Head of HR Business Partnering

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG)•New York, NY

2d•$207,900 - $254,100•Hybrid

About The Position

Booking Holdings is seeking a Head of HR Business Partnering to lead the people strategy for Agoda’s B2B business globally. This senior HR leadership role requires operating as a trusted advisor to business leaders, shaping organizational direction, and building an HR partnership model that enables growth, transformation, and high performance across multiple regions. The leader will partner closely with the B2B executive team to translate business priorities into people strategies covering organization design, leadership effectiveness, talent planning, capability building, employee engagement, change management, and performance. The role is accountable for setting and driving the global people strategy for the B2B business, ensuring the organization, leadership, and talent agenda supports business performance, transformation, and long-term scalability. With global responsibility across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas, this leader will oversee and align three regional HR teams. They will elevate leadership effectiveness and people management quality, strengthen succession and talent pipelines, and ensure high-quality, coordinated support from the broader People function globally. The role will also serve as a trusted advisor on complex and business-critical people matters, balancing enterprise consistency with regional nuance and local market needs. The successful candidate will possess a balance of strategic thinking and execution excellence, with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and the leadership capability to align regional HR support behind a consistent global people agenda while remaining responsive to local business and market needs. The role will report to the COPO for BPD and Agoda and partner directly with the B2B Management Team.

Requirements

Significant (15 years+) HR Business Partnering experience, including substantial time supporting senior executives in complex, global, and fast-changing environments
Significant global experience partnering with senior leaders across multiple regions, with strong ability to navigate cultural nuance, market complexity, and matrixed ways of working
Proven ability to shape people strategy for a business undergoing growth, transformation, or operating model evolution
Experience leading HR teams across multiple geographies and operating effectively in a global matrix
Strong commercial and organizational acumen, with the ability to connect people decisions to business outcomes
Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and earning credibility as a trusted advisor at executive level
Strong judgment and comfort handling sensitive, high-stakes people matters across diverse regulatory and cultural environments
Ability to balance enterprise consistency with regional nuance and local market requirements
Experience supporting commercial, sales, partnerships, marketplace, or B2B business models.

Responsibilities

Strategically partner to the B2B leadership team, shaping and delivering the global people agenda in line with business strategy and transformation priorities
Influence and provide valuable expertise to executives on org effectiveness, team design, leadership capability, succession, workforce planning, and culture across a globally distributed business
Act as a thought partner on how to scale the B2B business in a way that strengthens performance, accountability, and collaboration across regions and functions
Lead the HR Business Partnering team for the B2B business across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas
Partner with COEs
Partner with business leaders on organizational health, decision rights, spans and layers, and team effectiveness
Drive significant change initiatives, including restructuring, role redesign, leadership transitions, and integration of new ways of working
Drive talent reviews, succession planning, and development strategies for critical roles and leadership pipelines across the global B2B organization
Coach senior leaders on performance, feedback, team dynamics, and leadership effectiveness
Partner with TA, C&B, L&D, and other People functions in the rest of the BKNG group to attract, retain, and develop high-impact talent globally
Strengthen performance standards and manager capability across the organization through clear expectations, rigorous talent conversations, and effective people practices
Shape and drive the company’s culture by aligning people practices, leadership behaviours, and employee experience with the organization’s values, strategy, and business goals.
Guide leaders through complex people matters with sound judgment, consistency, and a balanced approach to business and employee needs
Influence enterprise-wide people initiatives by bringing a strong business lens and helping tailor solutions for the needs of a scaling global B2B organization
Build strong partnerships across regions and functions to ensure consistency where needed and flexibility where valuable