About the Position

Analyst/Senior Analyst/Associate Manager, Corporate Strategy (Tokyo Based)

Tokyo, Japan

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 the Team

The Corporate Strategy team works directly with Agoda’s management team to provide business critical insights using analytics, ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic initiatives forward. We stay focused on aligning the highest-level company priorities with effective day-to-day operations and help evolve early-stage ideas into high-impact opportunities.

The Opportunity

You will be focusing on information generation and strategy formulation at business level. You will get to work closely with senior executives across functions, such as product, supply, marketing, and finance, to set our strategy and drive key business initiatives. You will develop outstanding insights on our markets, competitors, and business trends and disseminate this knowledge across Agoda to inform key decisions. You help our leaders run Agoda skillfully, which includes clarifying accountability and identifying and monitoring critical success metrics.

Responsibilities

Conduct industry and competitor data analysis to support the definition of priorities and key issues
Reporting, analysis, and insights: Building dashboards to track performance, derive insights, understand growth levers, and communicate recommendations via presentations to stakeholders
Create business cases for initiatives to be pursued across Agoda
Support in the articulation of country, department, and strategy
Support ad hoc projects, leading independent workstreams
Support Directors and Associate Directors in the creation of material for the Board and Management team
Build SQL queries to gather data from multiple databases within Agoda and work with the analytics team to gather the required information for analysis

Requirements

Experience in data analysis from top-tier consulting, investment banking, private equity, or strategy or business roles in a fast-growing global technology company
Bachelor’s degree or higher from a top university in a quantitative subject, such as computer science, mathematics, engineering, business, science, or a relevant field of study
Background working experience in a consultancy firm
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of SQL or Tableau, or willingness to invest time to learn
Ability to think strategically, learn fast, and understand new business dynamics
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
An innate desire to take ownership, make an impact, and influence outcomes

Nice to Have

Some knowledge of the key levers of the OTA industry
Strong presentation and negotiation skills

We Offer

Competitive salary
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
Professional development opportunities
Diverse and inclusive workplace

About the Company

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Analyst/Senior Analyst/Associate Manager, Corporate Strategy (Tokyo Based)

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