Senior Manager - Strategic Commercial Projects
atAgoda Services Co., Ltd.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:
The Supply department is the B2B part within the Agoda organization that links with our external partners to ensure the supply of accommodation, flights and activities. Within Supply, the 'Commercial Excellence' team has been formed to raise the commercial performance across the entire department, by maintaining the highest standards of productivity, harmonizing practices and generating incremental value through innovation and large-scale projects.
In This Role, You'll Get To:
- Support the Supply Central Management team as well as the Supply senior leadership team in decision-making on the Commercial Excellence topics
- Identify opportunities to improve commercial team productivity and efficiency via qualitative and quantitative business analyses
- Develop framework, validate, and convince various stakeholders both within supply team and cross departments
- Manage project end to end from defining scope of work as well as success metrics to conducting in market testing and scaling recommendations to fit for global commercial team
- Create presentations, dashboards, tools and tracking to drive discussion, make decisions and define areas to improve with various stakeholders
- Lead the adoption of AI-driven workflows across commercial teams, embedding GenAI tools into daily routines like account planning, partner outreach, and performance reviews.
- Identify and eliminate manual or repetitive work by building AI-powered solutions (e.g., automated insights, dynamic pricing signals, GenAI-generated partner communication).
- Drive behavioral change, ensuring teams move beyond traditional dashboards and legacy reports to embrace AI assistants in their decision-making processes.
What You'll Need to Succeed (Must Have)
- A bachelor's or master's degree, ideally in a business or quantitative subject (e.g. computer science, mathematics, engineering, science, economics or finance)
- Minimum 6+ years of experience working preferably in a top-tier consulting firms and global companies
- A high level of proficiency in the MS Office Suite, especially in Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong analytical skills on both qualitative and quantitative aspects
- Strong organizational skills along with the demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and balance the demands of many high-level stakeholders under time pressure
- An agile self-starter mentality and the ability to learn fast, react quickly and find a way to organize yourself and others in fast-paced environment
- The interpersonal skills to interact professionally with stakeholders at Director level and above
- Excellent oral and written communication skills (in English), including the ability to report project updates clearly and succinctly to different levels of the management hierarchy
- The drive, speed and creativity to not only execute given tasks, but proactively come up with your own ideas and create improvements for everyone
- The willingness to learn about project management, data manipulation and visualization tools and to propose the best ways of working with them
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to distill complex projects and AI-related solutions for a range of audiences from front-line managers to senior executives.
- Curiosity and creativity to not only execute tasks but proactively challenge the status quo, identify commercial pain points, and deliver AI-based solutions.
- Hands-on experience with GenAI tools, LLM workflows, or prompt engineering, and a track record of implementing AI adoption in commercial or operational settings.
- Demonstrated ability to act as a change agent—coaching teams, driving usage, and making AI an integral part of commercial excellence.
It's Great if You Have (Good to Have)
- Proficiency in SQL, Tableau
- Experience in the hotel or OTA industry
- Experience in working with senior stakeholders
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.
Experience required
- 6 years
Salary
- Negotiable
Job function
- Consultant
- Strategy / Planning
- Analyst
Job type
- Full-time
Company overview
Agoda Services Co., Ltd. is a leading global online travel agency that specializes in providing hotel and accommodation booking services to travelers worldwide. As part of the Booking Holdings group, Agoda offers a wide range of accommodation options including hotels, resort ...
Why join us: At Agoda, we believe that the best way to provide exceptional customer service is to empower our employees. We offer a dynamic and innovative work environment where you will have the opportunity to grow professionally, develop your skills, and make a significant impact in the tra ...
Benefits
- Five-day work week
- Flexible working hours
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Job training
- Paid holidays
- Performance bonus
- Overtime pay
- Health Insurance
- Maternity leave