Associate Director, Analytics (Bangkok-Based Role)

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 more than 3.6 million accommodations globally. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 6,000+ employees representing 90+ nationalities 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.THIS ROLE IS BASED IN BANGKOK, THAILAND (RELOCATION PROVIDED)Location of this job: Bangkok, Thailand (*Not open for remote working.)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 more than 2.5 million accommodations globally. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 6,000+ employees representing 90+ nationalities 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.Get to Know our Team:The role sits within the Analytics team under Supply department, where new business ideas, and partnership types are incubated and scaled. This is a broad scoped role, suited to those with a track record of leading small analytics function and/or creating new and high impact business verticals from scratch, from a consulting, sales or business development background with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. You will be expected to perform opportunity sizing on new business opportunities, build high level business cases to justify your proposals and work closely with Product teams to build out new features and functionalities prior to dealing directly with external partners to negotiate and close deals.We are seeking an Associate Director, Analytics & Insights, to lead strategic and operational initiatives that create both growth and efficiency for the Supply department. In this role, you will work directly with multiple stakeholders, including executive leadership and various cross-functional departments to successfully implement key initiatives. You will impact Agoda's business through exploring new business opportunities, analyzing complex scaling challenges, and improve existing operations.The Opportunity:In this Role, you'll get to: General: This role is a blend of hands on 'in the business' and executive level 'on the business' work. To succeed you will enjoy rolling up your sleeves, leading a team and contributing to strategyProject Delivery: Manage, standardize & validate the structure of business cases for product development, headcount, engineering resources, budgets, general strategic & roadmap prioritizationExperimentation: Define success, measure / validate experiments and help ingrain an experimental mindset within the teamsForecasting and Insights: Provide a macro-led business intelligence view to the organization to prevent missed opportunities, surmount obstacles at all organizational levels and drive commercial behaviorsAnalytics & Alerts: Quantitative analysis, data mining and presentation of business metrics; identify drivers and build an end-to-end communication framework based on business value, effort and urgencyProcess Improvement: Work with all teams to drive inter- and intra- departmental efficiencies, optimize processes and prioritize system enhancementsReporting: Build dashboards, internal / external reports and present key datasets to enable all team members to efficiently and effectively monitor performance and prioritize their effortsLeadership: Lead a small team of experts to deliver the above functions and be excited by the challenge of mentoring team members across the chain and connectivity teams What you'll Need to Succeed:8+ years of leadership experience in analytics/data science/insights/strategy5+ years' experience leading analytics, operational, product or other technical teamsExpert domain of data analysis and data visualization tools and software such as Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python, R, or similarStrong statistical modelling and machine learning knowledgeStrong experience in finding data insights and provide business recommendation to the businessExcellent communicator with superior written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal communication skillsAbility to multi-task, prioritize and coordinate resourcesStrong program/project management experienceBachelor's degree ideally in a business or quantitative subject (e.g. computer science, mathematics, engineering, science, economics or finance)Experience in articulating strategic issues and negotiating with C-level executives – experience in leading strategy consulting projects a plusPeople management – track record of developing starsAbility and willingness to drive projects independently, working efficiently to deliver results rapidly and engaging the relevant stakeholders throughout the processIt's Great if you Have:Master's degree in statistics, economics, mathematics or similar disciplineExperience in conducting A/B testing experimentationTravel industry / e-commerce / tech / consulting experience#sanfrancisco #sanjose #losangeles #sandiego #oakland #denver #miami #orlando #atlanta #chicago #boston #detroit #newyork #portland #philadelphia #dallas #houston #austin #seattle #washdc #tirana #yerevan #sydney #melbourne #perth #vienna #graz #baku #minsk #brussels #antwerp #ghent #charleroi #saopaolo #sofia #toronto #vancouver #montreal #shanghai #beijing #shenzhen #zagreb #cyprus #prague #Brno #Ostrava #copenhagen #cairo #alexandria #giza #estonia #helsinki #paris #nice #marseille #rouen #lyon #toulouse #tbilisi #berlin #munich #hamburg #stuttgart #cologne #frankfurt #dusseldorf #dortmund #essen #Bremen #leipzig #dresden #hanover #nuremberg #athens #hongkong #budapest #bangalore #newdelhi #jakarta #bali #bandung #dublin #telaviv #milan #rome #naples #turin #palermo #venice #bologna #florence #tokyo #osaka #yokohama #nagoya #okinawa #fukuoka #sapporo #amman #irbid #riga #beirut #tripoli #vilnius #luxembourg #kualalumpur #malta #chisinau #amsterdam #oslo #jerusalem #manila #warsaw #krakow #sintra #porto #braga #cascais #loures #amadora #almada #doha #alrayyan #bucharest #moscow #saintpetersburg #riyadh #jeddah #mecca #medina #belgrade #singapore #bratislava #capetown #johannesburg #seoul #barcelona #madrid #valencia #seville #bilbao #malaga #oviedo #alicante #laspalmas #zaragozbanga #stockholm #zurich #geneva #basel #taipei #tainan #taichung #kaohsiung #Phuket #bangkok #istanbul #ankara #izmir #dubai #abudhabi #sharjah #london #manchester #edinburgh #kiev #hcmc #hanoi #sanaa #taiz #aden #gibraltar #marrakech #lodz #wroclaw #poznan #Gdansk #szczecin #bydgoszcz #lublin #katowice #rio #salvador #fortaleza #brasilia #belo #belem #manaus #curitiba #portoalegre #saoluisEqual 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 .To all recruitment agencies: Agoda does not accept third party resumes. Please do not send resumes to our jobs alias, Agoda employees or any other organization location. Agoda is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.