Senior Product Manager (Bangkok-based)

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. Technical Product Manager – ML & LLM Platforms The Opportunity Agoda is rapidly accelerating its AI transformation. Our ambition is to make ML and LLM application development fast, scalable, reliable, and increasingly autonomous. We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to own and evolve Agoda’s ML & LLM Ops platforms. This role will shape how teams across Agoda build, iterate, deploy, monitor, and scale machine learning and large language model applications. You will operate at the intersection of platform engineering, applied AI teams, and emerging AI coding agents — ensuring our internal platforms are production-grade, optimized for experimentation, and increasingly native to AI-assisted development. This is a high-impact role in a fast-moving space, where the goal is not just to support ML/LLM applications — but to enable them to be created and iterated on with increasing automation and minimal human friction. In This Role, You’ll Get to  * Define and evolve the product vision and roadmap for Agoda’s ML & LLM Ops platforms * Shape how teams productionize ML models and LLM-powered applications * Identify platform gaps, scalability constraints, and optimization opportunities * Drive the evolution of our platform to support AI-native development workflows and coding agents Requirements & Opportunity Discovery * Gather requirements from ML engineers, data scientists, backend engineers, and AI application teams * Translate complex technical needs into clear product requirements and prioritization frameworks * Proactively identify opportunities to reduce friction, improve reliability, and increase deployment velocity * Balance experimentation flexibility with governance, safety, and cost efficiency Execution & Delivery * Own features end-to-end: concept, specification, prioritization, implementation, and post-launch analysis * Partner closely with engineering to balance platform scalability, performance, and technical debt * Ensure platform capabilities support monitoring, evaluation, retraining, versioning, and observability of ML/LLM systems * Drive adoption through documentation, training, and internal evangelism AI-Native Platform Evolution * Collaborate with engineering to level up Agoda’s platforms to be more compatible with AI coding assistants and autonomous agents * Ensure platform APIs, tooling, and abstractions enable meaningful AI-generated code contributions * Help define guardrails and workflows that allow safe, reliable AI-assisted development What You’ll Need to Succeed * 5+ years of experience in ML engineering, data science, platform engineering, or a related technical domain * 2+ years of technical product or program management experience in fast-paced, high-scale environments * Experience working with ML Ops and/or LLM Ops concepts (model lifecycle, evaluation, monitoring, versioning, deployment pipelines) Technical Depth * Strong understanding of ML systems and model lifecycle management * Familiarity with LLM application patterns (RAG, fine-tuning, prompt management, evaluation frameworks, etc.) * Comfortable discussing architecture, APIs, infrastructure trade-offs, and scalability concerns with senior engineers * Strong analytical mindset with the ability to reason about system design, performance, and cost trade-offs Leadership & Mindset * Strong cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence without authority * Comfortable operating in ambiguity and rapidly evolving technological landscapes * Excellent communication skills — able to translate between business, platform engineering, and AI application teams * Proactive, structured thinker with a strong problem-solving mindset * High ownership and bias for impact Why This Role Is Unique * You will shape how AI is built at scale inside Agoda. * You will influence the evolution of our internal platforms toward AI-native and agent-compatible development. * You will work at the forefront of ML and LLM production systems in a rapidly changing ecosystem. * Your work will directly accelerate Agoda’s ability to deliver AI-powered experiences to millions of customers worldwide.   ***This position requires a successful candidate to relocate fully to Bangkok, Thailand, where relocation support is provided.*** #bangkok #sanjose #losangeles #sydney #melbourne #perth  #vancouver #shanghai #beijing #shenzhen #copenhagen #paris #hongkong #budapest #jakarta #dublin #telaviv #milan #rome #tokyo #kualalumpur #amsterdam #oslo #jerusalem #moscow #barcelona #madrid #stockholm #zurich #taipei #london #wroclaw #warsaw #chennai #pune #toronto #austin #sydney #chichago #noida #delhi #seattle #hyderabad #gurgaon #newyork #bangalore #boston #bengaluru #berlin #mumbai #IT #4 #5 #LI-ST2 #LI-Hybrid       PLEASE REVIEW OUR HIRING PROCESS GUIDELINES BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW — CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW INTERVIEWING AT AGODA WORKS.     DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WORKING AT AGODA * Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife   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. 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.

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 AGODA At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Founded in 2005 by two entrepreneurs passionate about making it easier for everyone to explore the world, we are now part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) with a diverse team of more than 7,000 people from over 90 nationalities working in offices across the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences through millions of accommodation options, flights, and activities worldwide. Data and technology sit at the heart of how we work. We run thousands of experiments a year, ship fast, and use insights to drive decisions at scale. If you are excited to help build the future of travel for the world, Agoda is the place to do it. GET TO KNOW OUR TEAM In Product, ideas come alive. We are a product-centric organization where teams have end-to-end ownership and minimal bureaucracy. Our Product Managers move fast, test and learn, and are empowered to change any system in the company if it improves outcomes for our customers, partners, or people. The Tax product team sits within the FinTech product organisation, which owns platforms which power payment processing, financial operations and compliance for Agoda. These platforms are critical for Agoda to be able to launch new business models and products for our customers efficiently and in a compliant way. THE OPPORTUNITY This role is BANGKOK-BASED, RELOCATION PROVIDED, reporting into the VP of Product, FinTech. As Director of Product - Tax Platform, you will directly manage a team of senior product managers and have end-to-end ownership of Agoda’s proprietary tax platform, which powers indirect tax for our business worldwide. You will define and drive Agoda's product strategy to rapidly evolving global tax regulation, and oversee the multi-year transformation of our tax platform to be ready for the future needs of the business.  This is a high stakes, high visibility role sitting within the FinTech leadership team, with expected frequent engagement with Agoda’s leadership team and other Booking Holdings brands’ executives. IN THIS ROLE, YOU’LL GET TO * Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Agoda’s global tax platform covering tax master data, tax determination, invoicing/e‑invoicing, reconciliation, tax reporting, and indirect tax controls. * Partner with Group Tax to translate regulatory, audit, and business requirements into clear product outcomes and platform capabilities. * Lead product teams on large multi-year transformation initiatives to deliver a tax platform that can support multiple products, business models, and brands at Agoda and within the wider Booking Holdings Group. * Make buy‑vs‑build decisions for tax engines, e‑invoicing providers, and related services, and own the long-term integration strategy with external vendors and internal platforms. * Work closely with engineering leads to shape architecture, prioritize technical investments and ensure the platform can operate reliably for our business’ scale * Design and champion strong governance for tax configuration and change management,  * Drive clear success metrics and reporting for tax platform initiatives and regularly communicate progress to senior leadership. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED * 10+ years in product management or similar roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Director, Head of Product, or equivalent). * Proven track record building or transforming in-house tax platforms at large-scale digital businesses (ecommerce, marketplace, OTA, mobility, or similar) in regulated and time-sensitive environments * Deep command of indirect tax for digital businesses — VAT/GST, marketplace and deemed-supplier regimes, withholding tax — and how these translate into system and data requirements. * Hands-on experience across the core tax platform stack: tax master data, rules configuration, tax determination, invoicing/e-invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting controls. * Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous, multi‑year problems into a clear sequence of product milestones, with strong judgment on where to start, what to defer, and how to manage risk. * Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to explain complex tax and platform topics in simple terms to senior non‑technical stakeholders, and to drive alignment across diverse teams. * Comfortable working from our Bangkok office (hybrid model) and collaborating with globally distributed teams. IT’S GREAT IF YOU HAVE * Experience integrating or working with leading indirect tax engines, e‑invoicing providers, or tax content vendors, and understanding their typical strengths and limitations. * Familiarity with large-scale financial and data platforms (for example ERP, consolidation/reporting tools, and financial data pipelines) and how tax systems interact with them. * Background in a quantitative or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or similar), or relevant professional qualifications in Tax or Accounting combined with strong product and systems exposure. * Experience working in multicultural, high-growth environments and navigating the complexity of operating across many countries and tax jurisdictions. 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, or any other legally protected characteristics.   #seattle #sanfrancisco #beijing #newyork #london #bangkok #singapore #chicago #hongkong #singapore #berlin #shanghai #losangeles #boston #austin #toronto #luxembourg #munich #oslo #copenhagen #stockholm #helsinki #brussels #hamburg #stuttgart #taipei #hamburg #stuttgart #dublin #telaviv #sydney #melbourne #perth #vancouver #montreal #prague #paris #dublin #telaviv #milan #rome #tokyo #osaka #lisbon #amsterdam     PLEASE REVIEW OUR HIRING PROCESS GUIDELINES BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW — CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW INTERVIEWING AT AGODA WORKS.     DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WORKING AT AGODA * Agoda Careers https://careersatagoda.com * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/agodacareers/ * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agoda * YouTube https://www.youtube.com/agodalife   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. 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.