About Agoda

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 our 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

to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.

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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.

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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.