Senior Manager of Technical Program Management, Airbnb
Marketing Technology
$224-280k
More information about location
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Open for applications
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$224-280k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for people who share our passion for tackling complexity head-on while managing a world class team of Technical Program Managers
- You should have a keen interest in not only utilizing technology to enhance marketing strategies, but also understand the underlying mechanisms that drive successful integration between the two disciplines
- 13+ years in the TPM function (or equivalent experience), with at least 5 years experience leading and mentoring a team of TPMs, creating a culture of inclusiveness and sustainability
- Demonstrated ability as a product or technology advocate, with the ability to collaborate with engineering and marketing teams
- Interest and extensive experience driving alignment which includes ability to effectively navigate organizational or process ambiguity to achieve a goal or outcome
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with senior leadership and key stakeholders
- Nimble, self-motivated, curious, proactive with a proven ability to adapt to changes and effective working in a dynamic environment where priorities can shift from day to day
- Organizational leadership, with proven ability to collaborate and influence teams across boundaries
- Appreciation and experience working with engineering teams who value iterative development best practices
What the job involves
- This role partners with our Product, Design, Creative, Marketing, and Marketing Technology organizations across multiple dimensions
- Our Marketing Technology team is focused on building the best-in-class platform and internal tooling to enable marketing and product teams at Airbnb to deliver no-code vehicles and the associated delivery infrastructure
- For launch marketing campaigns, we customize the entry experience for our Guests and Hosts, and someone in this role will lead collaboration on custom-built pages
- This is a key role that requires a self-starter with strong experience in organization, communication, and execution of marketing needs
- You will have an opportunity to impact every person who travels or hosts on Airbnb
- This role is deeply cross-organizational, as successful project delivery is done with close collaboration among product, design, engineering, and marketing
- Building positive relationships across a multitude of cross-functional teams will be essential to the success of this leader
- You will operate as an individual contributor and a cross-functional leader
- Our team of TPMs demonstrate ownership, apply skills in whatever combination necessary, and make order out of chaos to achieve the desired outcome
- We work hard to ensure teams understand what they have to deliver and by when
- We are responsible for aligning teams, identifying or highlighting dependencies, recognizing and resolving ambiguity, setting expectations, anticipating risk, identifying and removing roadblocks, and ensuring the desired business goals are achieved
- Build and maintain strong relationships with your peers in product, design, marketing, and engineering
- Collaborate with leaders across the organization to manage and continuously optimize delivery activities and processes. Create alignment on strategies and roadmaps, and ensure effective prioritization / trade-offs against overall strategy and organizational constraints
- Maintain a portfolio view of programs and ensure senior leadership has sufficient visibility into execution status, issues, and decisions to ensure continued alignment
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to proactively understand their needs and opportunities for your team; offer a strategic perspective, sound judgment, and attention to detail to aid in achieving practical business impact
- Build and maintain a high-performance culture- you will be responsible for developing a team of TPMs, providing continual feedback, coaching and career growth for direct reports
- Provide executional guidance and support for your team’s projects by helping simplify the technically complex, unblocking teams, identifying risks and opportunities
- Partner with your peers leading other TPM teams to strengthen the craft
- As needed, hands on management of large, complex, strategic programs
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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