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Airbnb is seeking a Strategic Partnerships & Business Development Lead for Central and Eastern Europe, reporting to the Country Manager, Central and Eastern Europe. This role requires office presence in Berlin, Germany. In this role, you will lead the strategic business partnerships mandate in the territory and collaborate closely with the global Partnerships team as well as the Supply, Marketing, Communication, Product Marketing, Finance and Legal functions across the region, EMEA, and Headquarters in San Francisco.
Job Responsibility
Identifies opportunities for establishing partnerships and business development activities that support our business goals
Establishes and maintains partnerships at local level
Sources input of needs from all business areas that could possibly be filled or amplified by partners to drive broader country and company goals
Ensures partnerships and business development activities are coordinated across all business areas
Evaluates the financial and strategic benefits of potential partnerships
Develop a clear understanding of the competitive landscape for our businesses
Build and maintain relationships with potential partners and collaboration opportunities
Manages and engages current partnerships in the market
Requirements
10-12 years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development or related field
Proven track record of structuring, negotiating and executing growth partnerships strategies with measurable commercial impact
Growth obsessed
Relationship building and negotiation capabilities with external executive stakeholders
Strong financial modeling and analytical skills (basic data science skills are a plus
ability to independently assess strategic and economic value of partnerships
Maintain engagement of current partner ecosystem
Superpower: able to develop growth strategies focused both on financial gain and product development
Excellence in managing partnerships end-to-end, from strategy through execution
Deep business acumen to conduct extensive market research and anticipate product and business needs
German native speaker, English fluent
Nice to have
Prior experience in Consulting, Marketing, Finance, or Strategic Partnerships roles
Strong strategic and critical thinking skills - ability to connect dots and proactively develop proposals and solutions
Strong ability to build relationships and influence senior internal stakeholders across functions
experience operating effectively within a global matrix organization strongly preferred
Strong project management and organization skills
Comfortable operating in a highly dynamic, cross-functional environment
able to navigate ambiguity and evolving priorities with persistence, sound judgment and a solutions-oriented mindset
Exercises strong judgment and discretion when representing the Country Manager, advancing priorities with influence rather than authority