Product Design Leadership(Bangkok-Based, Relocation provided)

Overview

Product Design Leader position based in Bangkok with relocation provided at Agoda. The role oversees product design teams across multiple business areas, sets and executes design vision, and ensures design excellence and consistency across touchpoints. The role may lead design for different product verticals as business needs evolve.

About Agoda

Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy technology that connects travelers with a global network of hotels and properties, plus flights, activities, and more. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our employees foster a diverse, creative, and collaborative work environment. We innovate through experimentation and ownership to enhance the customer travel experience.

The Product Design Leader at Agoda is responsible for:

As a Product Design Leader at Agoda, you will oversee product design teams across a variety of business areas. You will be responsible for setting and executing the design vision, building high-performing teams, and ensuring design excellence and consistency across all touchpoints. This role is flexible and may be assigned to lead design for different product verticals as business needs evolve. You will manage and mentor Product Design Leads, Managers, and senior designers, and work closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Technology, and Business to drive impact at scale.

In this Role, you'll get to:

• Design Strategy & Execution: Define and implement the product design strategy for assigned product areas (consumer, supply, enterprise, or internal tools), ensuring alignment with Agoda's global design principles, usability, accessibility, and design system standards
• Team Leadership: Build, manage, and inspire a diverse team of Product Design Leads, Managers, and Senior Designers. Foster a culture of growth, inclusion, and high performance
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Technology, and Design leaders to align on strategy, drive execution, and maximize the impact and ROI of design
• Design Systems & Consistency: Champion the adoption and evolution of Agoda's Design Systems, ensuring consistency and quality across all products and platforms
• Talent Development: Mentor and develop design talent, supporting career growth and building a thriving design community
• Product Roadmap Influence: Contribute to and help shape product roadmaps, balancing short-term delivery with long-term vision
• Performance & Impact: Set and track KPIs for design teams, reporting on performance and business impact
• Advocacy: Be a passionate advocate for user-centered design, bringing cross-functional partners into the research and design process

What you'll Need to Succeed

• 10+ years of design and UX leadership experience in high-traffic digital products (100,000+ daily users), ideally in e-commerce, marketplaces, or product-driven companies
• Proven experience leading and scaling design teams of 30+ people, including managers and senior ICs
• Strong people management, team development, recruiting, and organizational building skills
• Deep expertise in product design, design systems, and building end-to-end experiences in complex environments
• Track record of setting vision, strategy, and roadmaps, and aligning teams with business goals
• Experience driving cross-functional collaboration and influencing at the executive level
• Data-driven and strategic, with a strong ability to balance long-term vision with short- and medium-term goals
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

It's Great if you have

• Experience in OTAs, e-commerce or product driven companies
• Experience managing Designer Managers & Principle level designers
• Experience in driving strategy & influencing product roadmaps
• Experience with utilization AI across design org operations, product output

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 merit and qualifications. We are committed to 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 for future vacancies unless you request removal; see our privacy policy for details.

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