Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships Centre of Excellence (Bangkok-Based) at Agoda

Bangkok, , Thailand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Numerical Skills, Analytical Skills, Critical Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Business Strategy, Operations Management, Data Processing, Revenue Optimization, Credit Risk Management, Commercial Initiatives, API Connectivity, Go-To-Market Initiatives, SQL, Tableau

Industry

Software Development

Description

About Agoda Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travelers with a global network of 4.7M hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, activities, and more. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 7,100+ employees representing 95+ nationalities in 27 markets foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world. Our Purpose - Bridging the World Through Travel We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding and happiness. We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone. Get to Know our Team: Travel Distribution is a team of creative entrepreneurs that develop and scale travel API solutions for Agoda’s and other Booking Holdings strategic partners. Our teams are structured to acquire, manage relationships and optimize the performance of accommodation API partners, both on buying and selling sides. We develop win-win relationships and leverage Agoda’s and Booking Holdings’ unique travel product portfolio and tech solutions to bring our partners the advantages they seek. Utilizing our strong brand and resources, we gain access to most competitive accommodation inventories worldwide as well as build new channels to increase the visibility of Agoda and the other group companies, introduce more travelers to our great products and services and deliver significant profits to the overall business. The Opportunity: The key objectives of Strategic Partnerships Centre of Excellence are to ideate, scope, create and implement new initiatives, commercial programs or operational processes tailored to enable our commercial and technical account management teams to grow performance partners portfolio, covering multiple geographies and types – from third-party accommodation suppliers (Bedbanks, DMCs, wholesalers and others) to b2b API accommodation buyers (OTAs and travel platforms, travel agents networks, airline and other businesses managing their trave funnels). You will join a Travel Distribution core team in Bangkok, and collaborate with our account management teams as well as stakeholders in tech, finance, supply, marketing and legal teams to drive complex projects. The core functions of the team include: ideating new initiatives and drive the implementation end-to-end to grow the Travel Distribution business building business cases to evaluate new commercial initiatives or new product features requests through collecting requirements from account management teams and partners revenue optimization initiatives through distribution and pricing experiments content improvements - enabling and supporting account management teams with tools, documentation and efficient processes - partaking in commercial terms and incentives optimization, including rolling out new commercial and API connectivity features to partners credit risk management maintain and setup control frameworks and SLAs agreed with major stakeholders, manage stakeholders across departments such as Product, Tech, Finance, Legal, etc. A Manager will bring a strong business strategy and analytical acumen coupled with operations and project management knowledge, attention to details and strive for efficiency, coupled with the ability to make things happen hands-on. This position is based in Bangkok. What You’ll Need to Succeed: Strong numerical and analytical skills, with hands-on knowledge of data pulling and processing tools Strong critical thinking, strategic thinking and problem solving skills Fluent in English with strong stakeholder management skills Ability to own the initiative end-to-end from idea creation, to testing and execution, including managing various stakeholders to get buy-ins Independent and self-driven Able to move fast and adapt well with changes 5+ years of experience demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional strategy or program initiatives end‑to‑end and deliver measurable outcomes; backgrounds may include consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, business analytics, product/program management, or equivalent experience Good to have Experience with SQL and Tableau Experience and understanding of online travel industry, B2B travel APIs experience and/or connectivity skills Experience in go-to-market initiatives implementation #4 #STRA #PRJM Discover more about working at Agoda Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda YouTube 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. 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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Manager will ideate, scope, create, and implement new initiatives and commercial programs to grow the performance partners portfolio. This role involves collaborating with various teams to drive complex projects and optimize revenue through strategic partnerships.