Associate Director/Director - Head of Strategy, North Asia (based in Tokyo, Japan)

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Tokyo
7+ Years Experience
Software • Travel
The Role
As an Associate Director/Director, you will provide strategic direction and support to management, collaborating with senior executives across various functions to drive key business initiatives and market insights in North Asia.
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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.

Description: As an Associate Director/Director, you will focus on providing strategic direction and high-level support to the management team. You’ll closely collaborate with senior executives across functions such as product, supply, marketing, and finance to drive key business initiatives. Your role involves developing exceptional insights into our markets, competitors, and business trends, then helping drive the go to market delivery across North Asia.

In this Role, you will get to:

  • Cement relationships with select senior stakeholders across the organization.
  • Build relationships with Country and Regional Directors, developing an in-depth knowledge of the market context in which they operate and their strategy, being seen as a go-to thought partner.
  • Understand local market behaviors and adapt global programs to drive the region
  • Identify and drive growth and market opportunities
  • Deliver commercial and operational rollout of strategy

What you will Need to Succeed:

  • Experience working in a similar role, ideally in a technology, ecommerce or travel-focused company.
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Consulting experience is a plus.
  • High-performing individual with strong financial knowledge, potential to execute business processes, and ability to evaluate growth opportunities.
  • Knowledge of the industry or the country/region.
  • Ability to think strategically for the organization.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and senior stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of SQL/Tableau or willingness to invest time to learn.

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

  • More than 5 years of professional experience.
  • Relevant account management, business development, or general management experience.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to successfully communicate proposals to potential partners and internal stakeholders.
  • Strategic thinker, management consulting experience highly valued.
  • Experience in online/e-commerce business preferred.


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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.

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.

Top Skills

SQL
Tableau
The Company
9,211 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Agoda is transforming travel for millions of customers across the globe. Headquartered in Asia, Agoda is one of the world’s largest online travel platforms. Founded in 2005 and now part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq:BKNG), Agoda has a network of over 2,900,000 properties worldwide. Our web and mobile products provide a first-rate reservation service in 38 languages that uniquely combines local knowledge and local connections to provide the best deals for business and leisure travelers. Agoda employs over 7,000 professionals from 90 nationalities in locations around the globe. In every department – from engineering to customer experience – we provide an environment rich with creativity, collaboration, and experimentation, and the tools to work faster and smarter. At Agoda, we believe our people are our strength. We work hard and have fun, and we choose people who are dedicated to making things great. For properties seeking partnership with Agoda, visit https://connect.agoda.com

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