Airbnb Director Product Policy 

United States 

778762459

About You

• You are a seasoned Product Policy leader who loves solving complex problems and has a track record of strong cross-functional collaboration.
• You are experienced working with business and product teams to understand their strategic objectives and to deliver policy solutions that enable business goals.
• You are an excellent communicator with exceptional writing skills.
• You are an adept presenter, with experience engaging with all levels of leadership, including senior executive audiences and C-Suite.
• You are able to represent the company externally on complex topics.
• You are principled and rigorous, and incorporate diverse perspectives in pursuit of the best decisions and outcomes possible.
• You are knowledgeable and experienced at creating and implementing policies and measuring their effectiveness, and have a deep background on and passion for business policy and commercial policy issues.
• You are a strong people leader, who creates clarity of purpose and inspires people to do their best work.
• You are a team player who thrives in a fast-moving environment and brings a strategic mindset to your work and your engagements.

A Typical Day:

• Work as part of the leadership of of our policy and partnerships organization
• Guide policy operationalization efforts in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across the business including but not limited to Hosting, Guest Experience, Operations, Public Policy, Legal, Product, Communications and Business Development
• Foster, build, and maintain relationships with leadership of internal business verticals
• Lead on policy prioritization in the product policy area
• Support biannual launches with necessary policy deliverables
• Use data, research and insights to evaluate and revise policies as needed

Your Expertise:

• 15+ years experience in an Operations, Policy, Legal, or Trust and Safety role
• Prior leadership on product policy
• Experience with policies implicating privacy laws and standards
• A track record of strong leadership and people management
• Demonstrated capacity for critical thinking, research, and analysis; strong attention to detail
• Exceptional writing abilities
• Thoughtful business judgment, strategic thinking, and ability to work well under pressure
• Experience working in a matrix and driving solutions to complex problems through cross-functional collaboration
• Fluency in data analysis and leading data-driven decision-making
• Ability to explain and simplify complex information to others
• Experience working with and leading global teams; occasional global and regional travel required
• Experience working closely with operations teams, preferably in the Trust and Safety space, preferred
• Competence in spreadsheet software and other basic technical skills preferred
• JD or other advanced degree, preferred

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