Senior Manager, Strategy and Business Operations – Marketing

At Booking.com, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world. We began by taking hotel bookings online over 20 years ago and we’ve been shaping the travel industry ever since. Today, we’re building a platform that connects all parts of the trip – from accommodation to transport, tickets, tours and more.

This role will contribute to the success of Booking.com by overseeing the building and managing budgets, supporting the building of business investment cases, coordinating 3-year strategic plans and projects for brand marketing and leading the brand PMO function. 

In this position you will be playing a key role by effectively helping to run the department, coordinating collaboration between different parts of Brand Marketing – Production, Operations, Creative content teams, Project Management – executing independent analysis and delivering actionable recommendations on topics such as organizational design, governance, accountability, budget management and investment cases.

We are looking for a results-driven, rigorous problem-solver with a sharp analytical mind, who is able to think creatively and has excellent communication skills. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who gets excited about the opportunity to solve key brand-related strategic and business operations questions in a data-driven environment to enable long term Booking.com success to achieve our vision to make it easy for everyone to experience the world. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the PMO function for brand marketing while working collaboratively with counterparts in the PMO/Business Operations teams of other departments and Business Units to agree on budgets, deliverables, metrics and reporting
• Lead the 3-year/annual/quarterly strategic planning process within the brand Marketing, including linking the annual budgeting process with the long-range strategic planning process in coordination with central Biz/Fin Ops within Marketing.
• Manage timelines and support with strategic brand projects 
• Support the creation of business cases for new investment, working with internal stakeholders and topic specialists in coordination with central Biz/Fin Ops within Marketing.
• Prepare presentations for senior management
• Coordinate with the central marketing and channel teams to ensure financial internal data analysis, and collaborate with Data Analytics, Operations and Product/Tech to ensure that we’re using our resource wisely and we’re making effective trade-offs between investment in people and technology
• Apply change, risk and resource management and assess program performance and aim to maximize ROI

What you’ll bring:

• Expertise in consulting, program management and corporate strategic planning.
• Thorough understanding of project and program management techniques and methods.
• Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization. 
• Skilled in strategy development, including project scoping, hypotheses development, financial and business modeling, consensus building, and implementation.
• An understanding of the principles of organizational design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to take ownership, entrepreneurial, proactive with positive and diplomatic attitude, a self-starter.
• Knowledge of SQL and other data gathering and analysis techniques is a plus.

 

In return, we’ll provide:

The position is open to worldwide candidates. We provide assistance to you and your family with a generous relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to working and living in Amsterdam. We have successfully relocated 300+ professionals to Amsterdam in the last year.

• Headquarters located in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe: Amsterdam
• Performance based company that offers 29 vacation days, career advancement and lucrative compensation, including bonuses and stock potential
• Trainings, regular opportunities to travel and attend global conferences, when travel resumes
• Discount on Booking.com accommodations with the “Booking Deal” including other perks and benefits
• Company sponsored family and social activities to help our employees become integrated with each other and Dutch culture
• Diverse, unique colleagues from every corner of the world

 

Booking.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We strive to move well beyond traditional equal opportunity and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

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