Booking Holdings Romania - HR Programs & Talent Specialist

Booking Holdings Romania is a Center of Excellence based in Bucharest, Romania and 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 our Brands.

As part of our Booking Holdings Romania team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of the world’s leading provider of online travel, with a mission of making it easier for everyone to experience the world through five-primary consumer facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable.

 

 

This role provides a hybrid way of working with an onsite presence of 2 days/week.

 

 

Role description

As an HR Programs and Talent Specialist will be a key driver within the Booking Holdings Romania People Team, bridging the gap between essential HR Generalist support and the strategic delivery of talent programs

You will own key initiatives, ensuring our "People Roadmap" is translated into high-impact reality for our company

Beyond day-to-day operations, you will lead high-impact projects and partner with diverse stakeholders to drive transformation and strengthen the HR practice across the organization.

 

In this role, you will work closely with the Head of HR, HRBPs, Learning and HR operations teams to ensure the smooth delivery of key HR processes.

 

 

Key Job

and Duties

 

Program Management & Talent Initiatives

• End-to-End Project Ownership: Lead the planning and execution of local HR initiatives, including Early Career Programs, Great Place to Work Certification, and Inclusion programs, ensuring milestones are met and ROI is tracked.

• Talent Cycle Oversight: Lead the execution and adoption of critical talent processes, including performance management, talent planning, and employee engagement surveys.

• Stakeholder Partnership: Support HRBPs in partnering with the business leaders to identify talent gaps and design tailored program solutions that drive performance and retention.

• AI & Digital Transformation: Partner with HR stakeholders to integrate AI-driven solutions into the employee lifecycle, fostering an "AI-first" mindset to personalize communication and streamline workflows. 

• Data Analysis & Reporting: Use metrics to track program impact (ROI) and provide insights to leadership. 

Employee Experience & Culture

• Journey Architecture: Optimize the Onboarding and Offboarding experience, using exit interview data and new-hire feedback to continuously improve the employer brand.

• Culture Stewardship: Act as a pulse-taker for employee sentiment, implementing initiatives that enhance inclusion, and overall employee belonging.

• Community & Inclusion: Partner with the Head of HR and Community Leads to foster a vibrant, inclusive workplace through proactive engagement roadmaps.

• Employee Relations: Support HRBPs in managing sensitive employee relations cases with a focus on risk mitigation and fair resolution.

• Advisory: Support HRBPs in providing  guidance on HR policies, processes and procedures to managers and employees.

 

 

Role

and

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Experience: 3–5 years of HR experience in an international environment, ideally combining HR generalist/advisory roles with project or program coordination.

• Strong accountability with a proven ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Strong relationship-building, consultative and influencing skills; and exceptional interpersonal skills to interact and communicate with diplomacy and tact with all levels.

• A high degree of judgment and discretion, adaptability, strong problem-solving skills

• Ability to work independently and with a team, with a  "can-do" attitude, solution-oriented, and the ability to navigate ambiguity with proactiveness.

• Demonstrated ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficiency with HCM systems (e.g., Workday, Service Now) and a data-driven approach to identifying trends.

 

Benefits & Perks

• Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide

• Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture

• Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation

• Competitive

  and

  package 

• Vast amounts of data to validate your ideas and the opportunity to experiment with real users

 

Booking Holdings is proud to be an

workplace and is an affirmative action employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status

We strive to move well beyond traditional

and work to create an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

Pre-Employment Screening

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law

Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your

and suitability for the position.