Senior Program Manager, Airbnb
$150-191.5k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$150-191.5k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience driving complex cross-functional programs
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, or Sciences preferred
- Professional Program Management certification preferred
- Expertise with project management tools such as Confluence, Jira, Smartsheets, and Asana
- Strong understanding of project management and maturation fundamentals
- Excellent communication, engagement, and senior leadership influence skills
- Experience working in a highly cross-functional environment where communication with multiple groups and stakeholders is imperative
- Proven track record of launching complex products in highly constrained environments through various scopes of the product development lifecycle
- Phenomenal problem-solving skills
- Detail-oriented and able to understand the bigger picture by using technical expertise and problem-solving abilities to identify and manage blocking issues
- Excellent at connecting the dots across initiatives and ensuring cross-functional teams are focused on delivering what matters most
What the job involves
- This organization, composed of product and operations teams is responsible for building the fundamental currency of Airbnb, Trust. For our hosts opening their homes, and our guests traveling the world, we build cutting edge technology solutions that enhance safety and peace of mind. Managing risk and earning trust is very complex and required at each moment of the guest and host journey
- This role is responsible for delivering new products that improve operational performance across a portfolio of solutions that make Airbnb a safe and reliable platform. You will be the primary interface between design, product, engineering, data science, and operations
- Lead complex cross-functional teams and manage multiple programs simultaneously, ensuring successful delivery while navigating ambiguous situations
- Collaborate closely with leadership to establish and maintain strategic alignment, communicate project status, and manage expectations
- Develop and execute program plans and schedules (i.e. identify risk, critical path, and drive delivery) to achieve targeted performance metrics that align with executive-level expectations
- Be curious, anticipate and navigate obstacles and skillfully negotiate changes with cross-functional stakeholders at every stage from early concept through to launch
- Assess business and organization risk to make trade-off recommendations
- Close the loop - track and measure your outcomes and adapt and learn quickly from failure
- Independently produce and revise documents and presentations that are executive ready
- Build great relationships and can drive alignment across large cross-functional teams
- Learn how products are built and run, and distill complex systems and processes into simple written and verbal communications
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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