Commercial Payments Manager

**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 more than 3.6 million accommodations globally. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 6,000+ employees representing 90+ nationalities 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.

**Get to Know our Team**:
Agoda has taken many great strides in recent years, expanding our reach around the globe as well as our list of travel products. A critical driver to this success has been the team of Agoda Finance. We keep a steady hand on maintaining day-to-day financial operations while also keeping an eye out for future opportunities. Not only do we have the unique role of balancing risk management with continued innovation and growth, we also serve as a means of empowerment for both our team members and those within the company. Specifically within the Payments team, we are in a unique position of servicing counterparties in every continent and therefore providing people with the ability to learn from and experience the most up to date payment themes from around the globe.

**Mission**:
Create value for Agoda by optimizing the company's payment network for cost, coverage and acceptance rates while leading innovation by pitching and developing new ideas in fintech.

**In this Role, you'll get to**:

- Build and lead relationships with global fintech players and card schemes, as well as internal stakeholders including business teams, intra-finance teams and project managers from various Agoda verticals to identify opportunities and drive positive business outcomes
- Develop, assess, present and monitor business cases while leading commercial negotiation on new opportunities.
- Lead strategy for your area with a view to optimize Agoda's payments
- Present to Agoda and Finance Leadership on key initiatives
- Influence stakeholders with data driven approach to launch projects that add value for the organization, including running experiments, A/B testing and providing visibility on key metrics
- Innovate in fintech, by coming up with, building business cases for and pitching new ideas for fintech and payment initiatives, often at a leadership level
- Work with lots of data
- Negotiate commercial contracts

**What you'll Need to Succeed**:

- Ideally 6-10 years of professional experience, ideally in the payments/fintech space. An established network of connections across the ecosystem is a good to have but not compulsory. Ability to develop new contacts to scope new partnerships and opportunities for new fintech initiatives expected.
- Understanding of the payments market landscape and ability to speak about trends, preferences & payment regulations
- Be comfortable with a high degree of autonomy and be a self-starter that can carry projects from inception to conclusion
- People management and stakeholder management skills
- Project management skills
- Presentation skills and the ability to make good PowerPoint decks to present to C-level and senior management
- Excellent verbal and written communication, problem-solving skills, and the ability to make decisions based on logical reasoning.
- A go-getter - ability and willingness to go above and beyond the defined scope

**It's Great if you have**:

- An undergraduate degree ideally in Business or STEM areas. MBA preferred
- Data analytics skills. SQL, Tableau proficiency

**What we offer**:

- Competitive compensation package
- Exciting, high impact career opportunity including moves between teams and global locations. You will be interacting with departmental senior leadership team regularly.
- Dynamic multinational working environment with colleagues of diverse educational and professional background
- Continuous learning and development opportunities through corporate learning programs
- Modern office space and convenient location at the heart of Bangkok metropolitan
- This role can serve as a successful transition point to other Payments Project Management roles on the pay-in side and people management responsibilities.

**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.

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