Senior Consultant, Talent Business Partners (Bangkok-based)

Get To Know Our Team 

The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity. We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich our thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth with outstanding learning programs and talent development practices. Our development of incredible benefits has ensured everyone can stay strong, healthy, and happy during their time at Agoda. Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of our employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family. 

The Opportunity 

We are currently seeking to hire a Senior Consultant, Talent Business Partners. This role is based in our Bangkok office as part of the Agoda Talent Business Partners team. We are a team of professionals who scale capability development from the individual employee to organizational level, provide systems and data-driven insights to measure, refine and help Agoda achieve its business goals by keeping out talent upskilled and engaged. 

The objective of this role is understanding and addressing complex organizational challenges, building organizational capability and driving Agoda’s culture through impactful solutions. This role has a global reach and you will play a key role in enhancing employee performance and organizational effectiveness through design, development, and implementation of innovative learning solutions. At Agoda, we look at learning and organizational development holistically and work closely with business to ensure our solutions generate the required impact. A key part of this role will be to collaborate with various stakeholders/senior leaders with a view to expanding and refining organizational capability at Agoda while ensuring that managerial and people processes support our business objectives. This role requires to act as thought partner to drive discussions on solutions that can help business achieve goals and report progress/insights.  

For us, learning and developing capability goes beyond traditional or outsourced vendor delivered learning. We believe in the value of internally designed solutions and leveraging internal experts. We consider all factors that impact employee, team capability and performance and work collaboratively to develop successful solutions. This role allows for unbridled curiosity towards the functioning of the organization and how we can continuously improve. 

In This Role, You'll Get To 

• Work closely with senior stakeholders and colleagues on developing their teams to achieve ambitious business goals, e.g. building culture and organization structure, and the necessary work to maintain high standards of performance and high employee engagement 

• Lead global large-scale projects to align Agodans with our culture and values  

• Use data to inform strategy, track and measure impact of programs tied to business output  

• Look at learning in a strategic overall talent development perspective, identify patterns and provide actionable recommendations e.g.:
  • Trends of learning and performance data  
  • Employee sentiment surveys and learning needs
  • Demographic patterns
  • Patterns in career progression and skill development across demographics
  • High performers and development plans  

• Employ innovative methods to scale capability, that go beyond traditional learning, including role and organizational design, process and tools improvement, various learning modalities, etc. 

• Be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and play a critical role in supporting business enhance their effectiveness through structured development 

For more information on how we work within the organization, see this article: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/toward-a-new-hr-philosophy .  

What You'll Need to Succeed 

• 8+ years of experience in a business consulting/learning and development or organizational development role at a multi-national organization 

• Undergraduate degree from a top university expected; advanced degrees welcome 

• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies. Experience in designing and delivering learning programs across different employee demographics.  

• Acute business acumen and understanding of how organizational dynamics relate to execution 

• Facilitating programs and coaching with an ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences 

• Ability to bring business perspectives and facilitate outcomes is critical, and will be magnified with rich experience in HR, particularly in organizational design, learning and development, business consulting, and data analysis 

• Ownership and growth mindset and ability to meet tight deadlines with a logical, methodical approach to prioritizing tasks and responsibilities.  

• Excellent judgement, self-motivated, curious, and trustworthy 

• Strong problem-solving and ability to work with data to identify patterns and generate actionable insights 

• Excellent communication skills and experience in meeting and presenting to senior executives 

• Utmost discretion, confidentiality, and professional ethics 

• Ability to thrive in a multicultural environment 

• Ability to effectively handle ambiguity and adapt in a constantly changing business environment 

• Display of humility, flexibility, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to lead critical conversations is paramount. 

• Flexibility and a sense of humor are a must 

**This role is Based in Bangkok** 

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