Senior 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. Requires 13+ years managing complex cross-functional product programs end-to-end, strong product/technology experience, exceptional communication and influencing skills.
About the job
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
- 13+ 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
- Experience in a creative-led environment.
- Expertise in consumer, technology, and design domains.
Skills
Program Management, Product Management, Business Operations, Jira, Asana, Airtable, Smartsheet, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Risk Mitigation, Stakeholder Management
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