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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, we are driven by our mission to create belonging everywhere. Our Platform Managers embody this ethos, envisioning ideal end states for our community and working backward to achieve them. The Community Support (CS) team is a global business unit that delivers support to millions of guests and hosts worldwide. We focus on building a technology platform that scales alongside Airbnb, delivering exceptional customer service and improving both efficiency and agent experience. The CS Platform Product team plays a crucial role in this, leading efforts to create seamless, self-solve solutions for our users. You will work closely with a partner team, Global Operations Community Support Planning team. This team is responsible for driving the end-to-end roadmap planning process for Community Support at Airbnb. Our team ensures that initiatives and programs are prioritized to align with our overarching strategy and our commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience. The Difference You Will Make: As a Senior Release Manager, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful launch of Internal software to CS agents across the globe.
Job Responsibility
Serve as the primary liaison between Platform Management, Technical Program Management, Engineering, Testing, and Operations ensuring clear, consistent communication and shared alignment across all workstreams for each release
Maintain accurate source-of-truth trackers and documentation so every stakeholder has what they need, when they need it
Create and maintain release management best practices
Define, track, and report on key release health and operational metrics ensuring releases are delivered on schedule and meet defined success criteria
Surface issues, risks, and regional nuances before launch, and rally cross-functional partners to diagnose, escalate, and resolve issues
Work independently alongside stakeholders and cross-functional leadership maintaining rigorous oversight of release readiness and proactively mitigating blockers
Facilitate the official go/no-go decisions owning the acceptance criteria and process to greenlight each release
Partner with Operations/Training to ensure agents are prepared for new tooling
Own post-launch monitoring and retrospectives by tracking adoption, surfacing issues post-release, and running retrospectives to drive improvements
Requirements
7+ years of experience in technical program management, program management, release management or product operations roles with a proven track record of success
Proven experience leading cross-functional product releases with executive visibility
Exceptional communication skills, verbal, written and presentation, to all levels of an organization
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Understanding of best practice product release processes, experience working with engineering teams
Proficiency in virtual collaboration and project management tools like Asana, Jira, and Airtable
Strategic thinking and organizational skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally across teams
Hands-on, working knowledge of software product development life-cycle and methodologies
Specific experience with Agile is preferred
Naturally accountable and responsible: Self-starter, self-motivated, focused, and self-sufficient
Strong strategic judgment: an ability to interpret organizational goals and translate them into planning activities
Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously, in a fast-paced environment
Champion for continuous improvement
Experience working collaboratively with cross functional teams