Senior Community Growth Manager

Airbnb
Brazil

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with a background in host community management and experience in tech or travel, working in Brazil with a focus on strategic program design and cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in managing host communities and a history of launching scalable growth initiatives in Brazil
    — “launch and manage host growth programs in Brazil
  • Individuals with 8+ years of experience in Sales, Business Operations, or Business Development in tech or travel industries
    — “8+ years experience in Sales, Business Operations, or Business Development in Tech, Real Estate/Property Management, or Travel
  • Candidates who can balance long-term strategic planning with short-term execution in a dynamic market
    — “adept at business planning for the long term while remaining nimble and adaptive to short term priorities

Things to consider

  • This role carries revenue and business performance goals, which may require a high level of accountability and results focus
    — “This role carries revenue and business performance goals
  • The candidate must be prepared to engage in both hybrid program operations and scaled relationship management
    — “hybrid program operations and scaled relationship management responsibilities

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in designing and executing host growth programs with measurable outcomes
    — “designing playbooks, while adapting central frameworks to capture local market dynamics
  • Emphasize your ability to lead through influence and align with the company’s core value of belonging
    — “Lead through inspiration, influence, and our core value of belonging
  • Demonstrate skills in cross-functional collaboration and project management with specific examples
    — “partnering with our central commercial teams, community teams, sales operations and other cross functional partners
  • Showcase your ability to analyze program performance and translate insights into strategic plans
    — “analyzing program performance and insights to craft strategic plans
  • Include experience in developing and maintaining community forums or engagement platforms
    — “Developing and maintaining a community forum to increase reach and feedback loops
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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Skills & requirements

Required

SQL

Stack & domain

LeadershipCommunicationAnalyticalBusiness PlanningRelationship Building And ManagementCommunity ManagementHost Growth ProgramsCo-host NetworkSuperhost AmbassadorsHost Recruitment And OnboardingEmail And Scaled Communication Campaigns

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:

The Chief Business Officer organization plays a pivotal role in driving the company’s growth and expansion efforts worldwide. Our teammates work on commercializing Airbnb’s new and existing businesses, helping Airbnb expand beyond its core offering as a place to stay. This includes recruiting and developing Airbnb’s global supply of high-quality stays, Experiences, and services, and executing Airbnb’s global in market strategy. With this focus on business strategy, quality supply and international expansion, the team is leading the way for Airbnb’s continued growth and facilitation of millions more host and guest connections.

The difference you will make:

The Airbnb Brazil team is looking for a Senior Community Growth Manager to launch and manage host growth programs in Brazil. These programs include the Co-Host Network, Superhost Ambassadors, and other programs in incubation.  In this role, you will be part of the Community Powered Growth team within our Business organization. This team’s objective is to drive growth of Airbnb’s host population and leverage new product offerings to create additional opportunities for existing hosts. This role comes with hybrid program operations and scaled relationship management responsibilities. This role carries revenue and business performance goals. 

You will be responsible for designing playbooks, while adapting central frameworks to capture  local market dynamics that will shape future iterations of our community programs. You will partner with our central commercial teams, community teams, sales operations and other cross functional partners to pilot new projects, tactics and/or initiatives that can be scaled into broader cross-functional programs.

You will analyze program performance and insights to craft strategic plans to ensure the needs of our hosts, co-hosts, and the Airbnb business are supported. Your success in this role will be based on a variety of metrics that reflect your impact to the business. This includes the level of growth, retention, and success of the hosting business in Brazil.

The ideal candidate is a strategic operator, analytical, strong content development skills, and adept at business planning for the long term while remaining nimble and adaptive to short term priorities. This includes relationship building and management within our host community.

A typical day:

Program Launches:

Supporting recruitment and onboarding education for new co-hosts, Ambassadors, and other hosts in these programs

Analyzing regional and territory business trends and outcomes to identify and scale growth opportunities

Designing, piloting, and testing new levers that support host growth at scale

Developing and maintaining a community forum to increase reach and feedback loops for program, product support and community support

Execution of workshops, events, webinars, partnerships and other channels to build an integrated strategy

Adapting central programs to support regional objectives 

Community Management:

Design and operationalize effective email and scaled communication campaigns to support lifecycle engagement and education

Serve as the primary point of contact for hosts in the Community Powered Growth programs. Advising and supporting them as they build their property management businesses

Building sentiment and feedback channels to size and package insights for product and central programs

Identify and pilot opportunities to increase overall host success

Business Strategy:

You will be responsible for revenue and host growth goals

You will develop new programs and initiatives 

You will implement plans and evaluate overall efficacy to inform business initiatives

You will lead through inspiration, influence, and our core value of belonging 

Outcomes and Impact: 

You will contribute meaningfully to a strategic outcome for Airbnb to unlock the next generation of hosts

You will pioneer a new growth model and structure for Airbnb. This includes developing project plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams around the world, partnering with multiple stakeholders, and crafting mitigation plans to solution design

You will support the development, execution and scale of pilots to accelerate evolving business verticals

Act as a change agent and effectively utilize change management methodologies when deploying solutions and processes. 

Lead resource development for the community with engaging and high impact communications 

Develop deep knowledge of your assigned geographic markets and become the go-to source relating to local, trends and market dynamics for internal and external partners 

Support online and offline community events (webinars, meetups, and workshops)

Your expertise:

8+ years experience in Sales, Business Operations, or Business Development in Tech, Real Estate/Property Management, or Travel 

You are strategic in your thinking; proven ability to drive growth and to own growth OKRs while exceeding goals.

You think and act like an entrepreneur. You are resourceful and goal driven. 

Strong project management skills and demonstrated experience leading strategic programs and processes. 

Can forecast, model, and optimize growth tactics based on known and unknown performance

You have sales or external relationship management experience across tech and consumer goods

Ability to influence through persuasion, negotiation, and consensus building

Ability to assess a problem, opportunity or business challenges quickly and make decisions based on the facts presented, creative problem solving, and previous experience. 

Excellent communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills with strong business acumen that will enable you to earn trust at all levels

Strong empathy for our community AND passion for revenue and growth

Deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue business models

Enthusiastic and creative leader with the ability to inspire others

Ability to flourish with minimal guidance, be proactive, and handle uncertainty and ambiguity

Expert with Excel (pivot tables, large data set analyses, and formulas), analytical tools (SQL), and methodologies like capacity planning, forecasting, general modeling for prioritization and decision making

Comfortable with Google Docs, Salesforce CRM, and other technology solutions for driving supply acquisition, territory management and retention.

Deep knowledge and experience using collaborative project management tools and processes (e.g. Asana, Airtable, and etc.).

Fluency in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, spoken and written is required.

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.

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 shown below is monthly, 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.

Brazil Monthly Pay RangeR$22.000—R$27.500 BRL

Source: Airbnb careers

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