Senior Manager of Global Communications, Booking Holdings
Americas
$153-187k
Eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant
2+ days a week in office
Online travel agent
Open for applications
Online travel agent
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$153-187k
Eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it easier for everyone to experience the world.
Role
Who you are
- Strong understanding of business operations, corporate and financial communications, and policy landscape in the Americas, in addition to consumer media and social media
- Ability to understand, analyze, and add strategic insights that add value for the business, the customer, and employees
- Creating and maintaining strong professional relationships with media outlets and other organizations
- Delivering communications plans globally, regionally, and domestically
- Highly organized with excellent planning skills. Takes ownership and proactively solves problems, often before it reaches the manager
- Strong experience with stakeholder management, including across senior leadership, and an ability to navigate large global organizations, including knowledge and experience of operating within a Holding Company structure
- Strong writing skills—quick, clear, persuasive, and audience-tailored—paired with sharp attention to detail, adaptability to emerging needs, and efficiency without compromising quality
- Extensive knowledge of the e-commerce and/or travel industries
- Experience mentoring and coaching to foster development in others
- Available to offer support outside of normal business hours or travel, as required
What the job involves
- The Senior Manager, Global Communications, Americas, will report to the Senior Director Global Communications and play a central role in co-developing and driving the company’s media engagement, executive thought leadership strategies and policy communications in the Americas
- The role is responsible for raising awareness and understanding of the business among top-tier business, tech, and policy media, industry influencers, and key regional stakeholders. This role supports the visibility of executives, identifies and drives high-impact speaking and media opportunities, and advances the company’s corporate narrative and objectives through strategic campaigns, events, partnerships, and content that reach influential U.S., Americas, and global audiences
- It leads the creation, delivery, and evaluation of communications plans for major milestones, regulatory developments, and macro events in the region and globally — while playing a key role in regional issues and crisis response
- The role also acts as a communications business partner to key corporate functions, as well as the various Booking Holdings entities and the company’s brands — providing strategic counsel, messaging development, employee and media engagement support to help connect their work to broader company priorities
- It will additionally provide robust counsel and support, including around disclosure alignment, to key members of the Communications teams at Booking Holdings and its brands
- Drives proactive media engagement, identifying and creating news drivers, securing interviews, and leveraging relevant trends, while applying a critical eye and high responsiveness to inbound reactive media management, and flexing media strategy across the team as circumstances warrant
- Develops and drives policy, corporate, and executive communication strategies to support priority business needs in the Americas (with focus on the U.S., including regular presence and relationship cultivation in Washington D.C. and key States) and globally
- Prepares key messaging, business-critical media materials, and key corporate, policy, and product communications plans, with an ability to work effectively with relevant stakeholders to achieve real-time decisions on media relations strategies and approaches when needed to make critical deadlines
- Initiates and implements thought leadership positioning, including for major moments of company vision and timely opportunities, and plays an important role in overall social media strategy and execution for Booking Holdings CEO + other Executives, plus the corporate brand, as well as identifying and progressing new opportunities and channels to supplement strategy and Communications’ objectives
- Co-leads executive speaker strategy, in partnership with regional colleagues, securing, running, and maximizing speaker opportunities that support business objectives in the Americas (with focus on the U.S.), end-to-end for the company’s global spokespeople - including narrative and presentation drafting in partnership with business leaders
- Develops brand and event partnership/sponsorship approaches to increase reach and engagement for Booking Holdings, its primary brands, and leading executive voices, primarily in the U.S., with relevant audiences as business needs require
- Provides active counsel and proactive communications support to the company’s brands, other brand communication teams, key business functions, and BHI entities in the region to ensure consistency of corporate narrative, messaging and disclosure alignment, effective employee engagement and robust issues management, to mitigate reputational risk, avoid cannibalizing efforts for any one brand/product/team, and amplify the overall effectiveness and cohesion of communications across the business
Our take
Booking Holdings is the global heavyweight in online travel and related services, with a footprint spanning over 220 countries and territories. A the parent company of familiar names like Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, Rentalcars.com, KAYAK, and OpenTable, it's the quiet force powering millions of trips, dinners, and adventures around the world.
The company is continuously strengthening its portfolio too, by expanding what its brands can offer. For instance, Priceline's partnership with Musement (the leading tours and activities company) means travelers can now book experiences and excursions right alongside flights and hotels.
And on the tech front, Booking Holdings is investing in its future with a new technology center, focused on enhancing its fiance systems and driving smarter collaboration across fintech and other vital areas. In a fiercely competitive area, Booking Holdings really does stand tall as a market leader and is ready to ride the continued wave of travel demand.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Mental Health Support
- Fitness Reimbursement
- Health Benefits
- Insurance Coverage
- Retirement Plan
- Additional Benefits
- Travel Benefits
- Time off
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Hybrid Working
Company HQ
Norwalk, CT
Leadership
Glenn Fogel
(CEO & President)Joined Booking Holdings in 2000 as VP of Corporate Development and has held various roles since, becoming CEO and President in 2017.
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