Airbnb

Senior Manager, Technical Program Management (Search & AI Foundations)

United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$232k-$282kDetected 16 hours ago

Machine LearningLLMsA/B TestingLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.
Every day, hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Difference You Will Make: Our team of TPMs demonstrate ownership, apply skills in whatever combination necessary, and make order out of chaos to achieve the desired outcome.

This person will partner with our engineering & product teams to build/enhance data-driven decision making across multiple areas in Airbnb.
They will partner closely with senior ICs and engineering directors across Airbnb on processes, strategy and execution.
Search Ranking for Stays, Experiences, and Services, Home Page Recommendations, Search Bar AutoSuggest and Autocomplete, Marketing Technology, and the ML infrastructure and platform capabilities that support them.
The team also creates the fabric for personalization and the underlying model infrastructure, used both on and off platform for Airbnb.
We collaborate with many teams including Search Infrastructure, Guest and Host Experiences, MDX, Marketing, CS, and Trust, and many more.
Rapidly prototype and validate project ideas through iterative development cycles, adapting as necessary based on insights and data.
Define and secure stakeholder alignment on clear, measurable success criteria to accelerate AI initiatives. Regularly assess risks and opportunities, and devise proactive mitigation strategies to maintain momentum and project success.
Maintain transparent and effective communication channels to keep stakeholders informed of progress, developments, and challenges.
We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions.

If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

13+ years in technical program management function, with at least 8 years of experience leading and mentoring a team of TPMs, creating a culture of inclusiveness and sustainability
Demonstrated experience in search relevance, natural language search, and recommendation systems.
Experience with applying GenAI/LLM technologies on search is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions.
Self-motivated, proactive and proven ability to adapt well and work with teams having different operating cadences.
Sound business judgment, a proven ability to influence others, strong analytical skills, and a track record of taking ownership, leading data driven analyses, and influencing results
Experience with ML models, LLMs, LRMs, feature development, model testing and resource management to support the development of AI-powered product experiences.
Familiar with A/B testing, incremental delivery and deployment.

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

Airbnb's mission is to create a world where people can Belong Anywhere.
We are looking for a candidate with a robust technical background who deeply understands the problem space, drives requirements, and leverages their AI/ML expertise to resolve strategic challenges that align with Airbnb's larger goals.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process.

Please include your full name, the role you're applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting 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.

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