Technical Program Manager

Job Description

At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world. We’re a truly global e-commerce company, with business operations in nearly every country and city on the planet. And we want to make it easy for everyone, anywhere in the world, to pay for their travel or do business with our platform - whenever and however it’s convenient for them. Our FinTech business unit - with teams in Amsterdam, London, and Shanghai - develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travellers and partners. We are looking for a sharp, talented and energetic Technical Program Manager. As a FinTech TPM, you have the ability to deliver large cross-organisational software development projects at the intersection of e-commerce and payments. Building financial services is not easy, but you know what it takes to pull it off. What you’ll be doing: Interact with project sponsors, project stakeholders to define and deliver projects Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders Communicate project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner Insatiable curiosity and ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of projects Apply best practices to the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for projects based on experiences with a number of agile and blended approaches, as well effectively coordinating the implementations across teams using very different approaches Build and maintain integrated project schedules that account for internal/external dependencies, differing SDLC approaches and numerous constraints Be the driving force that collaborates with business and technical teams across Booking to make sure your teams deliver world class solutions that are highly scalable, secure, and flexible - all the while maintaining a strong customer focus. What you’ll bring: Engineering Bachelor’s degree or related technical field 5-7 years of relevant work experience, including technical program management experience The role requires experience working with ERPs like SAP/Oracle in Financial modules like Record to Report, Tax, Treasury processes, and a strong understanding of the requirements of this domain. Knowledge of the following is required: product development life cycle, agile project management, stakeholder management Experience in Leading the delivery of technical solutions to business problems as cross-team initiatives Experience in cross organization priority alignment to deliver program outcomes Experience in ensuring a realistic and objective delivery plan, based on end to end technical solution, is in place, which is based on data and appropriate delivery metrics Experience in visualising and managing Risks, Issues & Dependencies to enable delivery success Experience in ensuring effective communication + stakeholder management is in place Experience in owning + driving appropriate common delivery governance across organization with diverse delivery practices and organization culture Experience in ensuring effective delivery best practice is in place which aligns to agile delivery principles. We offer: This role is open to candidates who are eligible to work in India. Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture We aim to empower you to do your best work, whether in the office or at home, with our Hybrid work policy Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation World class benefits Competitive compensation and benefits package Booking Holdings Inc. 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. Pre-Employment Screening If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position. Show more Show less