Head of Experimentation - Product at Agoda

A Successful Head Of Experimentation Will

• change or enhance Senior Management’s understanding of our business
• drive corporate strategy through continuous insights
• improving our systems and practices in experiment-heavy product teams such as pricing, bidding and frontend
• be responsible for further establishing an experiment-driven culture
• introducing experimentation to include more parts of the business such as supply, internal platforms, payments, customer service and others.

This role requires strong communication skills particularly upward with C-level management, as well as into the product organization since changing product KPIs, best practices, and day-to-day life will be commonplace. In summary, the Head of Experimentation can expect to work on the cutting edge of technology, big, very-big, and not-so-big data, algorithmic decision-making – all while driving change at a fast-paced, rapid growth tech company.

This position is based in Bangkok and open to candidates worldwide. We will assist you with visa and relocation package, ensuring a smooth transition to working and living in Bangkok

Responsibilities

• Leading company-wide product innovation in experimentation
• Help Senior Management in key decisions regarding investment, resource allocation, and strategy
• Defining KPIs for all projects and evaluating the success of teams and product verticals
• Evaluating risks and tradeoffs associated with each course of action
• Working closely with users to ensure all projects meet business needs.

Qualifications

• Extremely comfortable with data. Proven ability to leverage analytics and quantitative methods to inform and influence decision-making, be able to write complex SQL queries.
• Entrepreneurial and analytical; effective at driving and managing change in a fast-moving and constantly evolving business
• Knowledge & understanding of statistics. The ability to challenge & drive high performance from data scientists
• Experience implementing innovative ideas or products in complex organization
• Experience working in a fast-paced and high growth environment
• Enthusiasm to develop engineered processes and technologies and to apply innovative solutions to make organizational improvements while encouraging creative thinking and innovation
• Exact science degree – a must
• Advanced degrees in exact science - advantage