Senior Lead Program Manager

Summary

Join Airbnb's Marketing Program Management team as a Senior Lead Program Manager! You will lead large, complex, cross-company initiatives, bridging Marketing with other crucial business functions. This role requires strong program management skills, experience managing impactful product and/or marketing initiatives, and the ability to build strong relationships and influence business leaders. You will define program roadmaps, manage resources, and ensure successful project implementation. The position is US-remote eligible with occasional office work. Compensation includes a competitive salary, bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Requirements

• 13+ years experience in Consulting, Program Management, Product Management, Project Management
• Blend of digital product and marketing experience
• Track record of managing and shipping impactful product and/or marketing initiatives in a large digital product org
• Long-term strategic thinking balanced with near-term execution skills. Distinctive problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and influence business leaders
• Demonstrable skills and experience in mediation, negotiation, and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated track record successfully managing ambitious and operationally complex projects with cross-functional teams
• Experience in structuring and implementing initiatives at scale with marketing, design and product teams
• Knowledge of and appreciation for the Product development process
• Experience with or understanding of the design/creative and production process through various types of projects: branding/identity, content, naming, merchandising, partnerships, etc

Responsibilities

• Define initiative level program roadmap with macro-view of all supporting workstreams, ensure work delivers on goals, and drive the overall program to completion
• Scope, define, and manage on-product and cross-functional marketing strategic initiatives and programs: define actionable plans, resourcing, and sequencing for large bodies of work
• Drive a successful implementation by aligning and influencing relevant stakeholders across teams and markets and driving scope, resourcing, and workflow management
• Provide up-to-date visibility into current projects, resource utilization, team performance and product health across your teams and leadership
• Facilitate regular project status and design review meetings. Ensure right stakeholders and cross-functional team members are involved, document decisions and actions items, and follow up with owners on commitments
• Identify and predict obstacles, collisions, and risk to projects across multiple teams and seek solutions to eliminate them
• Balance competing priorities and adjust resources as necessary
• Establish and manage team operating rhythm, including communication structures, project templates, sprint cadence, review forums and leadership cadence
• Define and manage how the team interfaces with other critical business functions such as Product Marketing, Design, Engineering, Marketing, Creative, Business Ops,  Supply, Legal, Policy, Globalization and Comms

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits
• Employee Travel Credits