Product Manager, Airbnb
Experiences, EMEA Lead
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 12+ years of creative direction, editorial, curatorial, agency, and/or product marketing experience, with a demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally. Proven track record of working at agencies and client partnership
- Communication & leadership: Ability to drive execution across teams in a fast-paced environment, as an individual contributor. Strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively, and be flexible to coordinate across different time zones
- Well traveled and networked: Strong knowledge of and experience in countries in EMEA, with a global perspective of the region. Track record of sourcing and building a network of in-market relationships
- Creative direction & taste: Discernment in taste and strong cultural sensibilities for a regional market, keeping in mind various types of audiences
- Storytelling: Ability to build compelling customer-focused stories and work with marketing and communications partners to bring them to life
What the job involves
- The Product Marketing team for Experiences plays a pivotal role in envisioning the product, defining the strategy, and making it real
- Our teammates deeply understand the needs of our guests and hosts, and continuously innovate to create world-class products
- This includes a strong ability to partner with talented cross-functional team members across marketing, business, operations, supply, legal, and design—to execute a shared vision and achieve ambitious goals
- As the EMEA Lead of Experiences, you will be responsible for shaping the product to be authentic and relevant to your regional markets, through the lens of an Airbnb traveler
- You will have a pulse on local trends and provide on-the-ground insights
- Your ability to translate and adapt a global strategy for Experiences to EMEA, while managing multiple priorities, will be vital to your success
- The role needs to be based in either London, Paris, or Dublin
- Strategic leadership: Implement a product strategy that drives growth for Airbnb's Experiences across various regions and experience categories. Navigate and address regional and category-specific challenges and opportunities, maintaining a clear set of decision-making criteria
- Curation: Work with internal and external partners to shape what is offered on our platform, to ensure we represent cities authentically for travelers and locals. Drive decisions based on demand, brand alignment, and product-market fit
- Quality standards: Hold a high standard of quality, with an ability to clearly articulate criteria and reasoning
- Communication and alignment: Partner with cross-functional teams to craft a clear and concise product narrative
- Feedback and collaboration: Share creative direction and feedback in a collaborative and supportive manner with internal cross-functional partners, and external partners. Be comfortable with ambiguity and changing business goals. Foster an environment of curiosity and openness
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
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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 values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
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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