Platform Leader for AI-Driven Operations Tools

airbnb, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a Platform Manager to design and improve internal tools powering Supply operations. You will map current workflows, define scalable replacements, and drive adoption across ops and engineering.

The role sits at the intersection of operations and technology and requires translating real-world processes into measurable systems. You will lead multi-year strategy, align with senior leaders, and shape AI-forward processes with human-in-the-loop considerations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, platform management, or operations tech.
• Strong technical fluency with systems, data models, and API contracts.
• Experience delivering AI or automation in production operations.
• Proven ability to lead multi-team initiatives and align business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year strategy for Airbnb's ops platform and roadmaps.
• Align vision and OKRs with Supply, Engineering, and Operations leadership.
• Design AI-forward processes and determine human-in-the-loop needs.
• Decompose complex problems and drive coherent cross-team solutions.
• Own case management and workforce management tooling and forecasting.
• Write precise product briefs and drive adoption with engineering.
• Coordinate PMM and engineering teams to align roadmaps and tradeoffs.

Tools

Salesforce Service Cloud

Airtable

Zendesk

Job description

United States

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:

Every day, Airbnb hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way. Since our founding, more than 5 million hosts have welcomed over 1.5 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.

The Supply organization plays a pivotal role in driving the company’s growth and expansion efforts worldwide. This team recruits and develops Airbnb’s global supply of high-quality Homes, Hotels, Services and Experiences. With this focus on quality supply and international expansion, the team is leading the way for Airbnb’s continued growth and facilitation of millions more host and guest connections.

The difference you will make:

Airbnb is seeking a Platform Manager to build and improve the internal tools and workflows that power Airbnb's Supply operations teams. These are the teams that vet, onboard, and support hosts at scale and the systems that support them are fragmented, manual, and difficult to measure. This role owns the tooling and workflow infrastructure that changes that: assessing current state, designing scalable replacements, and driving delivery through to adoption.

You sit at the intersection of operations and technology, translating how work actually gets done into structured, measurable systems. You are as comfortable mapping a broken workflow with an ops team as you are writing a product brief or evaluating a build vs. buy decision.

A typical day:

• Define the multi-year strategy for Airbnb's ops platform - bring a specific, opinionated proposal for what operational support looks like in 12+ months as AI takes on more of the execution, and maintain a prioritized roadmap balancing quick wins against foundational investments
• Align vision, OKRs, strategy, and roadmap with senior leaders across Supply, Engineering, and Operations; present progress to leadership on an ongoing basis
• Design AI-forward operational processes and determine necessity of human-in-the-loop across or within workflows including augmented decision making judgement
• Decompose multidimensional product-to-ops problems define the operational requirements, and drive a coherent solution across many owning teams
• Own case management and workforce management tooling: capacity planning, workload distribution, performance measurement, and forecasting that give operations leadership visibility and control — including forecasting for a workforce where AI agents and humans share the queue
• Write exceptional product briefs that are specific, opinionated, and grounded in operational reality, then prototype, iterate with engineering, and own the outcome through launch and adoption
• Navigate and align many PMM and engineering teams whose roadmaps this work depends on and negotiate sequencing, resolve conflicting constraints, and hold a clear point of view on tradeoffs

Your expertise:

• 10+ years in product management, platform management, or operations technology at least 5 in a technical product management role with direct delivery accountability for systems built with back-end engineering teams
• Deep technical fluency: reads a system architecture, pressure-tests an engineering design, understands data models and API contracts well enough to catch where a proposed solution breaks
• Demonstrated experience redesigning operational processes in a high-volume service organization , taking fragmented, manual work and replacing it with structured, measurable, scalable systems at times replacing humans in the loop
• Experience shipping AI or automation into production operations — including designing human-in-the-loop systems: where automation is appropriate, where human judgment must remain, and how to measure quality in both modes
• Track record of delivering outcomes through teams outside your reporting line has driven complex, multi-team initiatives across engineering and PMM organizations where success depends on partnership
• Exceptional business fluency: connects platform decisions to business outcomes, articulates desired results first, and measures success in business KPIs, not features shipped
• Experience building or owning workforce management or case management tooling: capacity planning, queue management, SLA tracking, or performance measurement
• Exceptional communication across audiences — from ops agents to back-end engineers to senior leadership

Preferred:

• Experience with case management or workforce management platforms, Salesforce Service Cloud, Airtable, Zendesk, or similar
• Familiarity with human-in-the-loop workflow design, identifying when automation is appropriate and when human judgment must remain in the process
• SQL fluency — uses data to pressure-test requirements, define success metrics, and catch problems before launch
• Background in scaled operations or internal tools in a marketplace or high-growth environment
• Track record of shipping tools that demonstrably changed how operations teams work — with metrics to prove it

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. 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. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [e-mail] . Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.

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 values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Pay Range

$200,000 — $240,000 USD

Reasonable Accommodations: We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.

A Note on Recruiting Scams: Scammers sometimes pose as Airbnb recruiters to get money or personal information from candidates. A few things that will always be true for Airbnb’s hiring process: our open roles are posted on Airbnb’s Career’s Page at careers.airbnb.com, and our recruiters correspond only from @ airbnb.com or @ ext.airbnb.com email addresses. Our recruiters will never ask for your Social Security number, bank account details, passport, or payment app information while you are interviewing. We’ll also never ask you to pay a fee, send money, deposit or cash a check, or purchase work-related equipment (such as a company laptop) during the interview process. We encourage candidates to remain vigilant of these recruiting scams and not share sensitive information if you do not believe an individual is actually affiliated with Airbnb.