Head of Growth Marketing, Asia

Airbnb
Singapore, SG
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward seasoned growth marketers comfortable with leading multi-country strategies and building AI-first marketing capabilities across Asia's diverse markets.

Best fit for

  • Experienced growth marketing leaders with a proven track record in Asia's digital ecosystems.
    — “15+ years of experience in growth marketing, performance marketing, or digital strategy roles
  • Strategic thinkers who can translate regional market insights into actionable growth plans.
    — “Strong ability to translate data and insights into strategic decisions and regional priorities
  • Leaders adept at managing geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
    — “Experience leading and developing high-performing, geographically distributed teams

Things to consider

  • Requires deep familiarity with consumer behavior in Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia.
    — “Deep understanding of key Asia markets such as Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia
  • Must navigate cross-functional collaboration across global teams in multiple time zones.
    — “Partner with Asia Brand Marketing, Business Operations, and regional teams based in Singapore

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate specific examples of scaling AI-driven marketing solutions in Asian markets.
    — “Advancing an AI-first approach to marketing and localized asset development
  • Highlight experience building regional execution models like pods for distributed teams.
    — “Building Asia-specific capabilities, including creative and execution models such as regional pods
  • Showcase measurable impact from adapting global strategies to local market nuances.
    — “Ensure global initiatives are effectively adapted to local market needs
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Define and drive growth marketing strategy across Asia
  • Manage and grow a team of growth marketers
  • Ensure global initiatives are adapted to local market needs
Typical background
15+ years of experience in growth marketing, performance marketing, or digital strategy roles

Skills & requirements

Required

Growth MarketingMarket InsightsCross-functional CollaborationAi-first ApproachRegional CapabilitiesTeam Leadership

Preferred

Digital MarketingPerformance Marketing

Stack & domain

Market InsightsCross-functional CollaborationAi-first ApproachMarketing AutomationAnalytics PlatformsEmerging TechnologiesLeadershipStrategic ThinkingAnalytical SkillsMarketingGrowth Strategy

About the role

Original posting from Airbnb

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: 

At Airbnb, the Growth Marketing team sits at the dynamic crossroads of marketing, engineering, and data science. We’re responsible for driving Airbnb’s business performance by deploying innovative, data-driven marketing strategies. 

The Difference You Will Make:

As Head of Growth Marketing, Asia, you will play a critical role in shaping Airbnb’s growth strategy across the region by leading market insights, building regional capabilities, and managing a growing team across key markets including Japan, Korea,  India, and Southeast Asia.

This role sits at the intersection of market strategy, organizational leadership, and cross-functional collaboration. You will identify growth opportunities across Asia’s diverse markets, guide regional strategies, and partner closely with global and regional teams to ensure initiatives are tailored to local needs and scaled effectively.

You will be instrumental in building Asia-specific capabilities, including creative and execution models such as regional pods, and advancing an AI-first approach to marketing and localized asset development. You will also play a key role in aligning efforts across the Asia hub in Singapore, global teams, and country-level stakeholders.

Success in this role requires strong understanding of Asia’s diverse digital ecosystems, the ability to operate across multiple markets and time zones, and proven experience leading teams and scaling impact in complex, high-growth environments.

A Typical Day: 

Regional Growth Strategy and Leadership: Define and drive the growth marketing strategy across Asia, identifying opportunities to unlock growth at both regional and country levels.

Team Leadership and Development: Manage and grow a team of growth marketers across multiple markets, providing direction, coaching, and support to drive strong execution and impact.

Market Insights and Opportunity Identification: Analyze performance data, customer behavior, and market trends across Asia to inform strategic priorities and investment decisions.

Cross-Market Strategy, Execution and Localization: Ensure global initiatives are effectively adapted to local market needs, balancing regional consistency with country-level nuances, and owning end-to-end execution for currently unmanaged markets

Capability Building and Innovation: Build and scale Asia-specific capabilities, including regional pods and AI-first approaches to creative execution, automation, and localized asset development.

Cross-Functional and Regional Collaboration: Partner with Asia Brand Marketing, Business Operations, and regional teams based in Singapore, as well as global teams across London and the US, to align on priorities and deliver impact.

Operational Excellence and Alignment: Navigate across time zones and teams to drive alignment, ensure clear communication, and deliver against key growth priorities across the region.

Your Expertise:

Growth Marketing Leadership: 15+ years of experience in growth marketing, performance marketing, or digital strategy roles, with a strong track record of leading teams and scaling impact in complex organizations.

Asia Market Expertise: Deep understanding of key Asia markets such as Japan, Korea,  India, and Southeast Asia, including consumer behavior, platform ecosystems, and market dynamics.

Multi-Market and Regional Experience: Proven experience managing strategies across multiple countries with varying levels of maturity and complexity.

People Management: Experience leading and developing high-performing, geographically distributed teams.

Data and Strategic Thinking: Strong ability to translate data and insights into strategic decisions and regional priorities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working with marketing, product, engineering, data, and operations teams across regions.

MarTech and Innovation: Familiarity with marketing automation, analytics platforms, and emerging technologies, with experience driving AI-driven marketing and scalable creative solutions

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.

 

Source: Airbnb careers

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