Programs and Business Operations Lead

Airbnb Airbnb · Consumer · United States · Business Operations/Analysis

This role is a Programs and Business Operations Lead at Airbnb, focusing on driving company growth and expansion efforts. The individual will work closely with cross-functional leaders to scale community growth and optimization programs, own the conception and execution of cross-functional initiatives, analyze trends, and present insights to leadership. The role requires strong analytical, project management, and communication skills, with a preference for experience in data modeling and business analytics. Familiarity with AI tools is considered an asset.

What you'd actually do

  1. Align all functions to achieve Americas’s regional business objectives in partnership with the Director, Regional Business Operations and Growth.
  2. Own the conception, execution, and measurement of cross-functional initiatives end-to-end. Concretely, this means defining a crisp problem statement, articulating the ideal solution to that problem, identifying key dependencies blocking that solution, and then working with cross-functional stakeholders to achieve the solution. These initiatives will span across the demand, supply, and regulatory surfaces of the business.
  3. Drive regular business operation meetings and initiate meaningful conversations - leading weekly meetings with cross-functional project teams (field & online operations, marketing, product, legal) to ensure key initiatives are on track.
  4. Use all available data sources and tools, internal and external, to analyze macro and micro trends, and present analysis, insights, and actionable plans to Airbnb country and regional leadership team to drive key business decisions.
  5. Assist the Regional Director and Regional BizOps Director in owning the performance narrative for key metrics and deliver the story to senior leaders in a concise and clear manner in weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews

Skills

Required

  • data-modeling
  • business analytics
  • project management
  • cross-functional leadership
  • strategic planning
  • data analysis
  • communication
  • storytelling
  • influencing stakeholders
  • organizational skills
  • attention to detail
  • process documentation
  • Excel proficiency
  • SQL proficiency

Nice to have

  • AI data analysis
  • AI tools

What the JD emphasized

  • minimum of 10+ years of work experience
  • proven bias to action
  • Ability to work in a world of uncertainty and ambiguity
  • world class written and verbal communicator
  • proven track record of being able to storytell, influence and rally diverse cross-functional stakeholders
  • Ability to not only dive into details to drive execution but also zoom out to contextualize specific recommendations/initiatives within the broader company strategy
  • Ability to multi-task by prioritizing work and coordinating required support across various functions to achieve project goals and objectives
  • Impeccable organizational skills, attention to detail
  • Experience implementing and scaling initiatives across globally dispersed teams
  • Experience working cross-functionally with multiple departments
  • Hands-on approach, getting things done fast
  • Comfort with manipulating large datasets in excel is a must
  • SQL proficiency strongly preferred