Senior Product Manager, Financial Institutions (Rocket Travel by Agoda)

Agoda; Arlington Heights (IL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Agoda is seeking a Senior Product Manager in the Chicago area who is analytical and data-driven. This role focuses on building products tailored for travelers, collaborating with various teams, and leveraging innovative technologies to improve travel solutions. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills, a technical degree, and the ability to convey complex topics clearly.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package with bonus

401k with match

Flexible vacation time

Maternity and paternity benefits

Health and dental insurance

Annual vacation stipend

Qualifications

• Proven ability to leverage analytics and quantitative methods to inform decision-making.
• Experience developing and launching products.
• Hands-on mentality.

Responsibilities

• Analyze online travel ecosystem, markets, and competitive landscape.
• Conceptualize, launch, and optimize products and features.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Analytical skills

Data skills

Communication skills

Entrepreneurial skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field

MBA or Master’s degree in Math, Economics, Computer Science or Statistics

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

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.

About Rocket Travel by Agoda:

Empowering the world's leading companies to reward every traveler’s journey, Rocket Travel by Agoda is a trailblazer of travel technology—delivering unmatched loyalty solutions with speed, innovation, and a culture that champions inclusivity, collaboration, and excellence at every step. Here is how we work:

• Work with a group of intrinsically motivated peoplewith a track record for building successful new businesses from scratch.
• Embody curiosity, community, and accountability.We live and build products by these values every day.
• Own decisions and take actionthat can be implemented in a matter of days (or hours).
• Get inspiredand encouraged to vacation faster, with an annual vacation stipend.
• Receive a competitive compensation package, including bonus, 401k with match, flexible vacation time, maternity and paternity benefits, health, and dental insurance.
• Chicago hybrid (preferred). We have an amazing office in Chicago West Loop. We have a hybrid team and a flexible work environment.
• Share your passion for travelwith equally adventurous teammates.
• Work within the largest online travel company in the world.Rocket Travel creates B2C and B2B2C travel products and is part ofBooking Holdings(BKNG). We have many worldwide partners and a diversified business.

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.

Get to know our team:

In Product, ideas come alive. The world is moving fast so our culture empowers ownership and minimal bureaucracy. That’s the environment that enables you to do what you think is right – and quickly. Our Product Managers move fast, fail, learn, and pivot.

Our team works cross-functionally to build products from conception to launch by bringing together engineering and business worlds. Agoda Product Managers work closely with executive leadership and have high visibility among the C-suite; they have direct impact on Agoda’s growth and strategy. Product puts our travelers first and delivers that special travel experience in the most creative expression.

The opportunity:

This role isChicago-Based.Our Senior Product Managers are analytical and data-driven individuals, who’re responsible for building products end-to-end focusing on analyzing and experimenting until our solutions are perfectly tailored to our travelers. As our next Senior Product Manager, you will drive product strategy and partner closely with senior leadership cross-functionally to define, build, and deliver the best travel solutions.

We expect you to have a hands-on mentality, have enthusiasm to develop engineered processes and technologies and apply innovative solutions to make organizational improvements. Product Managers can modify every system we have in our company to suit their specific needs.

In this role, you’ll get to:

• Analyze the online travel ecosystem, markets, competitive landscape and user requirements.
• Conceptualize, launch and optimize products and features, experiment, test their performance and iterate quickly.
• Work collaboratively with Engineering, Marketing, Legal and UX teams on cutting-edge technologies.
• Develop innovative solutions to some of the world’s difficult problems by collaborating as needed across regions, product areas, and functions.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical field (i.e. Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar quantitative discipline).
• Proven ability to leverage analytics and quantitative methods to inform and influence decision-making
• Strong data skills
• Bias for action to unlock business value for our partners and RTA
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written in English) with proven ability to convey complex messages clearly and with conviction to different stakeholders
• Experience developing and launching products
• Experience leading global product vision, go-to-market strategy and design discussions.
• Entrepreneurial and analytical skills; effective at breaking down complex problems and driving and managing change
• Hands-on mentality

It’s great if you have:

• MBA or Master’s degree in Math, Economics, Computer Science or Statistics
• Data tools – SQL, Python, R, or equivalent

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.

The annual salary range for the Chicago-metro area is $100,000 - $138,000.

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.

Wewill 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. For more details please read ourprivacy policy.

To all recruitment agencies: Agoda does not accept third party resumes. Please do not send resumes to our jobs alias, Agoda employees or any other organization location. Agoda is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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.

Wewill 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. For more details please read our privacy policy.

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.