Product Program Manager, Roadmap Planning & Program Management

The Roadmap Planning & Program Management team at Airbnb sits at the intersection of strategy and execution, aiming to plan and deliver the company’s priority products while providing executives with visibility and input to guide bi-annual releases. You will be involved in driving impact on the company roadmap and scaling product-focused program management.

About the role

The team is at the heart of cross-functional collaboration that connects leaders across design, product marketing, engineering, supply, marketing, operations, and other teams. Together, we drive the successful delivery of our roadmap while strategically partnering with key stakeholders to 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.
• World-class communicator that can simplify the complex.
• Anticipates upcoming risks and issues and develops risk mitigation strategies proactively in a fast-paced environment.
• Bridges strategy and execution through strategic thinking.
• 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.
• Becomes an expert collaborator that understands consumer, technology, and design.
• 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.
• 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 (up to the executive level).
• Expertise in using program management tools such as Airtable, Asana, Jira, Smartsheets, etc.
• Thrives in ambiguity in a fast-paced, hyper-growth organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in a creative-led, fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing sophisticated software product programs.
• Experience shipping software products at global scale.
• Experience overcoming a variety of challenges.
• Experience developing bespoke program plans.
• Experience in using program management tools.
• Experience in a fast-paced, hyper-growth organization.

Skills

• Program management.
• Product management.
• Business operations.
• Software development.
• Communication skills.
• Influencing skills.
• Collaboration skills.
• Strategic thinking.
• Risk management.
• Project management.

Benefits

Our commitment to inclusion and belonging means we strive to 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.

Pay

$176,000—$220,000 USD

Schedule

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant will need to be based in San Francisco-Bay Area, CA to be able to conduct their work. Employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware, and Rhode Island. This list is continuously being updated, please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.