2 days ago

Senior Project Manager - ABU

Booking.com

Amsterdam

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Booking.com is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its Accommodations Business Unit in Amsterdam. The role involves leading complex, cross-functional regulatory compliance and payment model programs, requiring 5+ years of project management experience and strong stakeholder management skills. This is a hybrid, full-time position based in the Netherlands.

HybridFull-timeSeniorProject ManagementAgile Project Management

Senior Project Manager - ABU

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HybridFull-timeSeniorProject Management

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid working model, based in the Netherlands, flexible working arrangements, up to 20 days per year working from abroad

Experience Required

5 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Project ManagementAgile Project ManagementChange ManagementStakeholder ManagementGovernanceRisk ManagementDependency ManagementRoadmap PlanningKPI DefinitionQuantitative AnalysisQualitative AnalysisProduct TeamsTech Teams

Soft Skills

CommunicationFacilitationStructured ThinkingAdaptabilityProblem SolvingLeadershipInfluenceRelationship BuildingOrganizationMotivationCreativityInnovation

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

PMP CertificationAgile Certification

Key Responsibilities

•Lead medium-to-large programs with senior stakeholder involvement across multiple departments
•Own governance: progress tracking, risk and dependency management, fast decision-making loops, and escalation where needed
•Translate ambiguous business needs into clear plans, milestones, and accountability structures
•Align program roadmaps to ABU and company priorities, and communicate progress and risks to senior leadership
•Drive change management and communications where rollouts touch a broad group of stakeholders
•Lead best practice behaviors within ABU and be an ambassador for Project Management methodology
•Lead independently end-to-end company/ABU priority programs from initiation to completion including go-to-market
•Drive project scoping and planning working with different teams and creating associated documentation
•Define and document program objectives, requirements, success criteria, KPIs, roadmap/E2E planning, risk and dependencies, cost estimates and program deliverables
•Drive project plan execution, ensuring objectives are met on agreed timelines
•Track and report status and progress of all streams of work, identifying and highlighting risks/issues/dependencies
•Design and implement project governance and delivery structure
•Maintain project management frameworks & templates
•Drive progress and successful delivery of initiatives that bring significant value to the business
•Define and measure success metrics of projects/workstreams
•Lead independent workshops to support delivery of projects

Project ManagementRegulatory CompliancePaymentsAgileStakeholder ManagementTravel TechAmsterdamHybridSeniorFull-time

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

CommunicationFacilitationStructured ThinkingAdaptabilityProblem SolvingLeadershipInfluenceRelationship BuildingOrganizationMotivationCreativityInnovation

Key Responsibilities

•Lead medium-to-large programs with senior stakeholder involvement across multiple departments

•Own governance: progress tracking, risk and dependency management, fast decision-making loops, and escalation where needed

•Translate ambiguous business needs into clear plans, milestones, and accountability structures

•Align program roadmaps to ABU and company priorities, and communicate progress and risks to senior leadership

•Drive change management and communications where rollouts touch a broad group of stakeholders

•Lead best practice behaviors within ABU and be an ambassador for Project Management methodology

•Lead independently end-to-end company/ABU priority programs from initiation to completion including go-to-market

•Drive project scoping and planning working with different teams and creating associated documentation

•Define and document program objectives, requirements, success criteria, KPIs, roadmap/E2E planning, risk and dependencies, cost estimates and program deliverables

•Drive project plan execution, ensuring objectives are met on agreed timelines

•Track and report status and progress of all streams of work, identifying and highlighting risks/issues/dependencies

•Design and implement project governance and delivery structure

•Maintain project management frameworks & templates

•Drive progress and successful delivery of initiatives that bring significant value to the business

•Define and measure success metrics of projects/workstreams

•Lead independent workshops to support delivery of projects