Booking Holdings is the world’s leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable, as well as through a network of subsidiary brands

Analyst/ Senior Analyst (Bangkok Based, relocation provided)

Get to Know our Team:  

The Performance Marketing Team of Agoda is a world leader in online marketing. This department is highly data-driven and focused on developing at-scale marketing programs that improve the lifetime value of Agoda customers through measurable marketing programs and channels. The team is a blend of the best analysts, marketing strategists, and data scientists in the world. The marketing leadership at Agoda have deep experience in data science, product, strategy, and other marketing fields and have built an organization that thrives on data, creative ideas, and technology. The Performance Marketing Team also fosters a great learning environment. You will be able to learn and grow by working closely with experts from a variety of backgrounds from all over the world.

In this Role, you’ll get to:  

• Search: Experiment with text ads, bidding, and campaign structures on Google, Bing, Baidu, Naver, and other search engines. Adapt to new product features and roll out changes from successful tests.
• Display: Test, analyze, and optimize campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and others.
• Modeling: Analyze the vast amounts of data generated by experiments, develop models we can use for optimization, and build dashboards for account managers.

What you’ll Need to Succeed:  

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from top university in a quantitative subject (computer science, mathematics, engineering, statistics or science)
• Ability to communicate fluently in English
• Exposure to one or more data analysis packages or databases, e.g., SAS, R, SPSS, Python, VBA, SQL, Tableau
• Good numerical reasoning skills
• Proficiency in Excel
• Intellectual curiosity and analytical skills

It’s Great if you Have:  

• Experience in digital marketing
• Academic research experience

Director, Global Partnerships

With millions of diners, tens of thousands of restaurants, and 23+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a unique insight into the world of hospitality. We champion restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues around the world, helping them attract guests, manage capacity, improve operations and maximize revenue.

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll also be part of a global network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK’s portfolio of travel brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined.

Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture. You’ll work in a welcoming and inclusive environment, and get the benefits, flexibility, and support you need to succeed.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic individual to join OpenTable’s Global Partnerships team as Director. The Global Partnerships team at OpenTable is a small, high-performing, fast-paced team responsible for identifying, evaluating, and driving strategic partnerships aligned with the company’s growth plans. The ideal candidate will be hyper focused on implementing and managing partnerships that add strategic value to OpenTable’s consumer and restaurant business. This is a role with global scope and fit for an individual comfortable with both building strategy and driving execution.

In this role, you will:

• Own end to end business development execution, with a particular focus on international growth markets
• Create a strategy and OKRs, and plan to build out a pipeline for long term prospects across the relevant partnership ecosystem
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with cross-functional collaborators across product, engineering, marketing, legal and sales teams
• Own and manage external partner relationships focused on meeting partnership timelines and critical metrics
• Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis as necessary to assess opportunities, make decisions, and influence collaborators
• Prospect and evaluate various leads to determine how they might fit company goals
• Structure partnerships that increase exposure for OpenTable and accelerate user growth worldwide
• Provide regular communications to senior management on partnerships strategy and results

Please apply if you have:

• BA/BS degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, or related roles
• Proven success in developing and managing strategic partnerships that drive business growth
• Demonstrated track record working with product, engineering, sales and marketing teams to develop partnerships that deliver growth, brand exposure, and creative benefits for users
• Strong critical thinking, negotiation, and communication skills
• Demonstrated experience in managing and developing a broad range of partnerships such as strategic alliances, joint ventures, channel partnerships, and client relationships
• Experience with payment business and payment service provider partnerships a must
• Deep understanding of the SaaS and restaurant technology landscape a plus
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities
• Self-starter with strong financial analysis, modeling, and business skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills: able to speak and write clearly, concisely, and compellingly. Is honest, open, and thoughtful in word and in action
• Strong attention to detail, self-motivation, and a sense of urgency around delivering on goals

Benefits and Perks

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year
• Focus on mental health and well-being:
  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth
  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace
  • Company-wide week off a year – the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)
• No meeting Fridays
• Paid parental leave
• Generous paid vacation + time off for your birthday
• Paid volunteer time
• Focus on your career growth:
  • Development Dollars
  • Leadership development
  • Access to thousand of on-demand e-learnings
• Travel Discounts
• Employee Resource Groups
• Free lunch 5 days per week
• Beautiful office in the Empire State Building with lots of building amenities, such as a gym,  multi-purpose room, in-building Starbucks, and more.

EQUITY ELIGIBLE

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. The range for this remote United States based role is $165,000-$180,000.

 

International Tax Manager (Bangkok Based, Relocation Provided)

Agoda is one of the world’s leading online hotel and accommodation booking platforms. 

Founded in Asia and now part of Booking Holdings, Agoda offers travelers a fast, easy way to book hundreds of thousands of properties in almost every country on earth. In every department – from engineering to customer experience – Agoda provides an environment rich with creativity, collaboration, and experimentation allowing you to thrive in and to grow both yourself and Agoda.   

As an International Tax Manager, you will work for Agoda Services Co., Ltd in Bangkok and report directly to the Senior International Tax Manager.  You will be part of the Finance Team (approximately 130 professionals) and also work closely with the Legal, commercial and product teams.  

You will support the International Tax Team in all tax advisory matters for the organization to ensure efficient and compliant tax outcomes for the Agoda Group of Companies. 

This role involves interaction with our US parent company, our international offices, business managers, functional teams and other finance and legal colleagues.  Due to the rapid growth of the organization, the tasks and duties of this role may also evolve over time.  You will be keen to develop and grow within the role and to take on additional challenges and responsibilities as they occur. 

 

Key Roles and Responsibilities:  

• Assist in international tax structuring initiatives and special projects  

• Assessment of tax positions and interpretations of our business models 

• Keep up with new tax developments and ensure compliance with local rules and regulations 

• Project coordination responsibilities 

• Support key business initiatives, including modeling for financial impact of taxes 

• Evaluate the current international tax structure and recommend any changes or planning ideas that will optimize the structure 

• Review business agreements and contracts which involve cross border transactions  

• Liaise with external advisors  

• Drive and implement changes required as a result of changes to tax legislation 

• Handle tax audits/queries/investigations/litigations with local tax authorities 

• Contribute to tax awareness and appreciation within the Agoda Group 

• Support on various ad-hoc advisory matters 

 

Minimum Qualifications Required: 

• Degree in law or accounting – Chartered Accountant (or equivalent) or graduate degree in taxation preferred 

• 6-8 years of international tax experience in Big 4 public accounting / top law firm / multinational corporation  

• E-commerce or travel industry experience a plus 

• Experience with both mature and developing jurisdictions 

• Strong technical knowledge of international tax laws, both direct and indirect taxes 

• Project management expertise, including strong organizational and change management skills 

• Ability to work independently and productively 

• Ability to develop and maintain partnerships with cross-functional teams within Agoda 

• Strategic thinker with solid business instincts and acumen 

Competencies/skills: 

• Self-motivated and results-oriented professional 

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with all levels of management 

• Ability to have good grasp of the detail whilst understanding the “big picture”, and to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously 

• Able to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines, and comfortable working in a fast turnaround environment 

• Team player 

• Professional “get it done” attitude and work ethic 

• Strong attention to detail 

• Energetic and driven personality 

• Adapts well to and is energized by change 
• Strong communication and presentation skills 

Lead/ Staff Data Scientist (Bangkok based, relocation provided)

Get to Know Our Team

The Data department , based in Bangkok , oversees all of Agoda’s data-related requirements. Our ultimate goal is to enable and increase the use of data in the company through creative approaches and the implementation of powerful resources such as operational and analytical databases, queue systems, BI tools, and data science technology. We hire the brightest minds from around the world to take on this challenge and equip them with the knowledge and tools that contribute to their personal growth and success while supporting our company’s culture of diversity and experimentation. The role the Data team plays at Agoda is critical as business users, product managers, engineers, and many others rely on us to empower their decision making. We are equally dedicated to our customers by improving their search experience with faster results and protecting them from any fraudulent activities. Data is interesting only when you have enough of it, and we have plenty. This is what drives up the challenge as part of the Data department, but also the reward.

The Opportunity

Please note -The role will be based in Bangkok. 

We are looking for ambitious and agile data scientists that would like to seize the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging productive machine learning and big data platforms worldwide, processing some 600B events every day and making some 5B predictions.

As part of the Data Science and Machine Learning (AI/ML) team you will be exposed to real-world challenges such as: dynamic pricing, predicting customer intents in real time, ranking search results to maximize lifetime value, classifying and deep learning content and personalization signals from unstructured data such as images and text, making personalized recommendations, innovating algorithm-supported promotions and products for supply partners, discovering insights from big data, and innovating the user experience. To tackle these challenges, you will have the opportunity to work on one of the world’s largest ML infrastructure employing dozens of GPUs working in parallel, 30K+ CPU cores and 150TB of memory.

In This Role, You’ll Get to

• Design, code, experiment and implement models and algorithms to maximize customer experience, supply side value, business outcomes, and infrastructure readiness.
• Mine a big data of hundreds of millions of customers and more than 600M daily user generated events, supplier and pricing data, and discover actionable insights to drive improvements and innovation.
• Work with developers and a variety of business owners to deliver daily results with the best quality.
• Research discover and harness new ideas that can make a difference

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• 4+ years hands-on data science experience.
• Excellent understanding of AI/ML/DL and Statistics, as well as coding proficiency using related open source libraries and frameworks.
• Significant proficiency in SQL and languages like Python, PySpark and/or Scala.
• Can lead, work independently as well as play a key role in a team.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills for working in a multicultural work environment.

It’s Great if You Have

• PhD or MSc in Computer Science / Operations Research / Statistics or other quantitative fields
• Experience in NLP, image processing and/or recommendation systems
• Hands on experience in data engineering, working with big data framework like Spark/Hadoop
• Experience in data science for e-commerce and/or OTA