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.

The Opportunity

Are you looking to be part of an exciting journey to disrupt travel business in China? Are you ready to develop and lead a team with one of the leading global tech companies? Are you passionate about the travel industry? Are you excited to drive the ambition of a global OTA leader to penetrate China market? If the answer is yes to these questions, then this is a role for you.

The Associate Director will drive Agoda’s aggressive growth strategy in China, leading and managing local team while working with multiple stakeholders at Agoda and in the travel industry in the region. Driven personality, strong leadership, disciplined work habits, and attention to details will be the key to the role, which offers direct exposure to Agoda global SLT. Main responsibilities include: (1) set strategic objectives to deliver aggressive growth in the region, (2) lead, coach and manage team leaders to achieve set targets, (3) manage and optimize the operational efficiencies within the region (4) build high-level and long-lasting hotel groups relationships to enhance contracting efforts (5) drive an innovation hub for the region, and globally, through pilot and experimentation.

This role is based in Shanghai and will manage teams based in different offices in China.

In this Role, you'll get to

Lead a larger team across different offices in China, scale innovative products and deliver business growth

Drive strategy development in conjunction with Agoda HQ and set clear objectives to grow the Supply offering in the region

Identify and evaluate opportunities thru data that innovate the business model, improve Agoda’s customer value proposition, and generate significant incremental revenues

Work with internal product, finance, and marketing teams to develop and scale new program participation

Develop and own relationships with key decision makers at hotels, hotel groups, associations, and other relevant industry bodies

Attend and participate to relevant tradeshows, workshops, and local events necessary to achieve goals and represent the company in line with company guidelines

Recruit, develop, coach, manage, retain, lead senior staff to ensure adherence to all targets and KPIs, plus personal development paths

What you'll Need to Succeed

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree required

7 years plus business development experience required, ideally in online business (ecommerce, OTA…)

Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing a team, with a proven success record in setting KPIs and sales and marketing strategies

5+ years progressive sales and marketing experience in consultative sales or sales management environment

Strong Communication Skills with fluency in English and Chinese

Strong numerical and analytical skills

Strong interpersonal skills (externally and internally)

Ability to communicate value proposition to potential partners

Understanding of the principles of conversion, ROI and financial metrics associated with online advertising and online partnerships

Team leader and team player

Professional “get it done” attitude and work ethic

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