Principal Executive Business Partner, Airbnb
$164-205k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$164-205k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Our Business Partners are expected to be self-motivated, independent, incredibly organized, and resourceful, with excellent communication skills, acute attention to detail and follow through, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ever changing environment
- 12+ years of relevant experience supporting senior level executives in an administrative capacity
- Previous experience in high growth fast paced environment strongly preferred
- Strong work ethic, proactive, exhibits positivity, professionalism, confidentiality and good judgment
- Outstanding verbal and written communication for a business audience and is adaptable when receiving feedback
- Ability to deal with conflict as well as give and receive feedback diplomatically
- Ability to navigate and thrive in ambiguity
- Incredibly organized and resourceful; able to juggle and multi-task, with an acute attention to detail and follow through
- Advanced presentation skills (Keynote, Google Suite including Docs, Slides, Sheets, MS Excel) and grasp of current social networking systems
- Passion for trying, learning, improving, and sharing best practices
- Strong emotional intelligence with the ability to build relationships through presence, collaboration, while remaining calm and poised under pressure
What the job involves
- It is important that our Business Partners have the ability to interact and manage up with staff at all levels while remaining flexible, proactive and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
- This role and the greater Administrative Community are an integral part of the operational success at Airbnb
- This role is a strategic leader and requires an ability to interact with staff with approachability and partnership at all levels in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, efficient and demonstrating a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
- As a key partner to the CFO and the leader for our company Roadmap and operating cadence, this individual will be expected to learn the ways of working, culture, and form key strategic relationships quickly to take initiative and exercise thoughtful judgment on what matters most each day
- Speed, accuracy, responsiveness, and partnership with a high level of confidentiality will be essential for success in this role to manage the volume and exposure to all executive levels within the company
- Manage all day to day administrative responsibilities for the Chief Financial Officer and the Director of Company Roadmap Planning and Program Management
- This includes advanced calendar management, travel and expense management, note-taking, meeting preparation and follow up, report and resource/database maintenance and coordinating office access
- Act as a thought partner to the leader to strategically align their calendar with their priorities
- Lead complex projects and initiatives that go beyond the scope of typical administrative work
- This includes compiling and analyzing data sets, deep involvement in executive recruitment activities, driving operating system effectiveness - beyond scheduling and coordinating - budget management, cross-functional E-team initiatives such as M&A work, company OS work, or leadership huddles
- Manage and maintain strategic relationships with key stakeholders (e.g. company executives, finance leadership, vendors, executive candidates, internal partners)
- Manage end-to-end activities related to internal/external board, committee and advisory commitments
- Plan and execute team events, offsites, activities, and recognition
- Assist and/or own content creation including drafting emails and creating presentations in Keynote, Google Slides, gmail
- Use sound judgment and discretion to produce work that touches the most sensitive and highly confidential information (e.g. executive hiring, significant organizational changes)
- Strong partnership with talent leaders, internal/external comms, and recruiting for org effectiveness
- Act as a coach and dotted line support to other admins (where applicable). This includes meeting with functional admins on a regular basis, providing guidance and sharing resources to support their day to day tasks and growth and development
- Build effective relationships within Airbnb to serve as a catalyst around scheduling and or spontaneous inquiries/requests
- Experience with supporting scheduling needs that accommodate multiple timezones
- Role models Airbnb Core Values
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
Few 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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