Partner Operations Manager

Airbnb Airbnb · Consumer · Ireland · Operations

This role is for a Partner Operations Manager at Airbnb, focusing on supporting the global Delivery function by driving partner and service performance. The manager will be accountable for the performance of their partners and services, and will be an expert in operationalizing and driving business process outsourcing. Key responsibilities include enabling and overseeing a strong operational environment, ensuring high quality support, supporting strategic initiatives, and driving improved performance. The role requires extensive experience in customer service, operations, and partner management, with strong skills in data analysis, stakeholder management, and problem-solving.

What you'd actually do

  1. Accountable and responsible for the holistic performance of a partner or service or language
  2. Enable and oversee a strong operational environment for your partners and services and ensure high quality support for the community from your partners
  3. Ensure alignment with Global CS Delivery
  4. Support and drive strategic initiatives within Delivery and your service

Skills

Required

  • Fluent in English and either Spanish, German, French or Italian
  • Experience in the deployment of resources to manage real-time crisis situations, including managing high severity/sensitivity cases and decision-making authority for losses

Nice to have

  • tableau
  • salesforce
  • SQL
  • Excel
  • Google Sheets

What the JD emphasized

  • minimum of 8 years of progressive experience
  • 5+ years in a partner management, BPO environment
  • Demonstrable experience in driving improved performance
  • Experience in data analysis and reporting
  • Demonstrable experience translating big picture goals and strategy into implementable and concrete actions
  • Ability to work weekend days and on-call required
  • Able to travel in Europe, APAC and NA when required
  • Exceptional partner and stakeholder management
  • In depth understanding of business process outsourcing at scale
  • Exceptional performance management at scale
  • Strong data driven decision making with root cause analysis
  • Strong communication, data driven storytelling and influencing skills
  • Organized, structured and resourceful
  • Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities at scale
  • Strong proficiency in various data analysis and reporting tools