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.
Get To Know Our Team:
The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity. We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich our thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth with outstanding learning programs and various means of assistance. Our development of incredible benefits has ensured everyone can stay strong, healthy, and happy during their time at Agoda. Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of our employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family.
The Opportunity:
In this role, you will be leading a team of TA Partners and Associate TA Partners while also collaborate with multiple stakeholders such as Operations leaders, HR Generalists, HR Specialist, Technology & Analytics team etc. You will be focusing on two different areas including leading your team to achieve set hiring targets and successfully executes project to continuously improve the recruitment function.
In this Role, you'll get to:
- Lead the team to hire to target and be 100% staffed by optimizing sourcing, recruitment funnel and the team organization
- Drive improvements to increase the quality of hires (measured by objective metrics) through data-driven experimentation
- Ensure operational excellence in your team for every step of the recruitment process (new positions intake, JDs, pre-screening, interviews scorecards, offer communication, etc.)
- Leverage and analyze Data and Recruitment Reports to effectively partner with the Team and Business
- Reduce the cost per hire
- Ensure that Hiring Managers supported by your team develop interviewing skills
- Develop strategies to build talent pipelines and effectively raise or lower the bar adapting to hiring needs
- Manage, coach and build a team of strong Recruiters and enable them to hire game changers for Agoda
- Lead projects to transform the recruitment function. Examples of possible projects are:
- Defining operational excellence in the recruitment process
- Introducing new assessment tools
- Building an upskilling program for Recruiters
- Experimenting with different recruitment processes
What you'll Need to Succeed:
- Between 8-10+ years of experience in recruitment and a minimum of 4 years of team management experience in a fast-paced, dynamic global environment
- Previous experience in hiring for Southeast Asia market is a plus
- Exposure to headcount models and resource planning is a must
- Ability to leverage data to take decisions and optimize the results
- Leadership skills to rally recruiters to achieve stretch targets
- Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders
- Fluent in English
- Autonomous and highly motivated with a strong sense of urgency.
**This role is based in Bangkok, relocation support will be provided.**
Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.
Discover more about working at Agoda
- Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife
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.
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.
Skills Required
- 8-10+ years of experience in recruitment
- Minimum of 4 years of team management experience
- Exposure to headcount models and resource planning
- Ability to leverage data to take decisions
- Fluent in English
Agoda Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Agoda and has not been reviewed or approved by Agoda.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible allowances like “Agoda Choice” are presented as customizable for health, learning, travel, fitness, or wellness, which can increase perceived value beyond base pay. Reimbursement-style options are also described as usable for a wide range of personal needs, from training to wellness expenses.
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Healthcare Strength — Health-related coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical and life insurance and, in some places, dental and vision. Mental-health and support resources such as an Employee Assistance Program and unlimited Headspace access are also highlighted.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Hybrid/remote arrangements and a work-from-anywhere style program are positioned as benefits that support work-life balance. Travel-related perks such as employee discounts and automatic Platinum membership add lifestyle value for employees who use the platform.
Agoda Insights
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
