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.
About Agoda
Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travellers 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.
Get to Know our Team:
Agoda is a travel booking platform and accommodation is at our core. As our accommodation partners are key to our success, we work hard to ensure their success. That is why the Market Management team of Agoda’s Partner Services specializes in strategic account management. We serve as consultants, offering strategic advice on how best to excel on Agoda’s commercial platform. We are direct contributors to what makes Agoda one of the market leaders because we understand accommodation needs and offer innovative solutions.
From Bangkok to New York and beyond, our team has footprints in over 50 locations around the world. With the help of industry-leading technology, we work and collaborate globally to bring together the best ideas from diverse perspectives. The Market Management team invests in long-term relationships that span borders and cultures and results in incredible value for Agoda, our partners, and our customers.
The Opportunity:
As Strategic Accounts Manager, based in Gurgaon, your key objective will be to manage and grow Agoda’s relationships with major large key hotel chains and a high volume of strategic accounts. You will play a critical role in driving commercial performance, strengthening partner engagement, and ensuring long-term success across a complex portfolio of large accommodation partners.
Ideally, you should have strong experience in the hotel industry and / or travel industry, especially online travel, with proven success in managing enterprise or chain-level partnerships. You will be responsible for overseeing strategic partner relationships, identifying growth opportunities, supporting market partnership related functions, and using data-driven insights to maximize supply performance and satisfy consumer demand on the Agoda website.
In this Role, you’ll focus on:
- Business Analytics – Generate reports using available data, understand the correlation between the numbers, and know how to interpret it for hotel chain partners in order to drive business growth for both Agoda and partners
- Ownership / Execution – Pro-actively and continuously contribute to the growth of Agoda. Have a solution-focused approach to recognize problems as opportunities. Experiment, optimize and scale up initiatives across a large portfolio of strategic and chain accounts
- Consulting / Communication – Build trusted external relationships with senior decision makers across major hotel chains. Master a consultative approach to increase engagement in Agoda programs and drive business growth for both Agoda and partners
- Account Portfolio Management – Effectively manage a large number of accounts with strong prioritization, organization, and commercial focus. Balance strategic thinking with operational execution to deliver sustainable performance across key hotel chain partners
- Market Health Metrics – Master Agoda systems, products and programs, follow set processes and use data to monitor progress towards agreed business goals. Become an expert in the accommodation industry and in the performance dynamics of large hotel chains
What you’ll Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in any relevant field
- Three to five years’ experience in e-commerce, technology, internet, hospitality, or travel industries
- Experience managing large key hotel chains, enterprise accounts, or a high volume of strategic accounts
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence external / internal stakeholders, including senior partner contacts
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Ability to communicate various proposals and commercial recommendations to potential partners and existing key accounts
- Be a team player with a professional “get it done” attitude and work ethic
- Success in acquiring, managing, mentoring and building long term customer relationships
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a large account portfolio
- Adapts well to and is energized by change
- Is creative and innovative
It’s Great if you have:
- Experience with data analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, dBeaver, etc.
- Experience working with hotel chains, regional chain offices, or enterprise hospitality partners
- Knowledge of the Inda hospitality market and broader India travel landscape.
Please review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview — click here to learn how interviewing at Agoda works.
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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.
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
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Three to five years' experience in e-commerce, technology, internet, hospitality, or travel industries
- Experience managing large key hotel chains, enterprise accounts, or a high volume of strategic accounts
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence external/internal stakeholders, including senior partner contacts
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Ability to communicate proposals and commercial recommendations to partners and key accounts
- Team player with a professional 'get it done' attitude and work ethic
- Success in acquiring, managing, mentoring and building long term customer relationships
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a large account portfolio
- Adapts well to and is energized by change
- Creative and innovative
- Experience with data analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, dBeaver
- Experience working with hotel chains, regional chain offices, or enterprise hospitality partners
- Knowledge of the India hospitality market and broader India travel landscape
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
