Airbnb

Senior Manager, Public Policy

Airbnb

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $164,000 - $205,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead and develop public policy campaigns aimed at mitigating risks, promoting growth and advancing Airbnb and our host’s interests.
  • Lead and develop and execute the public policy strategy, concentrating mainly on influencing the development of policy and regulations impacting host eligibility and the platform throughout the assigned region.
  • Represent Airbnb in associations, meetings, and events with government and elected officials and other stakeholders, in order to help advance the company’s advocacy initiatives
  • Develop communications, local stakeholder engagement strategy and partnership programs; establish new and maintain existing relationships with an extensive network of contacts, including government officials.
  • Research, analyze, distill and synthesize ordinances and bills and effectively articulate Airbnb’s positions to policymakers at both the local and state levels of government. Must also be able to effectively advocate and influence multiple external stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners.
  • Manage local consultants and agencies to support policy efforts.
  • Monitor and analyze legislation and regulation and local issues that may have pan-regional implications.
  • Ensures progress is reported regularly, and roadblocks flagged in a timely fashion.

Requirements

  • At least 10+ years experience with direct legislative lobbying and working in public policy in a political, governmental, consulting or regulatory context
  • Experience in direct government relations and public policy advocacy at the local and state levels of government.
  • Ability to quickly get up to speed on complex technical and regulatory issues
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and navigate a complex matrix organization with multiple stakeholders
  • Extremely creative; takes an entrepreneurial approach to the work with proven track record
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills; ability to resolve complex and unfamiliar problems in a timely manner
  • Highly results-driven and strives to find the most efficient way to do things without sacrificing a high quality of work and/or results
  • Excellent communicator with great presentation and writing skills
  • Acute attention to detail; extremely organized and able to help keep others organized
  • Strong work ethic, and exhibits professionalism, courtesy and strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to exercise judgment and maintain confidentiality
  • Embraces challenges with a positive and solutions oriented approach
  • Self-starter with a sense of humor and the ability to thrive in a fast moving and sometimes stressful environment
  • Passionate about Airbnb and the collaborative economy
  • Willingness to travel.
Benefits
  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits
  • Employee Travel Credits
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