Manager, Premium Support

Airbnb Airbnb · Consumer · Canada · Community Support

Manager for Airbnb's Premium Support team in British Columbia, Canada. This role involves overseeing a team of 10-15 customer service ambassadors, driving performance, building an engaged team, and supporting strategic initiatives. Requires 8+ years of experience in customer service or operations, with 5 years in direct staff management, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and experience in crisis management and performance reporting.

What you'd actually do

  1. Oversee a strong operational environment for your teams and ensure high quality support for the community from your team
  2. Drive performance at the ambassador, team, and service level
  3. Build and nurture an engaged and diverse team
  4. Support strategic initiatives within Delivery and your service as needed

Skills

Required

  • Customer service management
  • Team management
  • Operational leadership
  • Performance management
  • Data analysis and reporting
  • Crisis management
  • Strategic thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Coaching
  • Communication
  • Organizational skills
  • Adaptability
  • Resourcefulness
  • English fluency

Nice to have

  • Tableau
  • SQL
  • Excel
  • Google Sheets

What the JD emphasized

  • substantial experience in customer service and team management
  • ability to guide and uplevel their ambassadors
  • Strong organizational skills
  • adaptable and responsive
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in a customer service or an operations role, with 5 years in a role directly managing staff & the employee lifecycle
  • Demonstrable experience in driving improved performance of teams as a line manager
  • Experience in the deployment of resources to manage real-time crisis situations
  • Experience in data analysis and reporting
  • Experience translating big picture goals and strategy into implementable and concrete actions
  • Ability to work weekend days, holidays, and on-call required
  • Strong communicator, with fluency, in both written and spoken, English
  • Exceptional leadership and team management skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Organized and resourceful
  • In-depth understanding of customer service operations and processes
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to cascade with context and lead your team through changes
  • Exceptional coaching skills
  • Cultural competency and a strong commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion