Senior Project Manager - Machine Learning

Role Description:

About Us:
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 following 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.

Leadership/Team Quote:

Machine Learning and AI are integral to booking.com's mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world. Central Machine Learning (CML) powers many of Booking.com’s flagship ML and AI capabilities. In the CML department, we’re on a mission to enable a personalized, trusted traveler and partner experience using ML and AI.

Role description:

Within the CML family, we’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead several key flagship AI projects. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be accountable for providing assurance that projects within CML are managed & organized in a consistent manner, whilst working with the different business units & central functions within Booking.com to build engagement and where needed governance over decisions needed for work to be signed off. In some cases, the role requires dealing with external vendors and managing external stakeholders. You will structure, design, plan, coordinate, and enable individual teams/departments to execute, while keeping the overall objectives & success in sight. We seek a strong stakeholder manager who will take full ownership and accountability for projects which are strategic to the company.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

Own the successful delivery of the end-to-end project lifecycle. Starting from ideation till the closure of the project.

With limited supervision, lead medium/high complexity projects with global impact (cross-functional) driving them through execution, analysis, recommendation and implementation

Manage project Actions, Risks, Issues and Dependencies, including appropriate critical issues and anticipates bottlenecks while balancing business needs with technical constraints

Develop and run a resource scheduling process that enables prioritization and capacity planning to be realized for the different phases of projects/initiatives such as of Scoping, Delivery, Testing, Change & Learning and Knowledge Management

Engage and influence stakeholders inside and if required outside of the organization: work collaboratively with business unit partners and corporate support teams to drive enterprise strategy execution and partner on segment or functional strategy projects

Interacts with project sponsors, project stakeholders and multiple business and technical teams to define and document requirements, key design decisions.

Contribute to the Project scoping and Planning by helping to document the project goal, OKRs, roadmap and main deliverables.

Track and report progress; Creates clear planning documents together with involved departments

Qualifications & Skills:

5 years solid experience as a project manager role, with a consistent record of successfully project managing and delivering projects within R&D (MUST)

Previous experience working with Machine Learning and AI applications (MUST)

Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships (both within a team and with wider stakeholders) with ability to work effectively and influence up to Director level

Working experience and managing projects through Jira and confluence

Ability to lead multiple low /medium complexity projects or portfolio of projects

Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations

Strong stakeholders management skills, mostly technical stakeholders

Good business acumen and understanding of organizational issues, challenges & dependencies

Organized with a natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics based on various situations

Strong problem solving and root cause identification skills

Effectively communicate in small/medium groups; Strong influencer in 1:1 and small groups

PMP or Agile Project Management or equivalent certification is preferred.

Benefits & Perks - Global Impact, Personal Relevance:

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:

Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave

Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)

Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: “At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn’t just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech.”

We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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Let’s go places together: How we Hire

This role does not come with relocation assistance.

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.

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