Data Scientist Ii Hms - Marketing jobs at Booking in Netherlands, Amsterdam

A successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Technical knowledge: Solid understanding of enterprise data technology and machine learning at scale

• Risk management: Experience in developing compliance solutions which are resistant against degradation over time, are documented and can be monitored and tested

• Strategic thinking: Ability to think beyond quick wins and perceive long-term opportunities for broad-based risk reduction

• Customer centricity: Keeping the customer's best interests at heart, both in terms of the protection of their privacy as well as the usability of our products and services

• People leadership: Inspiring, coaching and supporting your team members, to allow them to excel and grow

• Cross-functional mindset: Willingness to break through silos, collaborate across teams and departments and pitch in when needed to ensure overall mission success

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Support the business with in-depth legal review, advice and guidance on data protection and data privacy issues and/or risks with any current or potential new initiatives

• Serve as the primary privacy legal SPoC for all matters arising from the Data, Technology and Customer Service functions in the company

• Lead a team that serves as the foremost experts in the privacy legal function when it comes to data governance and technology

• Lead the retention & deletion efforts at Booking.com

• Support strategic, enterprise-wide priorities to mature our data governance and privacy control landscape

• Engage with other Legal & Public Affairs teams and stakeholders to ensure the Legal function speaks with one voice

• Constantly (re)prioritize team workload to adapt to changing circumstances

• Partnering on review, advice and approval of data sharing use cases, data protection and privacy guidance, policies and procedures for the business

• Exercise people management responsibilities, such as performance management and coaching; be accountable for team performance

Qualification & Skills:

• Bachelor degree (Master’s Degree / Specialised Diploma is an advantage) and admission to practise in at least one jurisdiction
• 8-12 years experience in a reputable law firm or in-house team

• EU, UK or US law degree

• A Batchelors’ and/or Masters’ Degree, and a legal professional qualification

• Native or fluent English speaking and writing skills

• Knowledge and experience in data protection law; a CIPP/E / CIPT (or similar) certification is preferred

• A deep understanding of GDPR and the e-Privacy Directive how this applies to enterprise and consumer-facing technology; knowledge of DMA/DSA and AI Act is preferred

• Ability to be the “voice of reason” in crisis situations, to quickly respond to issues at hand and to prioritise effectively, with a “customer first” mindset

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), attention to detail, organizational and project management skills and ability to meet deadlines, prioritising appropriately

• Adaptable, ready to embrace change in order to meet evolving business needs, work in ambiguous situations and under pressure, and learn from mistakes

• Strong ability to lead and inspire a team

• Demonstrated cross-functional project leadership and commercial acumen, with ability to balance risk with business objectives

• Experience in management of and impactful communication with senior stakeholders, effectively communicating complex ideas and projects simply and succinctly

• In-depth understanding of the data and privacy issues that commonly arise in the technology and data space, along with ability to quickly learn and grasp the importance of new and emerging issues and manage processes from inception to completion

• Strong collaborative, professional approach; able to succeed in and lead diverse, multidisciplinary, multicultural teams

• High proficiency in productivity software, and AI platform usage, with a commitment to continuous improvement.

Deadline for applications is21 November 2025.

Further traits look for:

• Alignment with Booking.com’s values (Customer First, Succeed Together, Own It, Learn Forever, Do the Right Thing).

• Curiosity, flexibility, and a creative, pragmatic approach to problem-solving.

• Confidence with collaboration.

• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Proactivity, resilience, and a drive to deliver results.

• Strong judgment with attention to both the big picture and key details.

• Courage to take a stance and make tough decisions.

• Team-oriented, self-aware, and a good listener.

• Agility in prioritizing and meeting deadlines.

• Forward-thinking, with a focus on emerging legal and policy issues.

As a team, we believe in:

• Being integral to decision-making, shaping Booking.com’s future.

• Supporting Booking's mission to make travel accessible, fostering openness and curiosity.

• Offering opportunities for team members to explore new areas or specialize.

• Providing holistic, integrated legal and public affairs advice.

• Continuously improving Legal Operations, innovating, and sharing best practices.

• Learning from mistakes and embracing growth.

• Working collaboratively with a sense of humor and enjoying the journey together!

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , 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

Application process:

• Let’s go places together:

• Detailed instructions on post-application requirements including any required application materials, deadlines, portfolios, coding challenges, or other assessments as defined by BU or department.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hands-on experience with MarTech tools (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Marketo, Braze, HubSpot, etc.) to build, execute, and optimize campaigns.

• Ability to understand and write HTML, CSS, and scripting languages (e.g., AMPscript, JavaScript) for responsive and personalized content.

• Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries for audience segmentation, data extraction, and reporting.

• Build and develop emails from scratch, ensuring high-quality, responsive design across devices and email clients.

• Create and manage email and push messaging campaigns, from content development and QA to set-up, deployment, and tracking.

• Perform QA checks on all aspects of campaigns (copy, links, rendering, tracking, and user experience) before launch.

• Execute A/B testing for subject lines, content, and segmentation strategies to optimize engagement.

• Implement advanced segmentation and conditional/dynamic content to deliver personalized customer experiences.

• Monitor key metrics (open rates, CTR, conversion, deliverability, engagement) to identify opportunities for optimization.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Tech, UX/Design, Data Science, Marketing) to design and build impactful campaigns.

• Troubleshoot technical issues related to deployment, rendering, and tracking.

• Stay up to date with digital marketing trends, tools, and technologies, including emerging MarTech and AI capabilities.

• Prepare and present campaign performance reports, summarizing successes, learnings, and opportunities.

• Analyze customer behavior and engagement data to identify lifecycle opportunities and drive retention.

Requirements of special knowledge/skills

• Strong hands-on experience with marketing automation and CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Braze, Marketo, HubSpot).

• Marketing automation certifications (SFMC, Adobe Campaign, Braze, or equivalent) are a strong plus.

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and scripting languages (e.g., AMPscript, JavaScript) to build responsive and dynamic campaigns.

• Ability to write, optimize, and troubleshoot SQL queries for segmentation, targeting, and reporting.

• Experience in tracking and analyzing campaign performance across email, push notifications.

• Knowledge of A/B testing methodologies, proposing and testing own hypotheses and a test-and-learn mindset for campaign optimization.

• Experience developing and deploying emails from scratch, ensuring QA across devices and clients using Litmus.

• Strong understanding of segmentation, personalization, and lifecycle marketing strategies to drive customer engagement and retention.

• Experience troubleshooting technical issues related to email rendering, deliverability, and tracking.

• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Awareness of emerging marketing technologies, including AI-powered tools, to enhance campaign performance and efficiency.

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , 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

Application Process:

This section should provide:

• Let’s go places together:

• This role does not come with relocation assistance.

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.

The product marketer in this role will join the Partner sourcing product marketing team, part of the Accommodations Product department. The team is responsible for some of ’s largest commercial products (Like Genius, Preferred, Mobile discounts) in the area of Pricing & Supply that deliver unparalleled value to all parts of our marketplace - accommodation partners, travelers and Booking.com. Here are a few examples of challenges that we are pursuing that the candidate may work on:

• Perfecting the right formula for competitive pricing is the highest priority of the accommodation business unit. Our intent is to offer attractive rates and deals globally and we do that by monitoring relevant prices in the market and creating deal events or discounting rates with Booking.com funds.

• Sourcing competitive prices directly from our accommodation partners by crafting a compelling story and bringing this to life across various channels is one of the key challenges for our product marketing team

• We drive partner adoption and retention of our products by creating compelling and data-driven value propositions together with other content, tools and materials to help them make informed decisions and implement our products - all while keeping the end user, accommodation partner, in mind.

• To steer the adoption & retention of our products, we work very closely with digital and human channels, often innovating on how to test and scale across these channels. Creating collateral and enablement materials for these channels is a key responsibility for the product marketing manager in this team

• Driving customer loyalty is essential, but we also need to ensure that it drives incremental business to our partners and to ensure this, we constantly evolve the Genius program.

• We constantly monitor the status of our listings and continuously deliver solutions that match our supply of available rooms with shifting demand patterns, in order to offer the most relevant choices when travelers are searching for an accommodation

• We make our products more flexible and hence accessible to newer partner segments by understanding critical needs and translating them to strong opportunities in the product roadmap

• We often work on company priorities & Must-do’s which need to trickle down to our products and solutions (both compliance and business optimization driven)

• We organize and participate in global and regional partner-facing events (like Click, Elevate etc.)

• Being a Product Marketing Manager for mature commercial products is about identifying new avenues to scale and improve products, features and services that help increase partner satisfaction, improve customer experience and grow the commercial success of Booking.com. With vast amounts of data at your fingertips, you will scale, create, test and validate value propositions for partners across the globe. Therefore, you will work on a global scale and with a great impact.

Manage all aspects of product marketing across multiple products including: product proposition validation and market fit, go-to-market strategy, new product launch, portfolio marketing strategy and execution, positioning, messaging, competitive research, internal communications and field enablement. Some of the things we expect you to excel at:

• Represent the customer/partner at all times, both internally and externally, while keeping eye on the business interests of B.com.

• Own the end-to-end GTM process from target setting, planning, implementation, reporting and retrospective.

• Proactively manage stakeholders across the organization to influence and share information, in the right medium, at the right time across local and global audiences.

• Responsible for internal communication to the field, including identifying the right channel is used with the relevant, timely and accurate product and commercial updates.

• Own strategy for all external communications, working with all key stakeholders (internal and external) to execute.

• Validate value propositions with target audience through qualitative and quantitative research methods.

• Provide ongoing product feedback to product teams, aggregated from multiple channels.

• Drive business impact or growth using data, analytical thinking and structured presentation skills.

• Work with other teams to establish potential commercial incentives to drive API adoption.

• 3-5 years of experience shaping and taking to market a suite of products addressing a major external customer or partner need, beyond an individual isolated feature.

• 3-5 years of experience defining and marketing a commercial product or portfolio of products, which required the definition and achievement of adoption targets and ambition to scale to all relevant customers within a timeframe.

• Partner (B2B) product marketing experience, which required longer and non-linear product validation and scaling, combining quantitative and qualitative validation beyond a single experiment, taking into account partner, customer and platform impact to define market fit and scaling approach.

• Product commercialization experience, working with go-to-market stakeholders to pilot and scale the product by embedding it into commercial frameworks and existing incentive programs of channels.

• Complex and multi-craft stakeholder management with the ability to steer and influence decision-making for product direction, speed to market and path to impact throughout the entire product lifecycle.

• Strong verbal & written communication, manifested in the ability to craft compelling value propositions and work alongside writing and marketing resources to deliver the product proposition in a balanced business and marketing centric manner for internal and external marketing purposes.

• Good at business economics, to help shape product impact measurement alongside data science and product management peers.

• Balanced t-shaped skill set, balancing technical understanding of the product / fluency with engineering teams with marketing centricity and understanding of go-to-market terms and stakeholder needs

• Well-rounded marketing experience in various marketing roles and good understanding of the full marketing mix, from product, to distribution, to communication and pricing.

• Comfort with stage presence and exposure to internal and external audiences for product pitches

• Basic querying skills and ability to find, process and use various data points and facts (internal and external) to make decisions

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage initiatives across multiple departments and stakeholders and with a flexible mindset

• Proactive, flexible and capable of working independently as well as working in a team

• Strategic thinker, able to balance long-term vision with short and medium-term goals

• Let’s go places together:

• This role does not come with relocation assistance.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Acumen:
• Maintain a fundamental understanding of the Booking.com business, industry news and risk best practices and apply that knowledge in the context of your core areas of responsibility.
• Critical Thinking:
• Identify and design solutions in a wide range of situations, and proactively propose concrete improvement plans.
• Objective Setting, Prioritization & Task Management:
• Independently structure and execute work, decide on priority areas and output fitting the overarching objectives and priorities. Deliver in line within agreed timelines and escalate issues to the appropriate level and roles within the organization where needed.
• Attention to Detail:
• Produce high quality, accurate output across a broad range of topics, with limited review and oversight required.
• Result Orientation:
• Work independently and proactively to deliver the right results for specific objectives and deliverables in line with personal and company values whilst influencing stakeholders in order to meet timelines and prioritize critical activities.
• Effective Communication & Presentation Skills:
• Effectively and clearly communicate and present information relating to core responsibilities, tailor messages and explain (technical) concepts to stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions.
• Organize and run larger meetings in a clear, structured and outcome-oriented manner.
• Stakeholder Management & Influencing:
• Independently identify, develop and grow relationships with key stakeholders to build and maintain a wide network within the coverage area, mostly at mid-level but also including key senior stakeholders for a bilateral flow of information.
• Align with stakeholders on impact beyond their team, respectfully challenging and influencing others to assume appropriate roles and responsibilities by adopting stakeholder management and influencing techniques.
• Confidently and independently navigate tricky discussions, incorporating Manager input around escalations, approach or blockers where needed.
• People Management:
• Provide constructive feedback to peers and incorporate received feedback into personal development goals.
• May provide mentoring and task oversight to more junior staff or external consultants.
• Support hiring process.
• Operational & Technical Expertise:
• Apply a comprehensive understanding to processes, systems and/or products within your coverage area.
• Display general understanding of the impact on the wider process and/or system landscape.
• Seek manager input for in-depth expertise.
• Risk Landscape Awareness:
• Maintain awareness or knowledge of the broader internal risk landscape across one or more business areas as well as external developments.
• Adopt a business need centric and user friendly approach to influence business stakeholders to take informed decisions in line with the risk capacity, risk appetite and risk tolerance of Booking.com.
• Risk & Governance Advisory:
• Provide input to the development of methodologies throughout the risk management lifecycle.
• Advice stakeholders in ongoing risk and compliance work within your dedicated area(s).
• Risk Identification & Assessment:
• Identify and appropriately assess risks in line with the team's frameworks and methodologies.
• Document risk assessment outcomes, including clear description of the risk, perceived level of risk and considerations for risk treatment, tailored to the topic at hand, with limited guidance and review required.
• Risk Treatment:
• Independently support control design and/or assurance activities and work with control owners to prepare controls for approval.
• Coordinate audit activities including support to close any control deficiencies identified.
• Work across teams/projects/BUs and ensure risks are appropriately mitigated.
• Develop, select and implement risk treatment strategies, proposing alternative risk treatment options where needed.

Communication.Stakeholder

• Process/Control owners (combination of directors, managers, team leaders and individual contributors)
• Subject Matters Experts (SME's) e.g. Finance, Fintech, Fraud, Legal, Security, etc.
• Other Internal stakeholders in Accommodations (i.a. CS, PS, Product), Trips, Finance, FinTech, Legal, Marketing, People, Strategy and Corporate Development and Technology (i.a. Security, Infrastructure)
• Internal & External Audit
• Risk & Control team

Communication.Type

• Persuasion / CooperationPartner with business stakeholders by: providing guidance and support in ongoing compliance;providing guidance and support in identifying risks and control gaps and, designing and implementing appropriate controls;providing clear instructions on expected stakeholder contributions and ensure follow up;facilitating and participating in cross functional groups for activities related to the risk management lifecycle;presenting and advising on standardized methodologies, processes and documentation;maintaining a business centric approach.
• Information and CooperationInform SMEs on:risk areas in need of SME input;control design and implementation;work closely together to share knowledge and experience.
• CooperationWork closely together to share knowledge and experience.
• Cooperation Support Internal and External audit teams to ensure that remediation plans are implemented on a timely basis for any deficiencies foundSupport SOX, PCI and other audit cycles
• Information and CooperationWork closely together to share knowledge and experience.

Communication.Frequency

• Continuous
• Continuous
• Continuous
• Continuous
• Continuous

Level of Education.Level of Education

• Bachelor degree
• Master degree

Level of Education.Description

• Alternatively compensating years of experience (3 to 5 years in addition to below)
• Preferred

Years of relevant Job Knowledge.Years of relevant Job Knowledge

• Advanced Knowledge (5 - 8 years)

Requirements of special knowledge/skills

• Qualities / Soft Skills:
• Enthusiastic, self-starting and flexible work attitude
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage workload, work under pressure and deliver on timelines
• Handle multiple tasks, of varying and often complex content, generally at the same/similar time
• Have the ability to split large tasks into logical, manageable and decoupled actions which are managed effectively and delivered on time
• Strongly process, problem solving and action oriented
• Curious and proactive in the assessment and challenge of risks
• Strong team player
• Advanced communication skills and ability to actively listen
• Strong relationship building skills
• High level of integrity, confidentiality & professionalism
• Requirements of special knowledge/ Hard Skills:
• Advanced (technical) understanding of and experience with Risk Management, Compliance, Internal controls , control procedures, automation, monitoring, testing, collecting evidence and remediation activities
• Experience with large e-commerce or tech companies is advantageous
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CISA, or similar certification is advantageous
• Project management skills
• Stakeholder management skills
• For Business Officer functions:
• Advanced understanding of and experience with risk management relevant fields, for example but not limited to:
• Business analysis
• Auditing
• Corporate governance
• Finance concepts and processes
• SOx integration
• AML/ CFT framework, GDPR, PCI, SOx
• Fundamental understanding of below IT expertise fields.
• For IT Officer functions:
• Advanced understanding of and experience with risk management relevant fields, for example but not limited to:
• IT Risk management and IT Governance
• IT Security concepts and processes
• (IT) Frameworks like ITGC, COSO, NIST
• DevOps tools like Puppet, Jenkins, Git, Docker, or Kubernetes
• JIRA
• Fundamental understanding of above Business expertise fields.

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.

Essential Functions of the role:

• Strategic Partnership Development: Cultivate strong relationships with Metasearch partners, focusing on communication, negotiation, and planning to meet financial goals, improve performance, and drive growth. Identify new product opportunities.

• Campaign Performance Management: Manage advertising accounts and campaigns end-to-end, monitoring KPIs, optimizing ad spend for ROI, and collaborating with specialized teams (bidding, analytics, product/tech). Regularly report performance, analyze trends, and adapt strategies.

• Project Leadership: Own Meta account-related projects from research and prioritization to implementation and results tracking. Requires strong organizational skills and cross-team communication.

• Data-Driven Decisions: Use advanced analytics to identify optimization opportunities, prioritize initiatives, and translate insights into strategic adjustments.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Oversee the daily management of strategic advertising campaigns on meta search platforms.

• Manage external stakeholder relationships with Metasearch partners.

• Direct and manage projects end-to-end, including research, prioritization, stakeholder alignment, implementation, and outcome measurement.

• Utilize data-driven insights to determine and prioritize tasks that maximize team and company value.

• Collaborate with global and cross-departmental stakeholders, both internal and external.

• Partner closely with the analytics team to refine advertising spend in alignment with defined KPIs.

• Evaluate performance data and develop strategies to enhance business growth while maintaining return on investment (ROI).

• Generate and execute innovative digital marketing strategies and solutions.

Role Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in digital marketing.

• Proficient in English (written and verbal communication); knowledge of additional languages is a plus.

• Basic understanding and practical experience with analytics and SQL.

• Strong business acumen and familiarity with key digital marketing performance indicators (KPIs).

• Proven experience in managing external partnerships.

• Experience using data visualization tools like Google Data Studio, Tableau or similar platforms.

• Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets.

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to effectively prioritize tasks.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing abilities.

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.

The successful candidate will have a proven experience in:

• E-commerce and Marketing: Advising on laws and regulations governing e-commerce and marketing, as well as regulatory activity in these areas globally.

• Product expertise: Advising on new product initiatives, including data sharing with sister brands and third parties.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborating effectively with various senior stakeholders and teams across the business including legal SMEs across compliance, litigation, and product legal teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering on review, advice and approval of data sharing use cases, data protection and privacy guidance, policies and procedures for the business.
• Partnering on review of changes to global privacy laws and the impact these changes may have on the business and advising on how to implement such changes on a commercial and risk based approach.
• Providing ad hoc privacy advice on day to day matters.
• Be well structured, clear and organised, with an ability to prioritise and drive progress within a very fast paced environment.
• Reviewing and approval of data protection agreements with third parties.
• Lead and manage a team of legal counsels, and drive team growth, development, and effectiveness by mentoring and developing professionals within the function, ensuring alignment with the strategic priorities of the business.
• Work closely with the other Legal Counsels, Risk & Compliance and other colleagues as well as outside counsels worldwide.
• Supporting the business in-depth legal review, advice and guidance on data protection and data privacy issues and/or risks with any current or potential new products, initiatives, or processes, including data sharing with sister brands and third parties.
• Establishing lowest risk implementation of products and processes where necessary.
• Partnering on data protection controls and frameworks and providing legal advice and guidance on data protection and data privacy issues.
• Maintaining communication with applicable LPA stakeholders to ensure LPA is aligned and has One Team voice and mindset in relation to products and services of all Booking.com Verticals, and to avoid LPA silos.
• Perform third party services risk assessments and negotiate data processing agreements and data protection issues within commercial contracts with group members or third parties, including insurance underwriters.
• Support with the creation and implementation of efficient and scalable ways of working to enable sustainable business growth.

Qualification & skills:

• Bachelor degree (Master’s Degree / Specialised Diploma is an advantage) and admission to practise in at least one jurisdiction
• 8-12 years experience in a reputable law firm or in-house team
• EU, UK or US law degree.
• A Bachelor's’ and/or Masters’ Degree, and a legal professional qualification; a CIPP/E / CIPT (or similar) certification.
• Native or fluent English speaking and writing skills.
• Knowledge and experience in e-commerce, marketing, product and insurance privacy compliance .
• A deep understanding of GDPR and the e-Privacy Directive how this applies to marketing initiatives.
• Ability to be the “voice of reason” in crisis situations, to quickly respond to issues at hand and to prioritise effectively, with a “customer first” mindset.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), attention to detail, organizational and project management skills and ability to meet deadlines, prioritising appropriately.
• Excellent drafting skills.
• Adaptable, with a growth mindset, ready to embrace change in order to meet evolving business needs, work in ambiguous situations and under pressure, and learn from mistakes.
• Strong ability to lead and inspire a team.
• Demonstrated cross-functional project leadership and commercial acumen, with ability to balance risk with business objectives.
• Experience in management of and impactful communication with senior stakeholders, effectively communicating complex ideas and projects simply and succinctly.
• In-depth understanding of the data and privacy issues that commonly arise in the marketing and product space, along with ability to quickly learn and grasp the importance of new and emerging issues and manage processes from inception to completion.
• Strong collaborative, professional approach; able to succeed in and lead diverse, multidisciplinary, multicultural teams.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Google Suite (Sheets, Docs), and AI platform usage, with a commitment to continuous improvement.

Further traits look for:

• Alignment with Booking.com’s values (Customer First, Succeed Together, Own It, Learn Forever, Do the Right Thing).

• Curiosity, flexibility, and a creative, pragmatic approach to problem-solving.

• Confidence with collaboration.

• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Proactivity, resilience, and a drive to deliver results.

• Strong judgment with attention to both the big picture and key details.

• Courage to take a stance and make tough decisions.

• Team-oriented, self-aware, and a good listener.

• Agility in prioritizing and meeting deadlines.

• Forward-thinking, with a focus on emerging legal and policy issues.

As a team, we believe in:

• Being integral to decision-making, shaping Booking.com’s future.

• Supporting Booking's mission to make travel accessible, fostering openness and curiosity.

• Offering opportunities for team members to explore new areas or specialize.

• Providing holistic, integrated legal and public affairs advice.

• Continuously improving Legal Operations, innovating, and sharing best practices.

• Learning from mistakes and embracing growth.

• Working collaboratively with a sense of humor and enjoying the journey together!

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , 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

Application process:

• Let’s go places together:

• Detailed instructions on post-application requirements including any required application materials, deadlines, portfolios, coding challenges, or other assessments as defined by BU or department.

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.

A key leadership role in Performance Marketing department. You will lead a team of experienced Machine Learning Scientists, accountable for driving the next strategic directions for optimizing online bidding strategy on top of the most prominent online travel agencies, managing one of the largest performance marketing budgets in the industry, and ensuring Bookings.com’s competitive edge in the complex dynamics of the bidding marketplace and online auction mechanisms. This role requires a unique combination of deep theoretical expertise around optimization methodologies, auction theory and state of the art machine learning, together with extensive experience in driving solutions for real-world large scale optimization problems and business products.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Leadership in developing the next strategic solutions and driving business impact for bidding and optimization of Booking ads on top of the leading online travel agencies - lead, coach and mentor a team of machine learning scientists at a fast pace environment of innovation and development of machine learning and optimization algorithms tailored to the performance marketing domain.

• Leadership in innovation management of the research cycle, involving POC, model development and large-scale AB testing phases, for driving customer engagement while maximizing the efficiency of performance marketing spend.

• Continuously driving measurable business impact, fully utilizing the various optimization levers in the bidding and optimization space

• Driving a culture of protagonism, ownership and craft excellence within the team and foster close collaborative relationships between the team and the larger organization

• Continuously grow and develop the talent in the team and facilitate ways of working that foster the foundations on top of which the team can deliver business impact

• Extensively work together with senior management to align on business objectives and financial goals

Role Qualifications and Requirements:

• Proven record in leading applicative research teams which own the development of innovative machine learning and optimization solutions for large-scale domains.

• Proficiency in large-scale optimization methodologies and auction mechanisms

• Proven record of teams development and building and maintaining a culture of high-pace innovation

• Proven Impact: A track record of delivering measurable business value through the development and implementation of large-scale machine learning models.

• Strong working knowledge of Python, SQL/BigQuery, Spark

• Excellent communication skills

• Level of Education: Master’s degree or PhD required (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Physics)

Booking.com’s Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive , 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

• Living and working in Amsterdam, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe

• 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

• 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

Application Process:

• Let’s go places together:

• This role does not come with relocation assistance.

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.