Airbnb Senior Program Manager Roadmap Planning & Management 

United States, California, San Francisco 

711608060

The Community You Will Join:

The Roadmap Planning & Program Management team sits at the intersection of strategy and execution with the aim of planning and delivering the company’s priority products while providing executives the visibility and input they require to guide bi-annual releases.

A Typical Day:

• Partners with product marketing, design, engineering, community support, and other cross functional teams to deliver programs with the highest quality and on schedule
• Understands dependencies across functions to optimize the overall system and deliver the highest quality offerings
• World-class communicator that can simplify the complex
• Anticipates upcoming risks and issues and develops risk mitigation strategies proactively in a fast pace environment
• Brings an experienced product mindset to tie strategy and execution together
• Develops program plans that are unique to each initiative and requires strategic thinking
• Operates at a variety of altitudes by tailoring communication style and approach
• Expert collaborator that is able to understand consumer, technology, and design
• Goes beyond status reporting to drive issues to resolution
• Understands best practices, drives improvements, and focuses on simplification

Your Expertise:

• Seasoned professional with experience in program management, product management, or business operations managing sophisticated programs 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 products at 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
• World-class verbal and written communication skills that can simplify complex topics
• Exceptional influencing and presentation skills
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and be a trusted agent for change with business leaders
• Track record for successfully managing ambitious and operationally complex projects with cross-functional teams
• Expertise in using program management tools such as Airtable, Asana, Jira, Smartsheets, etc.
• Thrives in ambiguity in a fast-paced, hyper-growth organization
• Up to 20% travel required