Policy Manager, Consults and Escalations

Aitomic Jobs; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Policy Manager, Consults and Escalations to join the Community Policy team in Singapore. You will manage complex escalations, provide timely policy analysis, and translate findings into actionable policy improvements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Global Operations, Legal, Product, and Trust & Safety, leveraging data tools and AI to drive scalable solutions. Ideal candidates have 6+ years in operations/policy roles, strong communication skills, and a track record of

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Operations, Policy, Legal, or Trust and Safety.
• Strong leadership in handling issues and escalations.
• Exceptional writing and presentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive final judgments on ambiguous, high-exposure escalations with clear reasoning for Legal, Ops, and executives.
• Advise operations teams on cases with policy gaps to reach solutions aligned with Airbnb principles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across the business including Global Operations, Legal, Product, Trust and Safety, and Partnerships.
• Build AI-assisted detection of repeat policy questions and escalate consult volume to inform trainings and policy clarifications.
• Query, join, and visualize operational data to evaluate policy performance and pressure-test improvements before leadership review.
• Design and ship workflows that reduce avoidable consults and improve handling time.

Skills

Leadership in escalations

Analytical thinking

Excellent writing

Tools

AI tools

Data tooling

Job description

Short Summary

Policy Manager, Consults and Escalations with Airbnb. 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…

Key Details

• Position / opportunity: Policy Manager, Consults and Escalations
• Organization: Airbnb
• Country / coverage: Singapore
• Location: Singapore
• Work arrangement: On-site
• Opportunity type: Jobs
• Sector: Information Technology
• Compensation: Not specified
• Duration: Not specified
• Start date: 2026-09-28
• Application deadline: Not specified

Description

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 Community You Will Join The Community and Product Policy team creates and evolves principled policies that establish the rules of the road for guests and hosts across Airbnb. We solve complex marketplace and Trust & Safety challenges using data, stakeholder collaboration, and excellent judgement to support our community at scale. We team up with our cross-functional partners to create clear and accessible policy enforcement guides and to continuously measure, maintain, and improve our policies. We handle policy escalations and consults from across the business to ensure tough calls are resolved in accordance with our principles. The Difference You Will Make You are a seasoned policy expert, with experience handling complex escalations You love solving problems and have a track record of strong cross-functional collaboration You’re an experienced communicator, with exceptional writing skills and presentation skills, including to senior executive audiences You are principled and rigorous — you incorporate diverse perspectives in pursuit of the best decisions and outcomes possible You are fluent with AI tools for gaining operational efficiency, but you exercise excellent judgement and know human expertise and supervision is paramount You can build and interrogate prompting, automated workflows, data queries, and stress-test model output before it reaches a decision-maker — you know when a number is not trustworthy and how to course correct You are a team player who thrives in a fast-moving environment and brings a strategic mindset to your work As a Consults and Escalations Manager in Community Policy , you will work across the business to understand every aspect of a case. You’ll provide timely policy analysis and corresponding enforcement recommendations, and continuously evaluate and improve our policies to handle new issues as they arise. You will resolve individual user matters and translate what you learn into policy insights and recommended changes — using your case handling expertise alongside AI and data tooling you will detect patterns across escalation volume. You'll automate things like detection and reporting, but you'll make the judgment call, document the reasoning, and own the outcome. You will help our leaders understand recurring issues and how we can fix them in the future. This role will serve as an important player in developing our global policy improvements and will have a direct impact on the peace of mind of millions of Airbnb community members around the world. A Typical Day Drive complicated escalations and issues towards a solution Advise our operations teams on cases where there are policy gaps to arrive at a solution that is guided by Airbnb’s principles and values Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across the business including but not limited to the Global Operations, Supply, Public Policy, Legal, Product, Trust and Safety, Communications and Partnerships Build AI-assisted detection of repeat policy questions and gray areas, turning consult volume into a standing signal to help drive trainings and policy clarifications Query, join, and visualize operational data to evaluate policy performance and pressure-test policy improvement recommendations before they reach leadership Design and ship workflows that reduce avoidable consults, cut handling time on the rest, and measure the gain Exercise final judgment on ambiguous, high-exposure escalations, and make the reasoning exceptionally clear to Legal, Ops, and executives Your Expertise 6+ years experience in an Operations, Policy, Legal, or Trust and Safety role A track record of strong leadership in handling issues and escalations Demonstrated capacity for critical thinking, research, and analysis; strong attention to detail Exceptional writing and presentation abilities to…

Responsibilities

• 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 Community You Will Join The Community and Product Policy team creates and evolves principled policies that establish the rules of the road for guests and hosts across Airbnb.
• We solve complex marketplace and Trust & Safety challenges using data, stakeholder collaboration, and excellent judgement to support our community at scale.
• We team up with our cross-functional partners to create clear and accessible policy enforcement guides and to continuously measure, maintain, and improve our policies.
• We handle policy escalations and consults from across the business to ensure tough calls are resolved in accordance with our principles.

Requirements / Eligibility

• AI and data tooling you will detect patterns across escalation volume.
• You'll automate things like detection and reporting, but you'll make the judgment call, document the reasoning, and own the outcome.
• You will help our leaders understand recurring issues and how we can fix them in the future.
• This role will serve as an important player in developing our global policy improvements and will have a direct impact on the peace of mind of millions of Airbnb community members around the world.