# Senior Regulatory Operations Lead

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Operations
**Salary:** $196k – $245k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Product Management, Regulatory Technology, Automation Tools, Risk Assessment, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Strategic Planning, Team Leadership, Data-Driven Decision Making, Regulatory Compliance, Platform Management, Technical Product Management, Product Operations
**Posted:** 2026-07-09

> Lead global regulatory product strategy and programs at Airbnb. Translate regulatory mandates into scalable tech solutions, advise senior leadership, mitigate risks, drive innovation, and manage a high-performing team. Requires 12+ years in product/operations in regulated industries.

## Job Description

## Strategic Regulatory Leadership
- Anticipate and interpret global regulatory developments, providing strategic guidance to senior leadership on potential impacts and opportunities.
- Develop and implement proactive product strategies to navigate complex regulatory landscapes.

## Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with cross-functional teams such as Engineering and Product to implement regulatory products that address the changing landscape, and anticipate future trends.

## Regulatory Program Oversight
- Design and oversee comprehensive regulatory product programs, ensuring adherence to applicable regulations, and industry standards.
- Monitor program effectiveness and make iterative improvements as necessary.

## Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Conduct thorough risk assessments to identify potential regulatory and operational risks.
- Develop and implement measures to reinforce product assurance by mitigating identified risks, ensuring the organization's resilience against regulatory challenges.

## Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- Track emerging technologies and regulatory trends to identify opportunities for innovation in regulatory products.
- Lead initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of regulatory operations.

## Team Leadership
- Lead and coach a growing high-performing, diverse team.

## Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive experience in product management, platform or technical product management, or product operations—preferably in technology or other highly regulated industries.
- Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-functional regulatory product programs at the global or enterprise level.
- Experience advising and influencing senior decision-makers through thought leadership, storytelling, and data-driven recommendations.
- Familiarity with regulatory technology and automation tools.
- Ability to operate with a strategic lens—connecting regulatory requirements to long-term business objectives and functional roadmaps.
- Excellent communicator and negotiator; able to transform ambiguity into clarity, and move from complexity to consensus.
- Strong analytical skills and an ability to design operational structures that balance compliance, risk, and scalability.
- Proven leadership growing and coaching high-performing, diverse teams; comfortable leading through influence as well as structure.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience in technology or other highly regulated industries.

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