Senior Workplace Experience & Events Lead

Rocket Travel by Agoda; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Travel by Agoda in New York, USA, is seeking a Workplace Experience Program Specialist to own employee events, programs, and experience initiatives end-to-end across the US. You will partner with senior leaders, manage vendors and budgets, and translate strategic goals into memorable experiences while ensuring compliance and scalable processes.

Hybrid work with 2–3 days in the office, and opportunities for impact across the US workforce.

Qualifications

• At least 4-6 years of experience owning large-scale events or employee experience programs
• Proven track record delivering events on time, on brand, and on budget
• Strategic thinker who can move between vision and execution
• Strong stakeholder manager who can handle leadership expectations
• Experience developing playbooks, processes, and standards
• Deep knowledge of event production: vendor markets, technical production, and logistics
• Self-directed and adaptable; able to own the full delivery chain independently

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of employee events, programs, and experience initiatives across the US
• Build project plans, run-of-show documents, and risk plans for complex or large-scale events
• Manage vendor sourcing, negotiations, contracts, and on-site relationships
• Oversee full budget management: forecasting, reconciliation, and reporting
• Coordinate cross-functional support (facilities, IT, People team, etc.) to ensure seamless execution
• Ensure legal and compliance requirements are met across all event-related procurement
• Serve as the primary workplace experience partner to department heads and People leadership in the US
• Lead stakeholder briefings and alignment sessions; translate business intent into experience design
• Advise on event strategy and investment levels
• Manage expectations proactively; navigate competing priorities and timelines
• Apply and uphold event standards; adapt frameworks for the US market
• Contribute to global event standards and service catalog
• Introduce new event formats to raise the bar for employee programming
• Maintain post-event records: documentation, budgets, attendance, learnings
• Own the US events measurement approach: collect, analyze, report on experience quality

Skills

Event planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Budget management

Vendor relations

Cross-functional

Job description

Rocket Travel by Agoda in New York, USA, is seeking a Workplace Experience Program Specialist to own employee events, programs, and experience initiatives end-to-end across the US. You will partner with senior leaders, manage vendors and budgets, and translate strategic goals into memorable experiences while ensuring compliance and scalable processes.

Hybrid work with 2–3 days in the office, and opportunities for impact across the US workforce.