Associate Director, Product Legal (Bangkok-based, Relocation Provided)

Agoda Company Pte. Ltd.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking a business-minded Legal Associate Director to support its expanding travel business, focusing on flights, travel packages and related products. You will oversee product development advisory, consumer-facing and cross-border regulatory advice and contracting support, working with Product, Commercial and Finance teams to enable launches and manage risk.

You will lead a team of senior lawyers, set objectives, review performance, and ensure prioritization aligns with major product,

Qualifications

• JD or equivalent law degree with 10+ years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in a multinational corporation in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to lead small to medium teams autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Advise on legal and regulatory matters for Agoda’s travel business, focusing on flights, activities, packages and related products.
• Draft, review and negotiate agreements related to travel content, licensing, services and supplier arrangements.
• Provide strategic guidance on new travel products and features for deployment in new markets.
• Identify cross-functional risks with tax, finance and other experts and align teams across jurisdictions.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory advisory

Cross-border

Stakeholder mgmt

Product development

Travel industry

Education

JD (Law Degree)

Job description

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.

Get to Know our Team:

In the age of technology, things are constantly changing. The travel market is much the same, being more dynamic and complex than ever. Agoda’s Legal team is well suited to take on the challenges presented, adopting a proactive mindset to tackle challenges and solve problems. We are quick on our feet, decisive, and collaborate with multiple departments. We hire out-of-the-box thinkers that are well grounded with ethics and legal knowledge to ensure that Agoda achieves the right results, the right way.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a business-minded Legal Associate Director to support Agoda’s expanding travel business, with a particular focus on flights, travel packages, and related travel products. This role oversees and directly contributes to a mix of product development advisory, consumer-facing and cross-border regulatory advice and commercial contracting support. The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders including the Product, Commercial, and Finance teams to support product launches, expand supplier network, manage complex legal risk, and help the business move forward in a practical way.

Key responsibilities:

• Advise on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters relating to Agoda’s travel business, with a particular focus on flights, activities, travel packages, and adjacent travel products.
• Ensure delivery and occasionally draft, review, and negotiate agreements relating to travel-related content, technology licensing and services, and commercial supplier arrangements.
• Ensure delivery and provide strategic guidance on new travel products and new product features, including deployment in new markets.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify cross-functional risks (including tax, finance, other legal subject matter experts) and provide practical legal solutions, drive alignment across teams and jurisdictions, and elevate issues where appropriate. Internal
• Provide legal support in disputes, complaints, and consumer protection or regulatory matters including regulatory inquiries, where required.
• Contribute to templates, guidance materials, and internal procedures as the business and product offering continue to evolve.
• Actively engage with senior stakeholders in the company and influence key risk decisions as well as commercial and product development strategies.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of senior lawyers - setting clear objectives, overseeing performance and professional development, and ensuring the team's work is strategically prioritised and aligned with the business’s most significant product, commercial and regulatory needs.

The successful applicant will have:

• A Law Degree (JD) with 10+ years of post-qualification experience in private practice, in-house, or a combination of both
• Experience in a multinational corporation with a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Demonstrable ability to work autonomously with proven management and leadership experience of small-medium sized teams.

• High level of commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Strong product/regulatory advisory background and a practical approach to balancing legal risk with business needs, including for cross-border legal and regulatory issues
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, experience in travel, aviation, packages, e-commerce, marketplaces, or other digital consumer businesses

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.

Get to Know our Team:

In the age of technology, things are constantly changing. The travel market is much the same, being more dynamic and complex than ever. Agoda’s Legal team is well suited to take on the challenges presented, adopting a proactive mindset to tackle challenges and solve problems. We are quick on our feet, decisive, and collaborate with multiple departments. We hire out-of-the-box thinkers that are well grounded with ethics and legal knowledge to ensure that Agoda achieves the right results, the right way.

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a business-minded Legal Associate Director to support Agoda’s expanding travel business, with a particular focus on flights, travel packages, and related travel products. This role oversees and directly contributes to a mix of product development advisory, consumer-facing and cross-border regulatory advice and commercial contracting support. The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders including the Product, Commercial, and Finance teams to support product launches, expand supplier network, manage complex legal risk, and help the business move forward in a practical way.

Key responsibilities:

• Advise on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters relating to Agoda’s travel business, with a particular focus on flights, activities, travel packages, and adjacent travel products.
• Ensure delivery and occasionally draft, review, and negotiate agreements relating to travel-related content, technology licensing and services, and commercial supplier arrangements.
• Ensure delivery and provide strategic guidance on new travel products and new product features, including deployment in new markets.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify cross-functional risks (including tax, finance, other legal subject matter experts) and provide practical legal solutions, drive alignment across teams and jurisdictions, and elevate issues where appropriate. Internal
• Provide legal support in disputes, complaints, and consumer protection or regulatory matters including regulatory inquiries, where required.
• Contribute to templates, guidance materials, and internal procedures as the business and product offering continue to evolve.
• Actively engage with senior stakeholders in the company and influence key risk decisions as well as commercial and product development strategies.
• Lead, manage and develop a team of senior lawyers - setting clear objectives, overseeing performance and professional development, and ensuring the team's work is strategically prioritised and aligned with the business's most significant product, commercial and regulatory needs.

The successful applicant will have:

• A Law Degree (JD) with 10+ years of post-qualification experience in private practice, in-house, or a combination of both
• Experience in a multinational corporation with a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Demonstrable ability to work autonomously with proven management and leadership experience of small-medium sized teams.

• High level of commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Strong product/regulatory advisory background and a practical approach to balancing legal risk with business needs, including for cross-border legal and regulatory issues
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, experience in travel, aviation, packages, e-commerce, marketplaces, or other digital consumer businesses

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