Senior Engineering Manager, Payment

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related services, provided to customers and partners in over 220 countries and territories through six primary consumer-facing brands - Booking.com, KAYAK, Priceline, Agoda.com, Rentalcars.com, and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. During 2019, the Company had consolidated revenues and net income of $15.1 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively, and a current market value of approximately $90 billion. Booking Holdings Bangalore is a Center of Excellence based in Bangalore, India and a legal entity of Booking Holdings Inc. The Center was created to support the increasing business demands of the Booking Holdings Brands. The Center of Excellence provides access to specialized and highly skilled talent, leading industry best practices, and collaboration opportunities across all of the Booking Holdings brands and business units. Job Overview FinTech is an ever-changing, complex and extremely exciting industry. To accomplish Booking.com’s mission, we need to offer a frictionless payment experience to our guests and partners. The FinTech business unit is in charge of creating best in class payment experiences for bookers and merchants, and helps internal clients grow their businesses. The Customer Payments tracks are responsible for building the top experience for our customers. We are building back end and font end services that ensure a smooth payment experience when our customers are booking their next trip. As a Senior Engineering Manager your role is to enable your team, its growth and success. You can hold your own in a technical argument, but you know getting out of the way is often the best option. You get things done via influence, not authority. You unlock the creativity of your team and inspire them to build the best for our customers. You work closely with your product counterparts to ensure we are always working towards what’s most important for our customers. And you take full end to end responsibility for your area. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Engineering Manager with strong experience building highly reliable back end and front end services. We are looking for an advocate of Engineering leadership and technical quality. A background in FinTech would certainly be helpful. This is an advanced engineering role on the intersection of business and technology; requiring knowledge of building highly scalable and reliable services as well as a strong ability to connect engineering with business concerns. What you’ll be doing: Lead, mentor and inspire a group of highly experienced engineers Drive innovation through strategic prioritization and technical subject matter expertise Partner with the senior leaders in Payments in shaping the product vision, creating the delivery roadmaps, and managing their execution across a complex set of internal and external dependencies. Influence senior stakeholders across the business to reach and maintain strategic and tactical alignment Lead by example by taking ownership, being proactive and collaborating Guide software development delivery, quality and practices within your team Nurture, grow and develop engineering talent in the team and foster a great culture. Advocate of engineering leadership and technical quality. Ensure delivery by tracking team health metrics and KPIs, monitoring roadmap progress, identifying dependencies and and removing blockers. What you’ll bring: Technical subject matter expertise and thorough hands-on experience building back end services (15+ years working in technology). Experience in shaping and leading a software engineering function across multiple products or business areas (5+ years as a senior manager) Natural leader and communicator who is collaborative and builds great relationships. Experience of leading a team directly as well as through others A knack for connecting the dots and collaborating with various stakeholders to prioritize what maximizes business value Experience in the Fintech domain would definitely be an advantage. Our ideal candidate Is a servant leader and experienced mentor that is passionate about people. Is sensitive to the concerns of their stakeholders, whether they are global chain partners, single property owners, payment operations specialists or internal accountants.. Can navigate a complex technical environment. Has experience working in a regulated environment. About BKNG Booking Holdings is the world leader in online travel & related services. Our teams work around the clock to build and improve the technology that empowers people to more freely travel across borders, time zones, languages and cultures. At Booking Holdings, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world every day through seamless technology powered by our six major brands: Booking.com KAYAK priceline agoda Rentalcars.com OpenTable Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration. EEO Statement: Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination, and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. 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