Strategic Program Manager, Airbnb
Legal
$154-192k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Posted today
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Posted today
$154-192k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will be someone who is adaptable, collaborative and embodies Airbnb’s Core Values
- Candidates will be required to approach complex legal issues with a balance for local and global perspectives, while being adaptable to cultural differences and nuances
- A genuine and demonstrated interest in Airbnb and a commitment to ethics, integrity and fostering a workplace that emphasizes diversity and belonging is a must
- You are resourceful, a fast learner, able to handle ambiguity, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of project/program management experience
- Resourceful self-starter with the ability to work independently while exercising good judgment on when to seek guidance from managing attorneys and legal professionals
- Passionate and enthusiastic about organizational excellence and attention to detail
- Excellent analytical, organizational, documentation, and project management skills
- Strong and concise written, and verbal communication skills are essential
- Entrepreneurial approach to identifying needs, solving problems, anticipating issues and developing solutions
- Proactive team player with a passion for learning, improving, and sharing best practices
- Highly collaborative with the ability to work positively with cross-functional stakeholders and align them on common goals
- Proven ability to build strong interpersonal relationships and communicate at all levels of an organization
- Familiarity with Google Suite, Salesforce, and program management tools like Asana and Airtable, with an ability to quickly learn and use new software tools as needed
- Experience working in an in-house legal department in the technology sector helpful, but not required
- High level of integrity, professionalism, curiosity and desire to grow
- Sense of humor, low ego, and willingness to Embrace the Adventure!
What the job involves
- Airbnb’s Legal Department is a global team that will require working with diverse international colleagues around the world
- We are looking for a Strategic Program Manager to join our Product & Marketing Legal team
- You will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives that execute on how the team and broader Legal department support its business partners and company-wide objectives
- These initiatives will involve creating, managing, and improving operational processes that may cut across the entire Legal department and drive alignment with other functions across the company
- In addition to ongoing projects, you will have the opportunity to identify, manage and drive the execution of new initiatives intended to allow the team to operate more efficiently
- Structure and lead execution of initiatives, develop implementation plans, governance models, communication plans, and provide overall project management leadership to drive completion and success
- Build relationships with both business stakeholders and the broader Legal team in order to develop and drive improvements requiring their support
- Develop and improve processes to help drive operational efficiency, including processes for legal review, decision-making, intake and other ways in which the team supports its business partners
- Collaborate with the Corporate Planning & Execution team, and other business partners to drive standardization and efficiency in Legal’s support of the business
- Program manage Legal’s support of significant workstreams of company-wide product releases
- Be accountable for multiple workstreams by aligning and influencing relevant stakeholders across Legal department; when necessary raise risks to appropriate leaders, forums and facilitate decision-making
- Report workstream status and team performance across all workstreams
- Facilitate regular program meetings. Ensure right stakeholders and cross-functional team members are involved, document decisions and actions items, and follow up with owners on commitments
- Identify and predict obstacles, collisions, and risk to projects across multiple teams and seek solutions to eliminate them
- Balance competing priorities and adjust resources as necessary
- Act as a connector between teams to facilitate their work
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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