Counsel, Airbnb
Employment & Ethics
$191-225k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$191-225k
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 a highly adaptable and collaborative attorney with employment, ethics & compliance experience that can handle ambiguity and rapidly shifting priorities with flexibility, compassion, patience, and poise
- You have excellent judgment in both assessing legal risks and business strategy, and a proven ability to lead in a complex and fast-paced environment
- Creative, flexible and experienced attorney
- 4-6+ years of relevant experience with a significant amount focused on employment and ethics matters
- Strong, proven ability to work cross functionally with business partners and executives
- Experience leading and/or advising on investigations
- General experience working in an international and multicultural working environment with geographically dispersed team members
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and pressurized environment and to act decisively
- Provide quick, concise, and practical legal advice consistent with Airbnb’s business objectives
- Advise and problem-solve proactively where necessary
- A passion for Airbnb’s mission, with a strong knowledge and interest in travel
- A team player with excellent interpersonal skills
- In-house experience, preferably in the technology sector, preferred
- Computer literacy with excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Qualified lawyer with Bar admission in the United States
What the job involves
- Airbnb’s Legal Department is a global team that will require working with diverse international colleagues around the world
- Airbnb's Legal team embodies the company's innovative, forward-thinking spirit. At the frontier of the new sharing economy, Airbnb is breaking new ground in matters of policy, law, and government relations
- Our legal team is committed to building a group of talented, collaborative and self-motivated legal professionals across the globe who believe in Airbnb's mission and leading as a 21st century company
- Our legal team is looking to bring on a Counsel, Employment & Ethics
- Provide legal and strategic advice and counsel to internal clients and legal colleagues on a range of global employment and ethics issues, including prevention of harassment and discrimination, compensation and benefits, performance management, reorganizations, accommodations and leaves of absence, wage and hour law, mobility, contingent workforce, conflicts of interest, and other matters involving Airbnb’s ethics policies
- Support key Employee Experience and business partners on complex and challenging employment and ethics issues; delivering clear, practical advice that enables our business partners to achieve their objectives while mitigating legal risk and keeping the interests of all stakeholders at the forefront
- Drive and support on cross-functional projects to improve our global employment and ethics policies and practices to ensure compliance with business objectives and federal, state and local laws
- Support execution of our compliance communications strategy
- Manage employment issues, disputes, and internal investigations
- Support Airbnb’s conflict of interest disclosure process, including review and approval of potential employee conflicts and gift and entertainment requests, as well as policy training
- Track Airbnb’s company compliance with new laws and regulations, specifically with regard to employment, anti-bribery and corruption and other relevant compliance topics, working closely with our public policy, and regional legal teams
- Be a trusted and collaboration-oriented partner across Employee Experience global functions
- Support Airbnb’s commitment to building and maintaining an inclusive and ethical workplace, free of discrimination and harassment
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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