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 Airbnb Hotels organization, which includes HotelTonight, is a fun, entrepreneurial, start-up team where you can have outsized impact. Simplicity is at the core of our products. We pride ourselves on delivering the smoothest and most intuitive hotel booking experience. For hotels, we make it easy to drive incremental bookings so they can focus on the craft of hosting. We aspire to facilitate hotel discovery and serendipity at scale, benefitting guests and hotel partners.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Market Manager, your role will entail ensuring the health and expansion of our supply in the southern Midwest region. This will involve managing Hotels, optimizing their set-up via discounts, availability and other levers. Your focus will be to enhance Airbnb’s market presence in your designated region through collaboration with other teams, leveraging your expertise on the local market. With a deep understanding of Airbnb’s mission and values, you will oversee all aspects of the hotel’s success on HotelTonight and Airbnb. This includes developing tiering and account management strategies, converting Hotel leads, and managing relationships with strategic partners, as well as internal stakeholders. You will also be tasked with developing and refining scalable, localized supply management strategies for both established, competitive markets and emerging, untapped markets, aiming to secure our long-term success in these regions.
A Typical Day:
- Build, manage and expand partner relationships within your territory, aiming to surpass quarterly sales targets with Hotels.
- Conduct regular optimization calls and business reviews with partners to develop strong, enduring partnerships providing exceptional, timely service to hosts, including in-person support as needed.
- Implement strategies to effectively manage and optimize the long tail of thousands of Hotels in your region.
- Educate clients on all significant product updates and cascade feedback on product and public policy to the relevant internal stakeholders.
- Leverage data to identify and pursue strategic growth opportunities, demonstrating an ability to navigate operational complexities and efficiently allocate resources.
- Use an entrepreneurial approach to develop and implement unique engagement projects, fostering innovation within your territory.
- Work cross-functionally with teams such as product, communications, public policy, legal, tax and customer support to ensure Airbnb’s long-term market success.
- Acquire comprehensive knowledge of local market trends to inform both internal and external stakeholders.
- Understand the technical aspects of software partnerships to offer comprehensive support, ensuring a seamless experience for hosts and guests.
- Represent Airbnb in external meetings with Hotels and at industry conferences in your market, solidifying the brand’s presence and commitment.
Your Expertise:
- 6+ years of experience in new sales, account management, and partner support, showcasing a deep understanding and capability in fostering business relationships.
- 2+ years of tech/travel industry experience is a plus, highlighting the value of sector-specific knowledge.
- Proven track record of being able to effectively work a book of business, demonstrating expertise in nurturing and converting potential opportunities.
- Proficient quantitative skills and proven ability to interpret and apply data throughout your day-to-day work, emphasizing the importance of data-driven decision-making.
- The ability to work at both strategic and tactical levels, with a proven track record to execute in ambiguous environments, highlighting adaptability and strategic foresight.
- Proven experience working cross-functionally, ensuring the ability to collaborate effectively with various teams to drive collective success.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients via phone, email, and in-person, underscoring the importance of strong interpersonal skills.
- Charismatic self-starter who is resourceful and self-sufficient, paired with strong time management and prioritization skills, showcasing the initiative and organizational capabilities required for the role.
- Highly proficient in using CRM software, specifically in working with leads, opportunities, and other core objects – Salesforce experience is a plus, indicating the technical tools proficiency needed for effective relationship management.
- Based in St. Louis, MO and must be willing to regularly travel to your assigned territory. Typical expectation would be once every 4 to 6 weeks.
- Passion for Airbnb, travel, and the sharing economy – being an Airbnb host is a plus, culminating the profile with a personal alignment and enthusiasm for the company’s mission and sector.
Your Location:
Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant will need to be based in St. Louis, MO to be able to conduct their work. If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.
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.
We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process.
We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Airbnb values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All individuals seeking employment at Airbnb are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations: We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance, or an accommodation, please let your recruiter know once you are contacted about a role.
A Note on Recruiting Scams: Scammers sometimes pose as Airbnb recruiters to get money or personal information from candidates. A few things that will always be true for Airbnb’s hiring process: our open roles are posted on Airbnb’s Career’s Page at careers.airbnb.com, and our recruiters correspond only from @airbnb.com or @ext.airbnb.com email addresses. Our recruiters will never ask for your Social Security number, bank account details, passport, or payment app information while you are interviewing. We’ll also never ask you to pay a fee, send money, deposit or cash a check, or purchase work-related equipment (such as a company laptop) during the interview process. We encourage candidates to remain vigilant of these recruiting scams and not share sensitive information if you do not believe an individual is actually affiliated with Airbnb.
