Are you a law graduate/legal professional looking for job opportunities in the commercial field? This opportunity might be of interest to you!
About:
Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more.
The Opportunity:
This is a new role and opportunity to develop/carve-out a niche role within the Commercial and Corporate Team. Seeking able, confident, curious and self-motivated lawyer (based in Bangkok or Singapore) to join the growing Agoda Commercial and Corporate Legal team who will work closely with others stakeholders in the Booking Holdings group and particularly with colleagues across the Group brands. This is a generalist role but with a high focus on supply contracts, B2B relationships, all matters relating to hotel/property relationships, general commercial matters and Partner Services operational improvements.
In this Role, you’ll get to:
- Draft and negotiate international, commercial agreements with a focus on strategic partnerships, B2B, supply distribution, new initiatives, marketing, and public relations
- Develop a new line of legal support with a critical business partner
- Provide well-reasoned, yet practical legal advice on a wide-range of legal and business matters and processes
- Draft key agreements with hotel partners, manage disputes and drive continual improvement and innovation
- As a true business partner, to maintain regular communication with key business teams, including senior level management, global legal team, finance and tax, and external counsel
- Implement contract standards and controls, including that which happens at the holding company and/or sister-brand level
- Contribute to new policies, procedures, training, and templates with the goal of fostering efficiency and compliance
What you’ll Need to Succeed:
- 5 – 8 years post qualified experience
- Excellent communications and legal drafting in English
- Qualified lawyer/attorney with current entitlement to practice
- Strong academic credentials, top-tier law firm experience plus prior in-house and significant contracting and commercial experience
- Experience in dealing with general commercial contracting matters, B2B relationships, procurement and disputes. This role will be the sole contact for all supply related matters (including disputes) for the Agoda Partner Services division
- Proactive and intellectually curious with a core ability to problem solve and make the complex simple
- Interact with colleagues, both legal and commercial, from the Key Accounts team to drive collaboration, consistency and alignment of operational practices
- Ability to work independently from intake through execution and work closely with business partners on solutions and innovative process improvements
- A demonstrated can-do, roll up your sleeves, collaborative approach, coupled with a strong work ethic and sound judgment
- Experience with travel industry/technology
- Demonstrate the ability to work autonomously with support when needed
- Ability to forge trusted relationships with colleagues around the world
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and organization skills with high level of English proficiency
- Love for far-flung places and willingness to travel for business (when able)
How to Apply:
Candidates may apply here (click here)
