Partners Operation Manager, Airbnb

• 8+ years of experience producing projects, brand activations, events and experiences
• Ability to create and drive schedules, budgets, scope documents, and deliverables
• Experience managing agency, partner, and vendor relationships
• Experience working across various levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal form, and tailor messages to diverse audiences
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills to create trust‑based relationships with all stakeholders to ensure work is delivered on time and efficiently
• Excellent organization, prioritization, and decision-making skills with an ability to set priorities, problem-solve, and work in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment
• You are inherently curious, creative and excited by the prospect of building things from scratch
• Fluent in French and English (written and spoken)

Desirable

• As a Partner to the Tour de France, Airbnb is looking to hire a Partners Operation Manager to support onsite activations on the wake of this major event and explore additional lower scale partnerships to support Airbnb business in 2026
• You will join a cross-functional team composed of Business Operations, Partnership, Experiences, Marketing, Communications and Events
• As the main point of contact for all activation onsite, you will sync with internal and external partners to ensure a smooth delivery of all operations. You will also represent Airbnb on the ground and drive top of the art executions of Airbnb experiences crafted for the Tour
• Tour de France (80%):
• Lead and oversee the end-to-end production process of experience or onsite activation projects and initiatives, ensuring timely and high-quality execution from pre-production planning to final delivery at scale
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and key stakeholders to build the customer experience to deliver excellence in line with our vision and strategy
• Work autonomously to develop all experience assets, for pre-production and on-site operations
• Prepare reports for management, detailing program specifics, learnings and insights
• Be able to think outside the box work on own initiative and develop ways of working to allow for successful execution
• Be present on the ground to ensure Airbnb strong visibility and flawless experience execution, partnering and managing agencies and operators
• Other partnerships (20%):
• Develop recommendation and frame for scale events partnerships within Airbnb. Advise other markets and central teams on how to setup high standard operations around events
• Manage daily operations with existing distribution partners (contract, implementation, measurement)
• Map and size other distribution partners relevant to Airbnb, around retail, transportation, culture…
• Ability to travel as needed, mainly domestically (up to 50% of the time, with high presence required during the Tour de France dates in July)