Associate Director - Flights Marketing (Bangkok-based, relocation provided)

Portland, OR (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the data-driven growth and cross-functional leadership for Agoda Flights, turning complex channel data into actionable bets and guiding a high-performing analytics team to optimize CRM, paid, and pricing initiatives.

  • Define and execute the Flights marketing strategy across channels and pricing to drive measurable growth.
  • Lead end-to-end analyses, hypothesis design, and A/B testing to validate campaigns and steer decision-making.
  • Collaborate with Marketing Accommodation, Flights product, and supply teams to uncover opportunities and communicate insights to senior leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Co-own the flights PnL with Product counterparts
  • Define the overall Marketing Strategy for Flights Vertical
  • Execute the strategy: spearhead the development, execution, and optimization for growing Agoda’s Flights business on different channels (e.g., CRM, Paid Peformance marketing, pricing)
  • Guide, coach and manage a team
  • Conduct end-to-end analysis of large, complex datasets related to channel performance, user behavior, and market trends, translating raw data into actionable insights
  • Develop hypotheses, design experiments (e.g., A/B tests), and build structured analyses to rigorously evaluate campaign effectiveness and drive data-driven decisions for channel growth
  • Partner closely with various business functions, especially Marketing Accommodation, Flights product and flights supply, to identify opportunities, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets using different techniques and tools such as SQL or Tableau to drive meaningful initiatives
  • Monitor and report on the effectiveness of business initiatives, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Communicate complex findings, performance updates, and strategic recommendations clearly and concisely to key stakeholders, including senior management
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of analysts and managers; participate in hiring and onboarding new team members.

Requirements

  • Extensive Experience: 10+ years in marketing analytics position or otherwise in projects involving big data - preferably in the tech, e-commerce, or digital marketing industry. Experience in articulating strategic issues and negotiating with C-level executives – experience in leading strategy consulting projects
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science/Statistics/Math or Engineering or Economics and Finance
  • Data-Driven Approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data, translate data into actionable insights, and generate impactful recommendations using SQL. You really need to love data for this role!
  • Strong Communication Skills: Exceptional writing and verbal communication abilities, with proficiency in creating impactful and visually appealing presentations.
  • Stakeholder management: Ability to effectively communicate, influence and persuade with different levels of stakeholders (especially Senior Management) with proven strong commercial acumen
  • People management experience: including hiring, coaching, and developing team members
  • Entrepreneurial mindset: A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership and a get-thing-done attitude.

Preferred

  • Experience in digital or social media marketing
  • Experience in the online travel or e-commerce industry
  • Experience in flights industry
  • Experience in hypothesis testing frameworks, statistical analysis, and using Python/R for data manipulation and analysis.
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Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. We aim to make it easy and rewarding for more travelers to explore and experience the amazing world we live in. We do so by enabling more people to see the world for less – with our best-value deals across our 6,000,000+ hotels and holiday properties, 130,000+ flight routes, 360,000+ activities, and more. Agoda was founded in 2005 in Thailand by two lifelong friends with a shared passion for travel. Today, Agoda is part of Booking Holdings [BKNG], and we have more than 7,000 employees from 90 nationalities in offices across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. In every department – from engineering to customer support – you’ll find that data and technology are at the heart of our culture. There’s never a boring day at Agoda as we aim to make travel hassle-free for everyone. If you’re ready to begin your best journey with us and help us build travel for the world, join us. For properties seeking partnership with Agoda, visit https://connect.agoda.com

Founded in 2005
Singapore, SGP
9.6K employees (528 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
174.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$453.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.7%
Direct
34.2%
Referral
8.5%
Social
20.8%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
350 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
2 years
Median Tenure
1.8 years

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