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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 brand new 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 travelers and partners.
We are looking for a sharp, talented and energetic Senior Technical Program Manager. As a FinTech STPM, you have the ability to deliver large cross-organizational 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 complex and strategic Projects and Programs
Ability to set-up overarching program structure across different work-streams and manage them by partnering with other program/project leads.
Assist in developing a program strategy, planning and improved ways of working by engaging with leaders at Booking.com and at the Booking Holdings level.
Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
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) 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
Exceptional customer relationship skills including the ability to discover the true requirements’ underlying feature requests and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions.
What you’ll bring:
Computer Science / Engineering Bachelor’s degree or related technical field
8-12 years of relevant work experience, including technical program management experience
The role requires experience working on payments or FinTech products, and a strong understanding of the requirements and associated delivery challengers of this domain.
Knowledge of the following is required: service-oriented architecture, product development, agile project management, release schedules
Able to effectively work with ambiguity and solve problems
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong business and technical vision
In return, we’ll provide:
An opportunity to contribute 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
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
Competitive compensation and benefits package and some great added perks of working in the home city of Booking.com
Booking.com 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, color, 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.
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