Product Manager, API Platform

About 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

Our Product Managers imagine the ideal experience for our community and work backwards, creating innovative products that delight our guests and hosts. They deeply understand the needs of our users and translate these into a strategy that combines strong product thinking and deep research. They partner with talented cross-functional team members across engineering, design, operations, data science, and more, leading teams to execute a shared vision. They are incredibly detail-oriented and hands on.

The Difference You Will Make

As a Product Manager, API Platform, you will be part of the team responsible for product roadmaps and launches at Airbnb. You will drive specific features that are part of every launch and determine how they are communicated to the external world. You are responsible for the success of Airbnb products throughout their life cycle — from concept to release. Your cross-functional work ensures a consistent product voice across all products being developed at Airbnb.

This role focuses on our API platform for hosts and developers. You will work closely with our engineering team to build and deliver improvements to the API platform and developer tools. You will own the product marketing for how partners can leverage our API platform to create high-value applications. Partner with a cross-functional team of account managers to scale adoption of API platform features by existing and new partners. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of travel and leave a lasting impact on how the world explores and connects.

A Typical Day as Product Manager, API Platform

• Develop and maintain a product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the API platform.
• Synthesize feedback and translate it into product features.
• Develop a public and developer-facing messaging and narrative for the API platform.
• Align product teams and cross-functional partners.
• Develop partnerships with a focus on supply and demand.
• Role model behaviors that encourage open communication and curiosity.
• Make judgments and prioritization decisions that are in the best interests of our users.
• Efficiently execute to ship products and deliver impact for our business and users.

Your Expertise

• 8+ years of product management and/or product marketing experience.
• 3+ years of product management experience designing and building developer platforms.
• Passionate about improving developer productivity, product quality, and automating/optimizing developer workflows.
• Demonstrated empathy for key developer pain points, and a track record of leadership in building products for developers.
• Experience building strategic relationships with partner executives, senior management, and technical staff to achieve business goals.
• Experience creating product messaging and delivering to customers and the media.
• Demonstrated inbound and subject matter expertise.
• Ability to build compelling customer-focused stories and work with marketing and communications partners to bring them to life.
• Demonstrated track record of product leadership in a cross-functional environment.
• Entrepreneurial track record of taking an idea to reality and leading teams through a dynamic environment.
• Strong ability to effectively use data and perform business analysis to support product strategy/decisions.
• Excited to drive execution across teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Enjoys doing individual contributor product management work and staying in the details.
• Strong ability and desire to travel frequently, including domestic and international.

Location and Work Arrangement

This position is US - Remote Eligible. While remote, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites may be required, as agreed with your manager. Candidates should be able to work Pacific Time Zone work hours as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

The pay range for this role is $194,000—$239,000 USD. Actual base pay is dependent on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, attracting creatively-led people and developing the best products, services, and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We provide a disability-inclusive application and interview process. If you require reasonable accommodation, please contact reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com with your full name, the role, and the necessary accommodation.

Key skills/competency

• API Platform Management
• Product Strategy
• Developer Relations
• Product Marketing
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Roadmap Development
• Data Analysis
• Partnership Development
• Workflow Automation
• User Empathy