Senior Specialist / Lead, Regional Operations & Strategy – North America

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.

Senior Specialist / Lead, Regional Operations & Strategy (Remote – USA) 

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. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone. 

Get to Know Our Team 

We work closely with regional and country Supply (sales) teams and with partners across Booking Holdings, including Priceline, to: 

• Drive commercial performance and operational excellence
• Identify and optimize growth opportunities across hotel supply
• Improve internal processes and tools
• Support data driven decision-making with robust analytics and reporting 

A key part of this role is to act as a bridge between Agoda and Priceline teams, helping both sides understand each other’s context, constraints, and goals, and finding practical ways to work together effectively. 

 

The Opportunity 

We are looking for a Lead, Regional Operations & Strategy (Remote – USA) to support our Regional Management Office in driving performance, operational excellence, and strategic initiatives across both Agoda and Priceline. This role combines project management, operations / process excellence, and business intelligence / analytics, with a strong “translator / connector” component. You will: 

• Support and lead regional and global initiatives involving both Agoda and Priceline teams
• Drive end-to-end project execution where processes, tools, and incentives may differ between companies
• Build and maintain reporting and analytical frameworks that work across both organizations
• Partner closely with Supply / Business Development, Operations, and Strategy stakeholders in both Agoda and Priceline to translate data and strategy into concrete, measurable outcomes 

You will often be the bridge between teams: translating terminology, expectations, and ways of working from one company to the other, surfacing operational differences, and helping stakeholders converge on a workable middle ground. 

This is a remote role based in the United States, collaborating with global stakeholders across time zones. 

 

In This Role, You’ll Get To 

1) Project & Program Execution 

• Support and sometimes lead cross company projects and pilots tha