Manager Premium Support jobs at Airbnb in India, Gurugram

The Community You Will Join:

As a member of the Airbnb Customer Support team, you'll play a vital role as a Resolution Specialist within the volume tiers. Resolution Specialists serve as our initial point of contact, addressing community inquiries and concerns. Our community relies on us for:

• Accessible support that’s easy to find
• Faster resolution, preferably first time
• A team that’s there for them in times of urgent need
• Support that’s built around them

The Difference You Will Make:

• Provide courteous and efficient service to the worldwide Airbnb community
• Be a first point of contact to handle and resolve customer complaints
• Respond professionally to inbound and outbound phone calls, emails, messages, including any urgent situations
• Identify and escalate issues appropriately
• Compose thoughtful and accurate messages or customize prepared responses to customer emails
• Utilize available resources to research and troubleshoot problems effectively
• Investigate from the existing knowledge resources to provide resolution
• Mediate situations between users with empathy and fairness
• Monitor and control numerous concurrent tasks in tandem
• Be ambassadors embodying knowledge, empathy, and accountability
• Proactively strive to meet targets and goals independently

A Typical Day:

• Job Family : Operations (Resolutions)
• Inbound and outbound calling process, messages and email support
• Resolving customer queries in a timely manner
• 24x7 shifts with rotational week offs, primarily supporting North America time zones
• Navigate competing priorities in all kinds of environment
• Job location: Gurgaon

Your Expertise:

• Graduate with minimum 2 years of international voice process experience in a contact center/BPO
• Knowledge of and experience with measuring and improving customer satisfaction and loyalty across broad functional areas and diverse geographies
• Ability to manage sensitive customer information
• Knowledge of functional key performance metrics related to customer experience
• Proven language ability in English with excellent comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and spelling

Other requirements:

• Internet: Minimum 10 Mbps high-speed internet on the laptop for seamless work and virtual meetings.
• Workspace: Quiet, private area free from interruptions; no shared/public spaces allowed.
• Excellent English reading, comprehension, and writing skills
• Excellent active listening skills with the ability to understand verbal nuances
• Must be able to pass multiple language assessments in English
• Furniture & equipment:
• Ergonomic chair, desk, and proper lighting for comfortable, focused work. Cameras must be on during meetings unless otherwise stated.
• Only using Airbnb issued hardware and software including noise canceling headsets, laptop etc.

Approved locations:

• Hiring/Training and Nesting in the Airbnb Office; satisfactory performance is required for work from home post the initial training and nesting period.
• Work from designated home office setups in Delhi/Gurgaon only

Offices: Gurugram, India

The Difference You Will Make:

As a senior manager of advanced analytics , you will lead a high-performing team tasked with delivering actionable insights, developing robust data frameworks, driving advanced analytics solutions and building self-serve dashboards. Your expertise will shape and support Community Support’s strategic goals, including reducing contact volumes, increasing first contact resolution rates, and optimizing cost-effective service delivery.

• Leadership & Strategy :
• Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary analytics team to deliver data-driven insights for Community Support.
• Develop and execute an analytics strategy to align with organizational priorities, such as reducing contact volume, increasing first contact resolution (FCR), and optimizing cost-effective service delivery.
• Translate Community Support priorities into actionable data strategies to enhance customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and proactive issue resolution.
• Advanced Analytics Solutions :
• Drive analytics frameworks across Community Support AI tools, operational processes, and ambassador interactions.
• Design predictive and causal modeling techniques to identify trends, optimize resourcing, and improve service experiences.
• Enhance anomaly detection capabilities and integrate predictive analytics with operational dashboards to deliver real-time insights.
• Collaboration :
• Partner across functional teams such as Product, Operations, and Data Engineering to ensure alignment of insights with business objectives.
• Work closely with engineering on logging improvements, instrumentation, and scalable tools.
• Metrics Development :
• Build and oversee impactful metrics such as Net Promoter Score (NPS), Time to First Touch (TTFT), First Contact Resolution (FCR), Solves Per Day (SPD), and advanced Service Quality metrics.
• Introduce models for measuring and mitigating silent suffering and other nuanced customer trends.
• Experimentation & Measurement :
• Lead structured experimentation, including developing power analyses, exit criteria, and statistical models for inference in key initiatives.
• Organizational Leadership :
• Foster innovation in CS analytics by organizing workshops and structured training programs tailored to address core priorities like contact volume reduction, resolution speed, and data-augmented service strategies.
• Contribute to executive-level presentations that contextualize CS performance data within broader organizational objectives, ensuring insights are framed to influence senior leaders and drive strategic decision-making.

A Typical Day:

• Owning the analytics road map, prioritization & delivery of solutions in the customer support space space.
• Collaborating with operational teams to visualize case and interaction-level data to unpack contact reason trends and efficiencies.
• Engaging with global & India based stakeholders to refine Community Support reporting frameworks.
• Lead data investigations, uncover root causes and identify opportunities for product managers.
• Building scalable insights solutions using advanced analytics techniques.
• Working closely with Product Managers and Business leads to design, execute and evaluate A/B tests. Understand common pitfalls and caveats of experimentation.
• Define how to best measure the performance of Airbnb products and business through new metrics and dimensions. Align with stakeholders, understand trade offs and guardrails, prototype metrics through custom data pipelines.
• Empower the team to answer data questions quickly and easily by building high-quality ground truth data sets and dashboards.
• Work closely with other global operations and India analytics functions.
• Drive accountability within the team and effectively manage stakeholder expectations
• Hire, retain and grow talent across the right mix of functional areas to meet payment analytics needs.
• Coach and mentor direct reports on both technical development and soft skills.
• Adapt and grow the India customer support analytics team as the business evolves.

Your Expertise:

• 15+ years of industry experience and an advanced degree (Masters or PhD preferred) in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, or Operations Research.
• Proven expertise in leveraging analytics to shape customer support strategies, including reducing contact volumes, enhancing resolution rates, and improving service quality metrics such as NPS and FCR.
• Strong proficiency in Python or R programming, SQL, data modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing concepts to ensure scalable and efficient data pipelines.
• Extensive experience in advanced statistical methodologies, including hypothesis testing, regression techniques (Linear, Logistic, Ridge, Lasso), Random Forest, NLP/Text Mining, and clustering algorithms like K-Means.
• Expertise in designing and developing BI dashboards using tools like Tableau, Power BI, or Looker, with a focus on user-centric design, advanced visualizations, interactivity features, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to design metrics and prototypes integrated with robust data pipelines, supporting actionable insights and decision-making.
• Skilled in A/B experiment analysis, statistical data analysis, and experimental design to measure effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Proven communication and collaboration skills, capable of translating technical insights into actionable narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences within cross-cultural and cross-functional teams.
• Experience driving data strategies, establishing centralized sources of truth, and providing direction on analytics within diverse organizational contexts.

Offices: Gurugram, India

The Difference You Will Make:

• Strengthen and maintain site’s position in the network as #1 Site on a consistent basis
• Ensure team’s success on key metrics such as NPS and Ownership among others
• Ensure timely and quality support to the Airbnb Community

A Typical Day:

• Drive the team to meet and exceed metric expectations; understand how to leverage the team to improve outcomes and take action to meet goals through regular check-ins.
  ● Keep up with day-to-day management duties such as scheduling, shift approvals, team and one-on-one meetings.
  ● Be a confident problem solver, come up with data driven insights and create a solutions orientated environment.
• Identify and implement improvement opportunities
• Constantly evaluate workflows and find ways for them to be more efficient, relevant and valuable both internally and externally
  ● Understand the top user issues and make recommendations to improve Airbnb products and policies; support the team in being the voice of the customer to the rest of the company.
  ● Stay connected to the customer by spending at least one hour/week working on tickets and handling occasional escalated issues.
  ● Balance and prioritize the above based on seasonality and the needs of customers, team and Airbnb.
  ● Lead and/or participate in projects outside of the scope of your department, as assigned by your manager.

Your Expertise:

• Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
• Passionate about customer experience, understands the importance to Airbnb.
• The candidate must be leading a customer facing team in their current role, where user feedback is a key success metric.
  ● Experience leading, inspiring, coaching and motivating others to meet goals and metrics.
  ● Strong analytical skills; able to tell a story with data and metrics.
• Prior track record of Innovation and focus on execution
  ● Clear, concise communicator who can build collaborative and positive relationships.
  ● Flexibility and adaptability, able to work well in an ambiguous environment.
  ● Works well in ambiguity and embraces the adventure
  ● Should be comfortable with flexible shift timings (24*7 shifts).

Offices: Gurugram, India

A Typical Day:

• Work with internal and external stakeholders, align team goals with organizational strategy, proactively identifying opportunities and adapting to evolving business priorities.
• Lead, mentor, and empower the team to achieve business goals, drive performance, and foster a high-performing team culture.
• Monitor KPIs and conversion metrics, ensuring continuous improvement through regular coaching and performance reviews.
• Enhance workflows, leverage automation, and implement AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Analyze trends, competitor strategies, and market opportunities to refine supply acquisition approaches.
• Lead high-impact projects, allocate resources effectively, and ensure timely execution aligned with strategic goals.
• Act as a key point of contact for global teams, defining business requirements and ensuring successful transitions.
• Track and analyze key performance metrics, identify improvement areas, and drive data-backed strategies for growth. Provide regular updates to leadership, ensuring transparency on project deliverables and challenges.

Your Expertise:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in supply growth, project and operations management, with at least 4+ years in a leadership role overseeing teams and driving performance.
• Proven track record in setting up, scaling and process automation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams, influence decision-making, and align strategies with broader business objectives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in leveraging data insights to drive business decisions and improve efficiency.
• Experience in the travel, hospitality, or marketplace industries, with a deep understanding of supply acquisition, market trends, and competitive dynamics.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, dynamic, and evolving work environment.

Hybrid Work Requirements & Expectations:To support productivity and maintain a professional hybrid work environment, employees are expected to adhere to the following:

• Workspace : A dedicated, quiet, and private workspace free from interruptions and external noise
• Internet Connectivity : During the working hours, maintain a minimum and consistent internet speed of 10 Mbps on your official devices to ensure reliability for work-related tasks, including calls and virtual meetings
• Professionalism: Employees must remain fully engaged, respectful, and maintain a professional presence during virtual meetings, with video participation required unless otherwise approved.
• Confidentiality & Security: Employees are responsible for protecting Airbnb’s Intellectual Property and Confidential Information. Work-related activities, including calls and meetings, must not be conducted in public places, while traveling, or in any setting that may compromise confidentiality or work quality.

Offices: Gurugram, India

Stakeholder Management:

• Collaborate with executive-level management in the development of performance goals and long-term operational plans.
• Build and maintain relationships with all department heads, external partners and vendors to make decisions regarding operational activity and strategic goals.
• Educate stakeholders with standard transition methodology components, likely adaptations of the solution, as well as knowledge of recent transitions and changes that were made to the standard methodology.
• Ability to coordinate with stakeholders and ability to effectively address the needs and expectations.
• Ability to work with executive stakeholders and governance/report at the country leadership level.

Design and lead operations of multiple departments:

• Take end-to-end ownership of one or more departments.
• Define goals for your departments. This will require a thorough understanding of customer needs, both existing and potential.
• Define, implement and own the required org structure.
• Enable your team to ensure quality delivery in all these departments ○ Establish & execute benchmark Quality Assurance.

Design blueprint:

• Divide the solution proposed into multiple projects. Prioritize projects on the basis of impact and effort required.
• Construct, develop and execute key operational strategies.
• Develop and oversee service strategies in coordination with organizational goals and competencies.
• Produce, develop and refine Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) ○ Break down the projects further into actionable steps.
• Stitch the different steps together to form one comprehensive blueprint for the project.
• Seek input from peers to iterate. Present the blueprint to the senior management to get them on-board.

Implement:

• Define the approach for all the actionable steps.
• Build required processes with a focus on accuracy, efficiency and scalability. Try to automate as much as possible.
• Define and set up KPIs to monitor the health of the project.
• Prepare implementation guidelines. Identify resources to work with ○ Ensure training of personnel involved and identify specific/periodic training programs if need be.
• Solve queries raised by the team. If similar queries are raised frequently, incorporate in the implementation guidelines and train the team.

Monitor the growth and health of your Departments:

• Define and set up KPIs to monitor the health of the departments.
• Set up a monitoring protocol and design MIS reports.
• Manage escalated operations issues and determine proper Issue Resolution.
• Establish, deliver, manage and maintain the adoption of business controls that allow the organization to quickly identify trends and potential issues.
• Escalate in case of any non-compliance to set guidelines, quality issues etc.
• Identify New Projects from Department MIS and reviews. Modify blueprint and processes related to it which may lead to a better outcome.
• Evaluate regularly the efficiency of business procedures according to organizational objectives and apply improvements.

Hybrid Work Requirements & Expectations:

To support productivity and maintain a professional hybrid work environment, employees are expected to adhere to the following:

• Workspace : A dedicated, quiet, and private workspace free from interruptions and external noise
• Internet Connectivity : During the working hours, maintain a minimum and consistent internet speed of 10 Mbps on your official devices to ensure reliability for work-related tasks, including calls and virtual meetings
• Professionalism: Employees must remain fully engaged, respectful, and maintain a professional presence during virtual meetings, with video participation required unless otherwise approved.
• Confidentiality & Security: Employees are responsible for protecting Airbnb’s Intellectual Property and Confidential Information. Work-related activities, including calls and meetings, must not be conducted in public places, while traveling, or in any setting that may compromise confidentiality or work quality.

Offices: Gurugram, India

The Community You Will Join:

You will work cross-functionally Supporting Trust initiatives, with the Support of Product, Service Managers, Regional Operations Managers, Operations Change Management, and Shared Services to deliver successful improvement projects with measurable positive impact and also transition these solutions to operations for sustained results

The Difference You Will Make:

• Build problem solving skills and capability within the teams through workshops, learning forums, playbooks
• Drive culture of continuous improvement within the teams
• Socialize Continuous Improvement with the stakeholders, understand the Key business requirements and build the CI strategy around them.
• Educate, build awareness and Program manage continuous improvement, FMEA framework. Identify risks & opportunities, create controls and build plans for implementation, Support business in setting up risk free operations / mitigate risks.
• People Management: Coach & mentor team members for enhanced roles and responsibilities, career growth, and Overall Development
• Streamline overall ways of working and identify opportunities for improvement
• Identify high impact opportunities, problem solve through data and process re-design and lead them to delivery

Strategy & Culture Building

• Develop and drive a culture of continuous improvement aligned with business objectives.
• Lead the CI strategy by identifying key business requirements and embedding structured problem-solving frameworks.
• Socialize the value of CI with stakeholders and establish it as a key lever for business growth.

Capability Development

• Build CI capabilities within teams via learning forums, workshops, and playbooks.
• Mentor and coach teams on RCA, Lean Six Sigma and FMEA frameworks.

Project Leadership

• Lead high-impact initiatives from concept to implementation using data, stakeholder insights, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Use project management methodologies to ensure timely and effective delivery of outcomes.

Operations Excellence

• Identify process gaps and lead re-design efforts to streamline ways of working
• Leverage large datasets for root cause analysis and influence business decisions with storytelling and insight-driven presentations.
• Translate business strategy into executable, scalable process improvements.

People Leadership

• Inspire and lead a team of Quality evaluators, driving their growth and readiness for future leadership roles.
• Foster a high-performance culture by aligning individual goals with organizational outcomes.

Your Expertise:

• A minimum of 6+ years of experience in Continuous Improvement, Process Design and process re-engineering.
• Any Post Graduate/graduate from the top ranked institutions - Preferred
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt/PMP
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Proven track-record of developing and delivering support with positive impact to business metrics
• Experienced in project management and engaging with cross-functional teams to successfully achieve business goals
• Comfortable with large data sets, able to derive insights and storytelling through presentations.
• Excellent analytical capability & ability to translate strategy into onground implementation
• Self starter comfortable working in ambiguous situations
• Excellent Storytelling capabilities
• Good understanding of the Industry relevant automation tools & Technologies. - Preferred
• Experience of working/ collaborating with product teams to bring improvements/ impact - preferred
• Design Thinking Practitioner, Agile/Project Management certification is a plus

:To support productivity and maintain a professional hybrid work environment, employees are expected to adhere to the following:

• Workspace: A dedicated, quiet, and private workspace free from interruptions and external noise
• Internet Connectivity: During the working hours, maintain a minimum and consistent internet speed of 10 Mbps on your official devices to ensure reliability for work-related tasks, including calls and virtual meetings
• Professionalism: Employees must remain fully engaged, respectful, and maintain a professional presence during virtual meetings, with video participation required unless otherwise approved.
• Confidentiality & Security:

Offices: Gurugram, India

Provide Personalised and Exceptional Customer Support:

• Deliver bespoke and high-quality customer service to guests and Hosts, ensuring their unique needs and preferences are met with the utmost care and attention.
• This involves understanding the specific requirements of high-end customers and tailoring interactions to provide a personalised experience that reflects Airbnb’s commitment to excellence.
• Given the diverse cultural backgrounds and preferences of the users, the representative should be adept at customising their approach to suit individual customer needs.

Complex Case Management:

• Provide the highest level of service to the Airbnb community in every case.
• Interact with Airbnb customers and community members through various channels, including live chat, social platforms, messaging, and phone.
• Take complete ownership of all assigned cases, ensuring a final resolution or settlement is reached based on workflows and management guidelines. Foster relationships with users and escalate to other teams when necessary.
• Demonstrate an ownership mentality and good judgment, with the ability to question and deviate from workflows when needed, but only with management approval.
• Be highly receptive to feedback from management and quality teams, and quickly adopt behaviours to improve work quality.

Combining Efficiency with Bespoke Quality:

• Deliver tailored, high-quality service to guests and Hosts, meeting their unique needs with care.
• Handle high case volumes without compromising quality, and proactively enhance user experiences.
• Resolve issues quickly, ensuring mutual satisfaction, while upholding top hospitality standards in every interaction.

Participating in Your Team’s Improvement:

• Leverage your functional operational knowledge to proactively support team success.
• Provide insights about community experience and continuous improvement opportunities to your management.
• Help document ways of working, best practices, and norms for your service(s) as requested by management.
• Provide technical/functional/subject matter expertise to less experienced team members.

Going Above and Beyond:

• Anticipate the customer's needs and proactively offer solutions or suggestions. By understanding their situation, you can provide relevant information or options to make their experience smoother.
• Strive to provide prompt and efficient service. Respond to customer inquiries or issues in a timely manner, ensuring that their concerns are addressed quickly and effectively.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Gain the trust of internal and external stakeholders through effective relationship management and delivering results.
• Display openness and approachability when resolving issues.
• Understand the key drivers of your function and how they relate to one another, as well as the business impact of those metrics.
• Be on-call to handle emergency situations in the evenings and weekends.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in multicultural customer service teams, preferably in the hospitality industry (experience with high-profile and influential clientele is preferred) and in a role making calls and handling customer/client contacts
• Graduate or above.
• Hospitality experience is a plus, in particular working for technology platforms. Prior experience using phone, messaging, or live chat to interact with users/customers is preferred.
• Experience engaging with executive-level stakeholders to resolve conflicts in a detailed, effective and timely manner, and demonstrated ability to explain complex ideas simply and clearly.
• Ability to work weekend days and public holidays required, as well as evening shifts. Your schedule can change to meet business needs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential for providing exceptional customer service to guests and hosts and engaging with stakeholders.
• Ability to understand guest needs and provide personalised recommendations and assistance.
• Important for dealing with customers, especially in high-pressure situations.
• Ability to manage a high volume of work, multitask, prioritise, and adhere to prescribed schedules, including breaks, lunches, and training time.
• A strong passion for delivering exceptional customer service and setting a high bar.
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced, and complex environment, acting proactively to respond quickly and decisively.
• Proficiency in computer skills, including Apple/Mac OS, Google Suite, and familiarity with CRM systems, with the ability to quickly learn new tools.Also basic understanding around handling tools such as Google sheet,Google Doc etc.
• Proficiency in English is required, and knowledge of other languages is a plus.
• Along with the primary intelligence to understand the query, the Ambassador must possess emotional intelligence to dig down the root cause of the query to resolve the issue completely to meet customer needs from the grassroot level.

Offices: Gurugram, India