Regional Customer Service Manager - Customer Satisfaction & Incidents (CSI)

About This Role

This high-impact leadership opportunity is for a Regional Customer Service Manager to lead Agoda's Customer Experience Group (CEG) Incident Management (IM) and Dispute Resolution & Privacy Advisory (DRPA) teams. This role involves leading a team of Team Managers who handle complex technical/non-technical incidents and sophisticated legal, privacy, and regulatory disputes. The manager will be responsible for creating a unified, world-class response framework that applies consistent principles of risk management, stakeholder communication, and operational excellence across both incident and dispute resolution.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and manage specialized Team Managers for both IM and DRPA, holding them accountable for team performance, development, and the execution of their specific ownership pillars (e.g., court matters, incidents, legal escalations, workload management, high-risk cases)
• Serve as the senior leader for Agoda’s response to complex incidents (natural disasters, system outages, political events, etc.), ensuring effective war room facilitation and decisive mitigation strategies
• Oversee the handling of high-risk regulatory investigations to specific escalations, data privacy matters (e.g.: Data Subject Right Request), and multi-jurisdictional legal disputes to minimize financial and brand exposure
• Serve as the primary point of contact and bridge between internal stakeholders (e.g.: Legal, PR, Finance, Product) and external authorities providing strategic updates to SLT during severe incidents and ensuring aligned, effective collaboration during high-risk escalations
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, moving the team from reactive problem-solving to proactive prevention
• Oversee root cause analysis on critical cases and champion initiatives to automate manual work and streamline complex workflows
• Champion a high-performance, high-accountability culture within the team, using data from KPIs to identify and address gaps in team engagement and performance
• Own and evolve team performance dashboards, leveraging data visualization tools to surface actionable insights for senior leadership
• Prepare and present strategic performance reviews on the team's health, challenges, and improvement initiatives, using data to tell a compelling story to senior leadership
• Be the point of escalation for operational challenges impacting the team’s stability and/or operational effectiveness, making decisive calls to resolve bottlenecks, manage crises, and protect both the customer & partner experience and Agoda's brand
• Embrace and drive Agoda's 'experiment and measure' culture by identifying opportunities for process innovation and rigorously testing their impact
• Be unafraid to ask for help, be willing to fail-fast and willing to take a risk when the need arises

Requirements

• Significant experience in incident management, crisis response, legal operations, or privacy advisory within a fast-paced technology environment
• Ability to remain calm and make rational, decisive judgments in ambiguous situations with limited information with a mindset that challenges conventional approaches and identifies deep-seated systemic issues before they escalate
• Exceptional leadership and people development skills; you know how to coach, motivate, and hold other managers accountable for their teams' performance and development
• Advanced analytical and investigative mindset as you are expected to use data to identify the root cause of complex problems and are comfortable navigating ambiguity where no clear process exists
• Confidence and communication skills to interact with directors and VPs, manage their expectations, and drive alignment on critical issues
• Ability to articulate complex situations clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences, from individual contributors to executives
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Metabase) and a working knowledge of SQL
• Fosters a culture grounded in Agoda values and purpose, role-modelling direct, respectful difficult conversations that set clear expectations, uphold integrity, and support continuous growth for individuals and teams

Nice to have:

• A background in managing specialized or L2/3 support teams
• Formal training or certification in process improvement methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean)
• Leadership experience in a Crisis, Incident, Risk, Compliance, Trust & Safety Response Teams or Legal Operations role

Important Details

• Locations: Kuala Lumpur & Bangkok only
• Schedule: Regular Shift and available for on-call escalation outside business hours during active incidents or crises

Application Process

• Review our Hiring Process Guidelines before your interview to learn how interviewing at Agoda works

About the Company

Agoda bridges the world through travel. Founded in 2005, it is part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. The company connects people to destinations and experiences with deals across millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. Data and technology are at the heart of its culture, fueling curiosity and innovation.