About the Role
The Roadmap Planning & Program Management team drives the company's priority products, providing executives with visibility and input for bi-annual releases. This role is central to cross-functional collaboration, connecting leaders across various departments to ensure successful roadmap delivery and shape Airbnb's future.
Responsibilities
- Partners with engineering, product marketing, design, community support, and other cross-functional teams to deliver software product programs with the highest quality and on schedule.
- Understands dependencies across functions to optimize the overall system and deliver the highest quality offerings at scale.
- Anticipates upcoming risks and issues and develops risk mitigation strategies proactively in a fast-paced environment.
- Brings an experienced product mindset to tie strategy and execution together.
- Develops program plans that are unique to each initiative and require strategic thinking.
- Operates at a variety of altitudes by tailoring communication style and approach.
- Goes beyond status reporting to drive issues to resolution.
- Understands best practices, drives improvements, and focuses on simplification.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in a combination of program management, product management, or business operations managing sophisticated software product programs from end to end in a creative-led, fast-paced environment.
- Strong product and/or technology experience including product management or engineering (software preferred).
- Demonstrated ability of shipping software products at global scale having overcome a variety of challenges.
- Critical thinking skills to develop bespoke program plans that are custom to the needs of the specific program.
- Exceptional influencing and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to build strong relationships and be a trusted agent for change with business leaders (up to the executive level).
- Track record for successfully managing ambitious and operationally complex projects with cross-functional teams across product development, product marketing, design, marketing, and operations.
- Thrives in ambiguity in a fast-paced, hyper-growth organization.
Skills
- World-class communicator that can simplify the complex.
- Expert collaborator that is able to understand consumer, technology, and design.
- World-class verbal and written communication skills that can simplify complex topics.
- Expertise in using program management tools such as Airtable, Asana, Jira, Smartsheets, etc.
Location
- San Francisco-Bay Area, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000—$222,000 USD
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
About the Company
- Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
Equal Opportunity
- Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
- We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
- We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
