Senior Talent Business Partner, Airbnb
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
$200-250k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200-250k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Proven HR leadership with 15+ years of experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments. Skilled at navigating complexity, scaling organizations and driving talent strategies that enable business performance
- Global perspective with local execution muscle. Adept at supporting regional teams across diverse markets and turning strategy into action on the ground
- Deep expertise across the people lifecycle from engagement, performance and org design to ER, coaching, compensation and talent planning
- Strong operator and trusted advisor, equally comfortable building programs from scratch, influencing top leaders or guiding teams through ambiguity and change
- Analytical and decisive. Able to interpret data, sense patterns early and anticipate the needs of the business before they surface
- Emotionally intelligent leader, curious, empathetic, grounded in integrity and relentlessly committed to building great teams and great cultures
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior HR Business Partner (Senior Talent Business Partner at Airbnb) who will be a strategic partner to our teams across the globe
- You’ll act as a strategic advisor and trusted partner to senior leaders, helping shape and execute a people strategy that drives performance, engagement and innovation
- You’ll also coach and influence managers, roll up your sleeves to solve challenges and connect the dots across global teams and initiatives
- This role reports to the Talent Director for the group
- Partner directly with global leaders (across EMEA, APAC and the Americas) to shape and execute a localized people strategy that anticipates business needs, unlocks growth and aligns with regional realities, balancing global consistency with local relevance
- Act as a strategic advisor and operator, co-driving critical initiatives such as org design, leadership capability building, workforce planning and change management, with a bias toward fast, business-relevant execution
- Translate talent strategy into action by embedding yourself in the rhythm of the business, co-creating operating plans with senior leaders and ensuring Talent priorities are embedded into the day-to-day work of high-performing, entrepreneurial teams
- Lead through complexity, navigating ambiguity, proactively mitigating risks and creating clarity during organizational change; ensure seamless execution across functions by coordinating closely with COEs and other enabling teams
- Coach and develop leaders at all levels, not just on performance, but on shaping culture, navigating scale and building teams that reflect Airbnb’s values and business ambition
- Own critical moments, from sensitive ER issues to engagement surveys and performance calibration, ensuring outcomes are thoughtful, data-informed and aligned to business goals
- Work hand-in-hand with Recruiting to shape hiring strategies that reflect market needs, team dynamics and long-term talent bets, ensuring a seamless, high-quality candidate experience at every stage
- Partner with Total Rewards to advise on compensation, offers and internal mobility decisions, grounded in business context and local market intelligence
- Collaborate closely with Legal and Employee Relations to manage sensitive matters with care and compliance, balancing business risk and employee trust
- Support and guide Talent Management cycles, from performance reviews to talent management, ensuring they are timely, fair and anchored in business priorities
- Bring cross-functional insights together (from L&D, Rewards, DEI and more) to deliver people solutions that are both globally aligned and locally impactful
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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