required Qualifications:** * 7+ years of relevant experience in commercial analytics, strategy, project management, consulting, revenue optimization, performance management, or similar fields * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguity, derive insight from data, and translate analysis into actionable business recommendations * Strong commercial acumen and business judgment, with a clear understanding of how analysis informs growth, prioritization, and financial outcomes * Proven ability to influence or lead cross-functional initiatives, manage stakeholders, and drive execution in complex and ambiguous environments * Experience developing business cases, performance frameworks, and executive-ready recommendations * Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and present complex ideas in a clear, concise, and compelling way * High ownership, attention to detail, and strong execution discipline **Preferred Qualifications:** * Experience with SQL, BI tools, or data visualization tools is strongly preferred * Experience leading cross-functional initiatives from insight generation through execution and impact tracking * International or regional experience in a matrix organization is advantageous * Experience in OTA,e-commerce,financial institutions, payments, loyalty, travel, e-commerce, fintech, strategic partnerships,or other highly data-driven consumer industries * Experience working with partner-facing commercial teams and translating commercial needs into analytical solutions * Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; ability to build structured presentations for senior leadership * Experience managing or mentoring team members is a plus

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. **Get to Know our Team:**The Customer Experience Group (CEG) of Agoda effectively serves our customers and partners to ensure satisfying results. This great task is accomplished with the support of our Global Service Verticals (GSV) team. We serve as the backbone for CEG’s global operations. Our team is comprised of project managers, process owners, analysts, and talent management. Together we work nonstop to improve the quality and efficiency of our customer and partner support processes. We are a very data-driven environment, eager to move fast and learn through experimentation. A clear focus on supporting our customers and partners is bolstered by a strong, entrepreneurial culture that enriches us and Agoda’s business performance. This role is within the **Operational Excellence and Automation team**, which is a part of CEG’s Global Service Verticals. The team focuses on driving end‑to‑end customer experience and process improvements, and scaling impact through automation, AI, and tooling across both customer-facing and agent-facing journeys. **The Opportunity:**This role is responsible for leading a portfolio of global operational excellence and automation initiatives in the Customer Experience Group (CEG), with a focus on: (i) automation, AI, and tooling to enhance customer and agent experience, and (ii) process optimization and CX improvements across the post‑booking customer journey. You will lead a high‑performing team of project managers/experts to drive measurable impact on customer satisfaction, efficiency, quality, and cost. The role combines strategic problem solving, hands‑on data-driven execution, and strong stakeholder management with both technical (Product/Tech/Data) and non-technical (Operations/Support/Commercial) teams. **In this Role, you’ll get to:** **Lead and Own a Portfolio of Transformational Initiatives** * Own from end‑to‑end a collection of projects and/or areas of business in CEG (global coverage), spanning automation/AI and process excellence initiatives. * Prioritize, plan, and drive initiatives that improve mission‑critical metrics: customer satisfaction (e.g., CSAT), service levels, automation quality, productivity, cost efficiency, and employee/agent engagement. * Ensure CEG readiness to support Agoda’s new business and product initiatives by working closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Partner Services, Finance, Legal, and other CEG teams. **Drive Automation & AI driven solutions** * Identify opportunities to leverage automation, AI, and tooling across customer and agent journeys (e.g., self‑service, workflow automation, AI quality testing). * Partner with Product Management / Technology / CEG teams to design, prioritize, and implement solutions, from experimentation and configuration through to global rollout and impact measurement. * Oversee the configuration and governance of operational flows and low‑code/automation tools, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable, and aligned with business goals and CX standards. **Shape End‑to‑End Customer & Process Improvements** * Continuously improve CEG end‑to‑end processes across the post‑booking journey to remove pain points, and improve operational performance through targeted initiatives and data driven insights. * Own and evolve frameworks and roadmaps for how we continuously improve our internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and related processes; balancing CX/PX outcomes vs. efficiency/cost. * Drive strategic initiatives across CEG such as improving Localization support in key growth markets, regulatory initiatives and partner closely with our commercial teams in order to improve partner/supplier pain points. * Define clear problem statements and build business cases to define and prioritize customer/partner pain points and success metrics. **Lead and Develop a High‑Performing Team** * Set long‑term vision, strategy, and annual/quarterly OKRs for your team, aligning with CEG and Agoda-wide priorities. * Manage and coach a team of project managers (and potentially people managers), building talent, capability, and succession within the Operational Excellence and Automation team. * Provide structured feedback, mentoring, and support to enable your team’s growth and to consistently raise the bar for quality and impact. * Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders across CEG and other functions, effectively influencing priorities and decisions. * Monitor project milestones, identify risks and dependencies, troubleshoot issues, and implement mitigation plans—acting at all times as the ultimate owner of the portfolio’s outcomes. **What you’ll Need to Succeed:** **Experience & Background** * At least 8–10+ years of experience in project/program management, operations, customer experience, process improvement, strategy, management consulting, or similar fields. * Significant people leadership experience, including building and managing high‑performing teams (ideally including people managers and individual contributors). * Proven track record of leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives from idea to implementation, with clear, measurable business impact. * Experience working closely with Product/Technology/Data teams on technical or automation/AI-focused projects is highly advantageous. **Technical & Analytical Skills** * Strong analytical mindset; comfortable with numbers and quantitative problem solving. Able to define analysis structures, interpret data, challenge existing metrics, and make recommendations. * Familiarity with data and analytics tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Metabase, VBA, or similar) and experience leveraging them to drive decisions. * Comfort working with or overseeing workflow / automation / agent guidance tools, and the ability to engage in technical discussions with Product/Engineering/Data teams. Coding ability is a plus (you have to be willing to learn) * Exposure to AI/ML‑driven solutions in an operational or CX context (e.g., chatbots, recommendation engines, routing, classification, or decision support tools) is a strong plus. **CX, Process, and Delivery Skills** * Demonstrated experience in process improvement and CX transformation, ideally in operations or customer support environments. * Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel, structure complex problems, and orchestrate cross‑functional teams. * Experience defining and driving improvements in KPIs such as CSAT, NPS, SLAs, handle time, productivity, or cost‑to‑serve. **Leadership, Communication & Ways of Working** * Excellent communication and presentation skills in English, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. * Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, dynamic, multicultural environment, comfortable with ambiguity and experimentation in a high‑velocity setting. * A growth mindset and positive attitude: proactive, hands‑on, detail‑oriented, and with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. * Eagerness to pitch new ideas, take initiative, and seek out opportunities for improvement; comfortable giving and receiving feedback. * Professional experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Experience with collaboration and project tracking tools is a plus. **What we offer** * Competitive compensation package (relocation support and visa support provided for successful overseas candidates) * Exciting, high‑impact career opportunity with a major global OTA, including potential moves between teams and global locations. You will interact with departmental senior leadership regularly. * Dynamic, multinational tech environment with colleagues from diverse educational and professional backgrounds. * Continuous learning and development opportunities through corporate learning programs. * Modern office space and convenient location at the heart of Bangkok Metropolitan, Hub of Asia. #### Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click [here](https://careersatagoda.com/interview/)to learn how interviewing at Agoda works. ### **Discover more about working at Agoda** * Agoda Careers[https://careersatagoda.com](https://careersatagoda.com/) * Facebook[https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/](https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/) * LinkedIn[https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda](https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda) * YouTube[https://www.youtube.com/agodalife](https://www.youtube.com/agodalife) **Equal Opportunity Employer** At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics. We will keep your application on file so that we can consider you for future vacancies and you can always ask to have your details removed from the file. For more details please read our [privacy policy](https://careersatagoda.com/privacy-statement). ## Apply Now Associate Director / Principal Project Manager / Senior Project Manager, Operational Excellence & Automation team, Customer Experience Group (Based in Bangkok, Thailand | Relocation Provided) +93 This role is based in Bangkok, are you willing to relocate? (Relocation provided) How many years of relevant full-time experience do you have? (Excluding internship) Which statement best describes your experience with data analysis and visualization tools, for example, SQL / Tableau / ClickView / SAAS / Google Analytics / VBA...? Are you presently employed by any company within the Booking Holdings group, including but not limited to Kayak, OpenTable, Booking.com, Rental Cars, RocketMiles, FareHarbor, HotelsCombined, CheapFlights, Momondo, Priceline, or Getaroom? In which country/region are you currently based? How did you hear about this job? 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This role focuses on driving strategic initiatives through rigorous data analysis and product development. You will proactively develop hypotheses to identify problems, structure complex analyses, and design effective solutions. The position requires building prototypes and MVPs, then iterating based on data and user feedback to deliver measurable value. You will manage stakeholders and navigate real-world constraints to bring strategies to life. You will leverage statistical techniques and analytical tools to uncover insights from large datasets. The team emphasizes working with HTML-based reports and actual products rather than relying on static slides. You will move fluidly between problem framing, analysis, solution development, and implementation to ensure data-driven outcomes.