Product Manager – Incubations

Traveltechessentialist; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 232,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbnb is seeking a senior Product Manager to lead incubation tracks, from idea to pilot to scaled product. You will translate hypotheses into MVP scopes, collaborate across engineering, design, and partnerships, and drive data‑driven decisions to accelerate new offerings for guests and hosts.

You will craft product narratives with marketing, own the roadmap, and operate with speed in a scrappy environment where AI tools inform workflows and decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of consumer product management experience at a top internet company or marketplace.
• Proven track record taking 0→1 ideas through incubation and scaling.
• Able to translate hypotheses into testable MVP scopes and roadmaps.
• Excels in ambiguity and structures new problem spaces into actionable plans.
• Strong collaboration across business, engineering, design, data science, and partnerships.
• Experience crafting product narratives with marketing to drive launches.
• Comfortable being an hands‑on IC in a fast, scrappy environment.
• Curiosity about integrating AI tools into product workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive vision, strategy, and roadmap for incubation tracks.
• Translate business ideas into MVP scopes with configurable platform components.
• Design pilots with clear success criteria and data‑driven decisions.
• Build relationships with BD and external partners for integration into guest experience.
• Create compelling product narratives for leadership and external comms.
• Develop prioritization framework balancing multiple tracks with core needs.
• Foster open communication in a fast‑moving team.
• Ship features, learn, and iterate rapidly.

Skills

10+ years product mgmt

0→1 incubation

Business acumen

Ambiguity handling

Cross‑functional leadership

AI in product workflow

Strong communication

Hands-on contributor

Data‑driven decisions

Job 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:

Our Product Managers imagine the ideal experience for our community and work backwards, creating innovative products that delight our guests and hosts. They deeply understand the needs of our users and translate these into a strategy that combines strong product thinking and deep research. They partner with talented cross‑functional team members across engineering, design, operations, data science, and more, leading teams to execute a shared vision. They are incredibly detail‑oriented and hands‑on.

The Difference You Will Make:

The PM team at Airbnb is building an incubation machine to rapidly test and launch new business ideas that extend Airbnb beyond its core stays offering.

A Typical Day:

• Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for multiple incubation tracks simultaneously.
• Translate new business ideas and hypotheses into clear MVP scopes, leveraging the Guest App’s configurable platform components wherever possible to minimize engineering investment.
• Design and run pilots with clearly defined success criteria and measurable OKRs; synthesize learnings quickly and make data‑driven graduate/expand/stop recommendations.
• Build strong working relationships with business development, partnerships, and external partners to ensure new offerings integrate seamlessly into the guest experience.
• Craft compelling product narratives for new incubations — for internal leadership alignment and for external launch communications.
• Develop and maintain a prioritization framework that balances multiple concurrent incubation tracks against core product demands.
• Foster open communication and curiosity across a scrappy, fast‑moving team.
• Operate with speed and quality, shipping features, learning, and iterating with high throughput.

Your Expertise:

• 10+ years of consumer product management experience.
• Track record of taking 0→1 product ideas through incubation, piloting, and graduation to scaled products — at a consumer internet company, marketplace, or equivalent.
• Strong business acumen: ability to rapidly assess business viability, size opportunities, and translate loosely‑defined hypotheses into testable MVP scopes.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity; able to structure new problem spaces into actionable roadmaps with minimal process.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities and tight timelines.
• Excellent cross‑functional collaboration and communication skills across business, partnerships, engineering, design, and data science.
• Experience developing product narratives and working with marketing and communications to bring new offerings to market.
• Comfortable doing hands‑on individual contributor product work and mastering the details in a scrappy environment.
• Demonstrated curiosity and point of view on incorporating AI tools into the product workflow.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with marketplace or travel/hospitality products.
• Background in new business development, venture, or startup‑style teams within a larger organization.
• Familiarity with platform‑based product development (configurable components, merchandising systems, API partner integrations).
• Experience building products powered by partnerships or external API integrations.

Your Location:

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant will need to be based in San Francisco, CA to be able to conduct their work. Currently, employees can not be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware And Rhode Island. This list is continuously being updated, please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

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 also to 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.

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

$232,000 — $282,000 USD