Team Manager, CSI (based in Chicago or Dallas)

About Agoda At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are 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. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. Team Manager, Customer Satisfaction & Incident (CSI) About Agoda At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world. Today, we are 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. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide. No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you're ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us. About the team Our Customer Satisfaction & Incident (CSI) team is Agoda's final line of support part of the larger Agoda Customer Experience Group (CEG). We take on the most complex and high-risk customer issues and see them through to a clear resolution, while protecting the trust people place in Agoda. We support customers around the clock and handle critical escalations linked to regulatory matters, media and public relations, requests from senior leaders, supplier and partner complaints, and technical failures. As a Team Manager in CSI, you will lead a team of specialists who work with customers, partners, senior executives, and our Public Relations, Technology, Product and Legal teams. You will build a culture of continuous improvement, where your team digs into root causes, understands that every customer's situation is different, and acts early to prevent the next incident. The Opportunity You are more than a people leader, you are a proactive owner, comfortable juggling many things at once, being the calm, emotionally intelligent guide for a team that works under pressure every day. You will own your team's day-to-day performance and help deliver the wider Agoda and CSI team's goals, working closely with business partners so we succeed together. Everything you do comes back to one aim: the best possible resolution for our customers, based on the worst escalations or situations. What you'll do • Coach, mentor and manage a team of CSI specialists, building a culture of excellence, accountability and continuous learning. Set clear expectations, give regular feedback, manage performance and development plans ; address performance or behaviour gaps directly . • Coach beyond the task at hand, so your team builds strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills for complex escalations. • Own your goals and projects from start to finish, whether they are assigned to you or ones you start yourself. Turn challenges into clear actions, track progress and report on results. • Be the key decision-maker for your team during complex, high-stakes escalations. Give clear direction, manage communication with stakeholders and steer each