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Product Program Manager, Roadmap Planning & Program Management

Drive planning and delivery of Airbnb's priority software product programs by partnering with engineering, design, marketing and operations teams. Develop custom program plans, anticipate risks, and act as a force multiplier to improve quality and velocity across cross-functional stakeholders. Requires 8+ years managing complex product programs at global scale.

180k – 222k/yr
On-site8+ YOETechnical Program Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Partners with engineering, product marketing, design, community support, and other cross-functional teams to deliver software product programs with the highest quality and on schedule.
  • Understands dependencies across functions to optimize the overall system and deliver the highest quality offerings at scale.
  • Anticipates upcoming risks and issues and develops risk mitigation strategies proactively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Brings an experienced product mindset to tie strategy and execution together.
  • Develops program plans that are unique to each initiative and require strategic thinking.
  • Operates at a variety of altitudes by tailoring communication style and approach.
  • Expert collaborator that is able to understand consumer, technology, and design.
  • Goes beyond status reporting to drive issues to resolution.
  • Understands best practices, drives improvements, and focuses on simplification.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in a combination of program management, product management, or business operations managing sophisticated software product programs from end to end in a creative-led, fast-paced environment.
  • Strong product and/or technology experience including product management or engineering (software preferred).
  • Demonstrated ability of shipping software products at global scale having overcome a variety of challenges.
  • Critical thinking skills to develop bespoke program plans that are custom to the needs of the specific program.
  • World-class verbal and written communication skills that can simplify complex topics.
  • Exceptional influencing and presentation skills.
  • Proven ability to build strong relationships and be a trusted agent for change with business leaders (up to the executive level).
  • Track record for successfully managing ambitious and operationally complex projects with cross-functional teams across product development, product marketing, design, marketing, and operations.
  • Expertise in using program management tools such as Airtable, Asana, Jira, Smartsheets, etc.
  • Thrives in ambiguity in a fast-paced, hyper-growth organization.

Nice-to-Haves

  • World-class communicator that can simplify the complex.
  • Expert collaborator able to understand consumer, technology, and design.

Skills

Program ManagementProduct ManagementBusiness OperationsJiraAsanaAirtablesmartsheetCross-Functional Collaborationrisk mitigationStakeholder Management

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